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February 11, 2015 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #904038

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Learn all about it at Hibaldstow this weekend:

Friday13 February

7 pm – Talk on Spitfire AB910 and the work of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – Presented by Sqn Ldr Andrew Millikin, Skydive Hibaldstow, Hibaldstow Airfield, DN20 9NN. £5 advance, £6 on door, from Brigg Tourist Information Centre 01652 657053 or Waters’ Edge Visitor Centre. 01652 631500.

Saturday 14 February
10am to 4pm – Exhibition : Spitfire AB910 – The “flight” of Margaret Horton and the story of the airfield during WWII – Hibaldstow Airfield. Admission free. 01652 657053.

February 4, 2015 at 9:44 am in reply to: Treble one: The story of no. 111 (F) Squadron, Royal Air Force by R.P.D.Sands Copy? #911382

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The author was born in our village and lived there until joining the RAF. Been looking for a copy myself!

January 23, 2015 at 9:48 am in reply to: Bloodhound missile survivors #922935

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Hi Big Vern: Thanks for that clarification.

Judging by the close-up shots of the stencilling etc shown on the telly they have done a really good job with the paintwork.

January 23, 2015 at 8:27 am in reply to: Bloodhound missile survivors #923105

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I noticed on the BBC Look East coverage that a serial number of some sort had been painted on at least the port side of the main body of the missile. I know that was the practice on the Mk 1, but was it also the case with the white Mk 2s?

October 21, 2014 at 1:05 pm in reply to: RAF Halton #924016

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No PSP was harmed in landing the heavies – they all took to the grass. The ground and weather conditions were chosen carefully to minimise the risk. One of the Vulcan deliveries (the camouflaged one in 1967 I think) was described in detail in Air Clues of the time.

I recall that all the Jags, JPs etc were trucked in.

October 10, 2014 at 7:25 am in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #929177

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Hi TT & MOM:

I’m just into the 7th week since ordering. I’ll wait until Monday then use the contact from MOM. Thanks for your help.

October 9, 2014 at 7:48 am in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #929635

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Anyone else still waiting for the delivery of merchandise ordered through the on-line shop?

October 2, 2014 at 7:34 am in reply to: Jaguars! #859311

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XX108 – Now on display at the IWM Duxford.

September 26, 2014 at 4:50 pm in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #865168

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So just think how hard Don Schofield and Leon Evans have been working for the last six or seven weeks.

September 17, 2014 at 11:54 pm in reply to: AP 970 & AP 1208 Design Requirements #876334

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Its Type Record shows that there was much more to the design of the Tiger Moth than is suggested in a previous post.

AP 970 exists today (and has just been extensively revised) as Defence Standard 00-970.

September 17, 2014 at 1:07 pm in reply to: AP 970 & AP 1208 Design Requirements #877082

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The Tiger Moth was not ‘unregulated’ – it used AP970 as its design code.

September 10, 2014 at 1:42 pm in reply to: Boultbee Flight Academy approved for Spitfire passenger flying #883647

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TonyT makes a valid point. In the old days of Tiger Moth pleasure flights it was the norm to make some changes such as removing the front/rear rudder bar interconnecting rod, removing the front cockpit control column and putting a box over the front cockpit throttle and mixture levers to prevent the passenger fiddling with the controls.

Today, of course, such precautions are not taken because these flights are operated as ‘trial lessons’ and access to the controls is therefore needed.

September 10, 2014 at 11:41 am in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #883810

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The Museum has started to twitch about Sunday:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxford/the-duxford-air-show-0

September 9, 2014 at 7:26 am in reply to: Jaguar Photos #884843

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For pics of prototype and development aircraft surely the place to contact is the BAE Systems North West Heritage Group at Warton. They have access to much of the corporate data and have contributed greatly to a wide range of publications including books and magazines.

I think there is a link through the heritage pages on the main BAE Systems website.

September 8, 2014 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Canadian Warplane Heritage – Lancaster- 2014 UK tour #885457

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mmitch: There is plenty of space in the Visitor Centre car park. Tours are running every 15 mins so it is a bit of a sausage machine. I was there bank holiday monday and felt no pressure to get out. Indeed, I had a cup of tea and a chat with some of the Canadians in the little cafeteria, which was doing a roaring trade. There was also the opportunity to buy stuff at the Visitor Centre shop, but no Canadian merchandise was on sale (missed opportunity there!).

I suggest that you approach the visitor centre approx 15 mins before your tour time, when your ticket will be checked and you will be given a coloured wristband applicable to the time of your tour. Your tour will then be called forward at the due time.
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