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  • December 10, 2005 at 9:03 am in reply to: Forumites project, what are you working on? #1378644
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    on a slightly smaller scale, my project is a Blackburn Palouste jet engine (that would start that Bucc quite nicely) that I’m supposed to be gettting running, but never seem to get round to!

    December 7, 2005 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Griffon Spitfire #1382590
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    The best looking model is the MkIX – and that’s official!

    Anything before looks rather weedy – anything after looks like it’s wearing add-ons .

    they’re all lovely and I’d have any of them in a second – but the IX has the best of everything… Fact!

    Anyone who disagrees is perfectly entitled to any delusion they like 😉

    December 2, 2005 at 7:04 pm in reply to: WWII Airfields to be Listed #1389413
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    I’m suprised Biggin Hill didn’t get a mention. Maybe it’s use as an airport already protects it to a certian extent.

    don’t worry – it’s been included:

    (From the list)
    BIGGIN HILL
    London Borough of Bromley
    Britain’s most celebrated fighter station. It retains a particularly fine officers’ mess of 1934 and a good group of technical and domestic buildings (mostly 1930-34). The latter include the best-preserved married quarters group associated with a nationally-important site. The flying field, with later runways, retains defence posts and fighter pens from 1939.

    December 2, 2005 at 5:32 pm in reply to: Ray Hanna #1389697
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    The best I ever saw.

    Thanks for the memories Ray

    November 30, 2005 at 8:03 am in reply to: When our heros have feet of clay #1393154
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    wow – politician in corruption shocker!

    it’s no surprise really is it – politics has never been wher you find those with the greatest integrity

    You can choose to remember him as an ace or a politician, I know which I will

    November 12, 2005 at 9:10 am in reply to: Vulcan XH558 Offical Update #1411289
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    Blah blah blah – whinge whinge whinge etc…

    I look forward to the nay-sayers being drowned out by four olympus engines 😀

    October 27, 2005 at 1:04 pm in reply to: Duxford and Mildenhall – 16th October #479352
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    fantastic stuff 🙂

    shot 2 is a classic

    October 23, 2005 at 5:35 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340430
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    spot on!

    Having looked at Turkish F16 losses here: http://www.f-16.net/f-16_mishaps_airforce-TUAF.html – it is most likely to be 93-0002 judging by the nature of the damage. The only makings I could find was the number 9054, but this was stencilled on a pylon and doesn’t appear to be likned directly to the aircraft serial.

    cheers chaps.

    October 23, 2005 at 4:22 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340541
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    nope!

    October 23, 2005 at 3:49 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340555
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    sorry Snaps it’s not a Mig 29

    thank you for playing 😀

    October 23, 2005 at 3:41 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340569
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    they had this too
    http://antonyl.brinkster.net/paul/turkey%20oct%201005/scrap_jet.jpg

    any one care to guess what it is? it’s not too hard 😉

    October 23, 2005 at 3:38 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340572
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    thanks Rocketeer!

    already been to that site, -0279 is on there so we’re close!

    I’m wondering what it did pre-Turkish Air Force

    regarding cockpitfest – that’s exactly what I had in mind!! 😉

    but it seems wrong to chop her in half, I come from a classic car background where we try to keep as much original metal as possible, it kind of goes against the grain, but shipping and moving might be impossible with the whole fuselage, plus my spare garage might just take a cockpit but not much else, there’s a palouste engine in there already!

    October 23, 2005 at 2:57 pm in reply to: found this in a Turkish scrapyard #1340657
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    😀

    she’s a beauty isn’t she!

    Any archivist types out there able to find any service history?

    The serial is 67-0272 – it went to turkey in 1987, that’s all I know at the mo.

    cheers

    October 1, 2005 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Airworthy Spits? #1368715
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    A bit off topic, but what is so special about MH434 really? Why is it so notorious?

    if you have to ask you’ll never understand

    September 12, 2005 at 12:45 pm in reply to: C47 Dak N5831B Victory show #485772
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    it’s an inappropriate colour scheme and I will now be physically sick WAAAAHHH WAAAAAAAHGHHH!!!! craaashhh!! (drops Thermos in disgust) 😉

    Honestly – it’s so much better since the whingers forum and photo fourm became separate! 🙂

    Looks cool in that paintless finish – very South American cargo..

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