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March 17, 2006 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Rare Macaws JP Picture.Munich 1971 ? #1344180

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Thanks for the pic Andy and please post the others.
I Have loads of original B/W’s of the Red Pelicans but sadly not of the Macaws (or Linton Gin/Gemini Pair or Poachers)
Anyhow the last aircraft is in all probability XS210, however neither the 2nd or 3rd show up in Albert’s superb book ‘ Aerobatic Teams of the world as being allocated to the team. No doubt if he reads this post he will be able to piece the puzzle together.

Cant have enough of JP’s

March 17, 2006 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Aviation related Car Boot finds or similar #1344313

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Thanks for that Robbo,

They cost me a tenner and the guy ‘chucked’ in a signed and framed 8×10 photo of XR219 (Maiden Flight out of Boscombe) Must post a pic, maybe someone can id the sigs ( over 30 of them).

seems like a good days browsing.

March 17, 2006 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Aviation related Car Boot finds or similar #1344322

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Picked a couple of books up at a second hand shop today.

The book of Miles Aicraft – Compiled by AH Lukins.
No year of publication but it lists the M.39B Libellula as the last model in production.

The book of Westland Aircraft – Compiled by AH Lukins.
No publication date but listed as senior members of the company are such legendary names as WEW Petter, HJ Penrose and the MD Eric Mensforth.

Both published by The Harborough Publishing Co and produced by Aircraft(Technical) Publications Ltd.

Not seen these before and wondered if anyone could put a publication year on them.

March 17, 2006 at 9:08 pm in reply to: Rare Macaws JP Picture.Munich 1971 ? #1344328

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Macaws markings are right for the 1970-2 seasons . As an aside Brian Hoskins led the team in 71, and went on later to lead the ‘Red Arrows’.
The nearest aircraft is XR704 which I always thought was present only for the 1969 season. I cannot make out the ID’s on the other three, any one out there with better eyesight/software?

Fill in the gaps Mr Ross?

Great find, and a superb addition to any JP fans collection.

March 14, 2006 at 10:59 pm in reply to: Plentiful Percivals #1346756

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Forgot to mention, Superb stuff Glyn. More Percivals please ?

I really must get down to CVT and experience the Prentice flight this year

March 14, 2006 at 10:57 pm in reply to: Plentiful Percivals #1346767

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Pic 6 Could be the Red Pelicans 1962 team ( Albert will correct me if I am wrong)

March 14, 2006 at 10:01 am in reply to: Cardington 1980s fuselage ID wanted #1347303

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Many thanks guys,

Early airframes are a real problem for me ( must work harder).

March 11, 2006 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Someone is publishing my photos #1349175

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I had a similar sort of problem a couple of years ago when I posted to a binaries newsgroup. Glenn Alderton and some other posters on this forum were also affected. in essence a wallpaper creator (and I use the word very loosely) was downloading the photos and reworking them or ( in some cases) simply cropping out copyright details and posting them as their own work. All sorts of threats (legal and not so legal) were made to them . Downside was in many countries copyright law is non existant, or expensive and time consuming.

Watermark your images ( Layering in Paint shop pro or photoshop) and place your copyright details close enough to the subject as to make them awkward to remove. Should anyone want the image for personal consumption a PM usually yeilds a positive result.

March 11, 2006 at 9:52 am in reply to: RAF Cosford – 1981 pics #1349978

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Happier times for both the Victor and Vulcan. I was working at the museum (Thursday Evenings-Sundays and most Saturdays at that time.

Do you have any pics of Canberra B(I)8 WT346? to share?

March 4, 2006 at 11:07 am in reply to: Varsity WF410 #1361555

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I remember ‘408’ at Cosford where it was maintained and restored by a bunch of volunteers. At their own expense they replaced a lot of interior parts as well as lavishing tlc on the exterior . They were gutted when the museum decided to replace it. If memory serves me well I believe it went originally to Northolt dump

March 3, 2006 at 2:42 pm in reply to: Spitfire and Concorde in the final #1362668

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Could only be the Spitfire.

As stated in previous posts Concorde is an anglo French collaboration/design.

The underground map may well be pertinant to London but is of little interest outside the home counties. As usefull as it may be, it could hardly be called a design icon.

The Spitfire on the other hand is recognised worldwide as one of the great aircraft of all time.

March 2, 2006 at 11:48 am in reply to: Aviation related Car Boot finds or similar #1364359

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magnavon bars

quick ‘google’ bought up this.

rivetting tooling

February 21, 2006 at 11:20 am in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1376375

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I spent many hours ‘browsing’ around the Super Alloys yard in the mid/late 60’s. What a treasure trove, if only I had realised exactly what I was playing with.

Entry as Matt said was from the rear ( I went in round the back of the ‘egg factory’). A couple of menacing dogs kept most away, but for reasons unknown they were always freindly to me and little brother. I remember seeing a few cockpits/fuselages as well as Anson Mainplanes and a large white fuselage under a canopy.

Nuff of the memory lane waffling, hears a couple of pics from the front of the yard. The condition of the Javelins is remarkably tidy ( doubt they had been there long) What price those fuselages today!!

February 21, 2006 at 12:00 am in reply to: RAF Finmere #1376639

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Vintage Aircraft Club held regular fly-ins at Finmere during the 90’s. I have a few pics from those times but sadly nothing before.

February 17, 2006 at 3:42 pm in reply to: XL391 Support #1380707

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Re the Swift, It sounds very much as if the current owners would rather have it rot and disintegrate than let anyone (including the RAFM ) get their hands on it. This airframe I feel is also beyond the realms of aquisition and restoration. Its a crying shame but sadly we cannot force owners of historic aircraft to part with them or maintain them.
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