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December 21, 2007 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Peter Holloways Collection #1242580

JesseJames
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Storch

Hi Andy in Beds,

Thank you very much for showing the colour-scheme of the Storch, magic
shot. See if ollie had read my post in depth, he would have known that at the
Shuttleworth Autumn bash, it was in the same hanger masked-up, well
around the windows anyway and not fully painted up, which is why I asked the question, what colour is it going to be coated up with.

Many thanks Andy, JJ.

Many thanks JJ.

December 21, 2007 at 4:21 pm in reply to: Peter Holloways Collection #1242656

JesseJames
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Colour-scheme ?

As he has just had the Storch painted i would hazard a guess at not yet.

Hi ollieholmes,

Come on then, the suspence is killing me, what colour are we talking then ?

Regards, JJ.

December 21, 2007 at 11:53 am in reply to: German Aircraft in Allied Hands #1242858

JesseJames
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Me 109 shot.

Anyone seen this site ?
http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/albumphoto.asp?albumid=164&asortType=3&apage=5

One of the pics is ::

Hi old eagle,

I wondered if this was DG200 which crash landed at Manston, which later
after being repaired, flew without a canopy until they got one off another
gift or kill. I did hear that this did fly from RR Hucknall without a lid. The shot
does look like the lid is missing, unless it folded back without the stay.
Sorry for refering to its coming to Earth as a crash-landing, I must stop saying that, due to up-setting people on other forums, it made a, at all times
under-control, controlled-landing. There.

Regards JJ.

Regards JJ.

December 20, 2007 at 6:04 am in reply to: Jags last flight #1243540

JesseJames
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JAG LAST FLIGHT.

Tomorrow (20th) the Jag will make its last flights. 10am for 1.5 hrs going around old stations, then again at 1400 for 1.5 hrs going through the hills.

Hi theboscomegeek,

Do you know if its doing Coningsby tomorrow ?

JJ.

December 19, 2007 at 10:44 pm in reply to: Seasons greetings #1243645

JesseJames
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return message.

To you all………….Is that allowed webmaster?? :rolleyes:
(and to all the criticasters: yes, this picture is also a tribute….)
Aerovet

Hi Aerovet,

And the very same to you.

Cheers JJ.

December 19, 2007 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Peter Holloways Collection #1243836

JesseJames
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A line to Hairyplane.

Hi Oxcart.

From the horses mouth….

In addition to the 4 machines at OW, I aquired G-MESS, Nord 1101, and also the Dora 9 project G-DORA, plus a large inventory of 190 parts, including several Jumo 213 engines.

The other airframes that have been mentioned did not come my way. The registrations have been cancelled by the CAA.

My core interest is in the lighter machines. Certainly the Storch, an aircraft that has fascinated me since childhood, is the machine that blows my frock up right now.

I have no plans to build the D9 and, yes, it would be nice to fly one.

I hope this satisfies your curiosity.

Seasons greetings to all.

HP

Hi Hairyplane,

Just to say I thought the display you did at the Autumn Shuttleworth bash
was just fab, and that me and the gang are coming down again to have some
more of what you put on. Look forward to seeing you in the air in the Storch
at some point in the future. Are you keeping its current colour-scheme or are
you going in another direction on that one ?

Regards, JJ.

December 17, 2007 at 10:46 pm in reply to: AA Coventry bash today 16-12-07 #1245143

JesseJames
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Reply message.

[QUOTE=RPSmith;1194004]I spent my first day (on probation ? 🙂 ) as a ground support volunteer with the Classic Flight. What a cold introduction but what a friendly bunch.
It was great to talk to visitors who had come to Coventry to fly in the Dak including two lots from Sussex.
Another chap (from the Fens) had done his national service in the RAF in the early fifties and had flown in quite a few types – this was his first time in a Dakota. He had been a fireman and had spent 18 months with 605 Squadron at Honiley (his flight today must have gone very close to Honiley whilst transitting between Warwick and Kenilworth). He told me a tale of a Supermarine Attacker taking off from Honiley loaded with ordnance, about 3/4 down the runway a wingtip hit the ground and there was an almighty explosion. His fire vehicle sped to the scene but no aeroplane the explosion had leap-frogged it “a half mile” where it came down wrecked but substantially whole – the pilot unharmed!! Was he spinning me a yarn?
A great day, the first of many (if I’ve passed the test!)

Roger Smith.

