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  • March 28, 2009 at 9:50 am in reply to: Hatfield Aerodrome #1226809
    Son of DH
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    Ooh that could be cruel, but I see what you mean! This was my Grandads last project, he started on Moths and Dragons. On the way he worked on Blue Streak so covered a lot of ground!

    March 26, 2009 at 9:08 am in reply to: Messerschmitt 109-E…..where?? #1229667
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    Well I grew up around Hull, (never mind!), the building to the left look like what is now the Fisheries Museum, I think formerly the town hall. That would make the display ground what is now either Queens Gardens or Princes Quay. Then again it coud be somewhere else entirely!

    March 24, 2009 at 12:34 am in reply to: Tiger Moth on Float's #1232144
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    Hello 1946. May be a Thruxton Jackaroo, a Canadian Tiger Moth conversion with enclosed cockpit and three seats, sounds very much like your bird. We all know how fond our Canadian friends are of putting floats on things!

    March 16, 2009 at 12:38 pm in reply to: A roundabout way of displaying aircraft #1162476
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    Much appreciated Aeronaut, the Merlins look well picked! Very good source of spares at least, in some circles this could be a future flyer!

    March 15, 2009 at 8:50 pm in reply to: TFC Mosquito. #1163016
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    JDK, of course new wings, fuselages, etc are a fantastic thing as I mentioned in the post. I just think it would be a shame to break up a restorable airframe for the sake of flight. Ah well, it isn’t my plane I spose…

    Bruce, glad to hear it may not be true, whats the plan otherwise?

    March 14, 2009 at 10:33 pm in reply to: A roundabout way of displaying aircraft #1163686
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    Mossie remains are almost certainly FB.VI by the looks of it so very fitting for Salisbury Hall, I think most of whats needed has been sourced now though. Any more views of these remains by any chance?

    March 14, 2009 at 9:41 pm in reply to: TFC Mosquito. #1163751
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    The worry I have is the rumours of a whole new wing coming from New Zealand. I think the work being done out there is fantastic and great for bringing metal Mossie remains back to full aircraft but I worry that original restorable (to static) components are being put aside in the quest for airworthiness. I was fortunate to see TV959 at Duxford a few years ago and other than the cut all looks to be in great condition for static. I hope this isn’t the case… but on the bright side maybe a surplus original wing for TJ118 at the DHAHC?!

    March 13, 2009 at 4:51 pm in reply to: Mosquito TA122 assembled! #1164771
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    Can’t believe I missed this, I was tipped off too! MUST start going back on a regular basis… looks fantastic!

    March 12, 2009 at 1:57 pm in reply to: Is Concorde really a "British" design? (2009 thread) #1166281
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    What about the microwave?!! De Havilland invention dontcha know…

    March 11, 2009 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Is Concorde really a "British" design? (2009 thread) #1167300
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    Should be a Comet of course, but then I am biased! It did kick off a revolution, something the (beautiful) Concorde didn’t quite manage…

    March 11, 2009 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Aircraft Parts I.D Please. #1167996
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    First one looks an awful lot like a late Mossie night fighter example, check http://www.mossie.org and view the NF.30 in Belgium…

    February 20, 2009 at 10:28 am in reply to: Film horrors #1197847
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    633 Squadron. Destroyed two or three real Mossies but saved, in its way, at least four or five others. Many other Mossies have been destroyed since including a field of them in Israel in the late seventies early eighties. My biggest gripe about those films though are the made up Mossies, bombers with guns? Very confusing, maybe it should go down as the Mosquito FB.44?! Then theres the fact that ALL the Mossies were shot down, we all know that wouldn’t happen 😉

    February 19, 2009 at 2:18 pm in reply to: de Havilland – Home Guard Unit #1198908
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    Not sure about the cap badge until I find the pictures, but I recall him having two badges, both button hole types. One is now available as a pin badge replica at the DH Museum and the other was very similar to the cap badge but with a small band with the year he started work at DH’s in dark blue numbers. He passed away in 2003 so there’s just my Grandma and I to remember! She’s in New Zealand now so will see what she knows next time I call.

    February 19, 2009 at 12:13 am in reply to: de Havilland – Home Guard Unit #1199353
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    Evening Chaps! This is my first post, have been coming on here for a while but this is the first thread I have HAD to have a say on! My Grandad served with the deHavilland Hatfield Home Guard from formation in 1940 through to disbandment in 1944. There was one other home guard unit in Hatfield at the time, at Jack Oldings farm machinery factory and there was plenty of friendly rivalry between the two. Grandad was the youngest, 20 at formation. He had been with DH since 1936/37 (retired about 1986), and was retained as reserved occupation which made the war a difficult time for him. But then was the war easy for anyone?! I have pictures of him with other members of his platoon and also on parade. I shall dig them out to scan.

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