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  • July 8, 2014 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Any Hawker Hind News? #866322
    Oxcart
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    I haven’t heard anything on the restoration of the Hinds, but the website was still up & running the last time I checked.

    I did hear from a friend of mine that some of the spare airframe etc parts have been/are being incorperated into other Hawker projects to make them look viable.

    Bob T.

    I looked at the website but there is no news there at all

    July 7, 2014 at 8:51 pm in reply to: Fairey Gannet XT752 Court Ruling #866766
    Oxcart
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    Best of luck, GG!

    P

    July 7, 2014 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Any Hawker Hind News? #867084
    Oxcart
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    Sorry, no news but I can let you know that when I win the Euro Millions (and it will have to be a multiple roll over) I’ll be rebuilding one Hind and recreating a Hart (India). Now where did I leave that naturally aspirated Kestrel…hmmm I may have a plan there.

    Anne

    I’d be tempted to saw a Hind in half and make a Fury!

    July 4, 2014 at 8:28 pm in reply to: P51 Down in the US #869513
    Oxcart
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    Terrible news. Thoughts go to friends and family

    July 3, 2014 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Seafire SX336 #870724
    Oxcart
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    Oh thank god! I did see her at Duxford today! I couldn’t believe my eyes!!

    June 29, 2014 at 9:49 pm in reply to: Triplane incident at Old Warden – pilot OK #874725
    Oxcart
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    Side slipping into the undershoot fence is simply poor airmanship! There is no need to touch down just in side the fence as the runway is plenty long enough to make a normal landing. An important aircraft has been damaged in my mind by sheer stupidity. My heart goes out to those who now have this extra job of repairing the aircraft.

    Good God! EVERYONE makes mistakes!

    June 29, 2014 at 1:08 am in reply to: Vickers Valetta/Viking vs C-47/DC-3 #875418
    Oxcart
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    It seems that the product planners decided on an aircraft with similar performance to the DC-3 but more expensive (because of used ones coming onto the market) and with more powerful but
    thirstier and (arguably) more unreliable engines. It’s a wonder they sold any!

    June 28, 2014 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #875885
    Oxcart
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    Some Assembly required:

    That’s great!!

    June 27, 2014 at 5:59 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #876838
    Oxcart
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    Wasn’t MT818 offered for sale some time ago?

    June 27, 2014 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Chuck Yeager thread (Updated) #877011
    Oxcart
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    Most fighter pilots I’ve met seem to have big egos and have seemed unlikely to giggle!

    June 26, 2014 at 11:28 pm in reply to: Chuck Yeager thread (Updated) #877639
    Oxcart
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    I read that he was offered a position with NASA at the very start of the space program, his reply was ” you wont get me in a spam can with chimpanzee sh!t on the seat” which sums up his forward thinking.

    He was head of NASA’s Aerospace Test Pilot School. And says in his autobiography that he wasn’t selected for astronaut training because he didn’t go to college.
    And nobody’s perfect!

    June 26, 2014 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Flying legends #878100
    Oxcart
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    If you’re tired of the sound of multiple Merlins you’re tired of life!

    June 26, 2014 at 9:21 am in reply to: My latest acquisition; P&W R-2800 – what a beast! #878450
    Oxcart
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    Around a ton, I would think.

    June 26, 2014 at 9:08 am in reply to: 3 Lancaster at East Kirkby, date released 2nd Sept 2014 #878460
    Oxcart
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    Don’t think they’d waste money on flight-worthy Merlins if it wasn’t going to fly at some point. But stranger things have happened, I suppose!

    June 23, 2014 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Hats off to John Romain, 109 dead stick landing at headcorn. #881443
    Oxcart
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    Never noticed him getting any stick. He’s a very skilled engineer and (obviously! ) a very skilled pilot! Amazing man!

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