PS I’m not the Roger Jesse is referring to above :)[

Hi RP Smith,

For some reason I cannot post shots on the forum, so I put them on airshowbuzz.com under WireFox. The Roger I mean is on the shot of the
Shackleton crew on the left. Do you know who the person is on the right ?

Cheers JJ.

December 15, 2007 at 6:39 am in reply to: Blue Skies Mr Pond… #1247013

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Bob Pond passed away today.
A Navy Pilot in WWII that began collecting warbirds in the 1980’s.
His collection grew into Planes of Fame East and is not part of the Palm Springs Air Museum. He was a very generous supporter of the warbird community and will be missed by many.
Blue skies Mr Pond.
I can’t thank you enough…

Hi warbirdnerd,

Sorry to hear this news and was wondering if this was the same Bob Pond who came over here with a Grumman twin seaplane which I saw at Coventry
here in the UK at their last show ?

JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 5:33 pm in reply to: Spotted #1248634

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Spotted today.

Hi Everyone,

Spotted at 0949hrs flying over Beeston Nottingham, RAF AWAC which then
joined finals for EMA and I feel it did a touch and go then headed toward
Breadon on the Hill-Shepshed area then lost sight of it.

Regards, JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Shot of 1968 Kings Cup Air Race Winner Mustang #1248645

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Date of Mustang at Hucknall.

Would that have been the 1968 Hucknall Airshow, if so, curses, as it was the first one I missed due to commiting myself to a charity marathon that day.
There was a rumour going around that the Buchons and Spitfires involved with the filming the BoB film at the time were to make a massed airshow appearance at Hucknall, I think that the organisers tried to arrange this but couldn’t agree terms with the film company, or more likely, couldn’t afford it.
What an airshow spectacle that would have been, it would have also caused me to severly wrestle with my conscience, no contest.

Hi Pete,

I fell it was 1968, but I will check with Mr Herbert Watson at Rolls-Royce
Heritage Trust to be sure and I will post the result.

Cheers JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 1:23 am in reply to: Another Mustang Question from JJ. #1249653

JesseJames
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Mustang info.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-13954.shtml – does this help at all?- not recent, but some details!

Dear Oxcart,

It sure does, many many thanks for the page with shot of it.

Regards, JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 1:21 am in reply to: Another Mustang Question from JJ. #1249658

JesseJames
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Thanks for Mustang info.

As far as I know Dave is no longer the owner of the aircraft.It was in a barn on a farm in the Coventry area but I don’t know the present location.
I think it will be a while before it is seen complete……

Hi Alani,

Thanks for joining in and trying to find out the status of the said Mustang

Regards, JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 1:18 am in reply to: Another Mustang Question from JJ. #1249663

JesseJames
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INFO.

No its not, Maurice is rebuilding 44-13521. G-UAKE was kicking around the workshops once upon a time before Dave Kingshott owned it, it was last heard of with Phillip Warner.

Dearest Yak 11 Fan,

Thank you for putting us straight on the matter and as I said to Newforest
wherever its lurking, it appears to be safe.

Regards, JJ.

December 13, 2007 at 1:14 am in reply to: Another Mustang Question from JJ. #1249667

JesseJames
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So this would be G-UAKE c/n 44-13954. Site says owned by David Kingshott, but CAA says the owner is Philip Warner. The restoration is being done by Maurice Hammond (?).

Hi Newforest,

Many thanks for the info and it looks like wherever this bird is, it seems to
be safe somewhere.

Thanks alot JJ.

December 11, 2007 at 6:42 pm in reply to: Pacific Wrecks Researcher Arrested Solomon Islands #1251288

JesseJames
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Oh dear, he is in a heap of trouble. To have ‘stumbled’ across the illegal removal of the wrecks, and then be arrested for ‘illegal entry’ sounds very much like he has crossed the wrong people.

I’ve seen the jail in Gizo, not a fun place. But they do let the prisoners out on Wednesday afternoons to play footy on the village green (or did 20 years ago when I was there!).

With any luck there will be some other, local presures brought to bear and he and his colleagues will escape incarceration – I am sure we all wish them the best.

As far as the scrap theory goes, I would have thought the planes are worth more to rich collectors than their scrap value, having taken the trouble to drag them out of the bush and transport them to China (or wherever).

DS

Hi Docstirling,

Just out of interest, is the swamp were the aircraft lay in rain-water or salt
water , just out of interest ?.

JJ.
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