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November 2, 2007 at 10:14 am in reply to: Bonfire night Dakota flights! #1297407

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Coventry Airport… ….. It’s only saving grace is the relatively cheap flights available from there. kev35

and, if the local “rag” is to be believed, has the best passenger throughput times in the country – do I remember the article saying the average time per passenger queueing/through security is 3 minutes??

Roger Smith.

November 2, 2007 at 10:06 am in reply to: Classic Flight Update (inc News on the Shack) #1297410

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Are Classic Flight doing the poppy drop over Bedworth this year on 11th November. If so what aircraft is/are being used?

The British Legion in “Beduth” proudly claim that the town is the only one in the UK to have held a rememberance parade consistently on Armistice Day (whereas most of those that still do it have moved it to the nearest/following Sunday).

Roger Smith.

November 1, 2007 at 8:37 pm in reply to: ww11 aircraft tyres. #1298097

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One thing that fuddles me about the idea of water ballast in tyres is that most (main) undercarraiges are fairly close to the c of g so what advantage would there be?

Roger Smith.

November 1, 2007 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Gloster Gamecock #1298101

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Brilliant, Barrie….why can’t Flypast give you a page or two to fill each month?

a loud Hear, Hear on that.

Things appear on this forum from time to time which cause one to think “this ought to be committed to paper so that future generations can benefit from reading it”

This is one of those times.

Roger Smith.

November 1, 2007 at 1:39 pm in reply to: ww11 aircraft tyres. #1298704

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The red dot on the tyre is the light spot and is positioned next to the valve on the wheel, the tyre doesn’t have a heavy spot.

I was relaying what chap showing us around Fort Dunlop aircraft tyre manufacturing plant a couple of weeks ago. I’m sure he said that the heavy spot was marked by a red (or green?) spot and it was usually positioned diagonally opposite the valve.

Roger Smith

October 31, 2007 at 6:05 pm in reply to: ww11 aircraft tyres. #1299849

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…. aircraft tyres are balanced at manufacture, and marked with a ‘heavy spot’ on the sidewall. On fitment to the wheel assy, the tyre heavy spot is lined up appropriate to the wheel’s balance…..

I believe the heavy spot is usually positioned diagonally opposite to the valve which is a heavy spot on the wheel hub.

Roger Smith.

October 30, 2007 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Why do so few english prototypes have these? #1301271

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The list was drawn up by the R.Ae.S many years ago – possibly before some of the aircraft at Cosford were constructed.
In addition it is likely that, when drawn up, few aircraft were in what we now think of as “preservation” and knowledge of which, possibly significant, aircraft were where was very limited.
Attention of the R.Ae.S list seems to crop up fairly regularly and I thought I’d seen it published somewhere in the last couple of years. If I have a brainwave and think of where I’ll mention it in a later post.

Roger Smith.

October 29, 2007 at 10:01 am in reply to: Airfields & Aviation Memorials #1302885

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Hi Richard,

A small (recent) memorial stone in Dunchurch, Warwickshire to the crew of a Halifax that crashed near the village. Can supply photos if you want.

Roger Smith

October 28, 2007 at 11:14 am in reply to: Russian Restorations & Monuments #1304243

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what a great set of pictures – thanks.

Roger Smith.

October 28, 2007 at 1:14 am in reply to: Barn find, Proctor 3 G-AKEX ex LZ791 #1304444

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Great news and congratulations on your acquisition.

Roger Smith.

October 28, 2007 at 1:10 am in reply to: Heston Type 5 Racer… #1304453

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any napier sabre’s still exist? would be a hell of a thing to recreate and really find out if it was capable of 500mph! 😀

Was looking at one today that is part of the superb display of aero engines at Rolls Royce’s Learning and Education Centre (?) Derby. Magnificent beast it is too.

Roger Smith.

October 28, 2007 at 12:56 am in reply to: Armstrong-Whitworth AW 681 – brochure on Ebay… #1304457

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Original printed 1961 – copyright???

Roger Smith.

October 28, 2007 at 12:52 am in reply to: Armstron Whithworth Siskin #1304554

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The Gamecock remains have always been in the ownership of the Tompkins family and there has never been a question of them being acquired by anyone else. The project if it were to be carried out would be a long term one.

sorry I mis-remembered :confused:

Roger Smith.

October 27, 2007 at 3:21 am in reply to: Armstron Whithworth Siskin #1305537

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Gamecocks

….. whats happening with the Gloster Gamecock reconstruction that was reported on a few years back. I thought the plan was to contruct two aircraft, one to airworthy standards but to remain as a static exhibit, and the other to fly?:confused:

There is possibly, I think, two seperate Gamecock projects in the UK.

The Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire are constructing a superb looking reproduction Gamecock – see photos below (hopefully) I took at their open day in June to unveil their E28/39 replica to mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Frank Whittle.

In Northamptonshire a Forum member (Texan Tomcat) has previously indicated that the remains of a civil registered Gamecock (G-ADIN) have been located and negotiations to acquire were underway. This aircraft, along with a considerable quantity of spares, was acquired from the RAF as surplus and flown at Sywell in 1936(?) by a Mr Tompkins. I think it may be possible that what has been found is the spares cache but I don’t know.
Can TT possibly give us an update?

Roger Smith.

Just done a search go to http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38911&highlight=Gamecock+G-ADIN

photo files too big 😡

October 27, 2007 at 3:05 am in reply to: Classic Flight Update (inc News on the Shack) #1305541

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Most of the information had been published in Classic Flight’s superb magazine “Dakota Promota” a couple of weeks ago. Although this is a closed-circulation journal to CF members copies of it were given out to people attending Martin Slater’s talk in Coventry about the Lancaster overhaul.

Roger Smith.
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