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September 28, 2011 at 8:51 pm in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1064812

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Mr. Marley, for once I agree with you… G’s and H’s seem to be the same (one by Bell, the other by Westland), or so my limited research indicates. I’m sure the world’s expert on Bell 47’s will be along soon enough.

Pagen: 😀

So no-0ne’s got any idea about G-ASOL?…..

September 28, 2011 at 7:43 pm in reply to: Bell 47 Colour? #1064884

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Thanks for the reply!

It’s a Bell 47 D.

Thomas.

No it isn’t. Its an H-13… a Sioux. Look at the curved lower portion of the fuselage which projects into the bubble, the large twin fuel tanks, the stabiliser on the tail boom, and the fully documented history of XT148.

A good comparison of the differences are here: http://www.bell47helicopterassociation.org/Bell%20article_1_Rev.%20210.pdf
The H model appears to have been the same as the G model, but manufactured under licence by Westlands.

Welcome to the lion’s den Tom… 😀

September 28, 2011 at 7:39 pm in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1064886

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Mr. Boyle, please keep up. The D model is not and appears to never have been at NEAM. I need to find out its current wherabouts in order to track down exactly why it appears on the NEAM website and other NEAM related places… I guarantee that it is not there. Both of NEAM’s 47’s were ex- British Army Sioux models with verified histories..

September 28, 2011 at 5:24 pm in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1065110

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NEAM’s ’47 has been confirmed as Westland Sioux (Bell 47H-13) xt148. Gifted to NEAM by the Helicopter Museum along with another, less complete example which has moved to Aeroventure. All paperwork records confirm this transaction. However, it does not explain what has hapened to the civvie D model, or how NEAM seem to have it on their books dispite it most likely not existing since the late 1960’s…..

September 28, 2011 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Did I just see an L-39 Albatros? #1065118

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The Grey Albatross is a regular visitor to Newcastle – its still parked up at Samson Aviation today. We see it a couple of times a month. it does look a little odd surrounded by spam cans and exec jets…..

September 27, 2011 at 4:28 pm in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1066926

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The one at NEAM has all of those features, and is therefore not G-ASOL. So where is it…..?

September 27, 2011 at 1:00 pm in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1067281

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Thats what we are trying to work out – it does not fit with the D model variations – the pod is much later. The tanks and elevator don’t match with a D model either. What NEAM has, is not a D. The best idea we have for the one at NEAM is Bell 47H-13 (Westland Sioux AH1) XT148.

G-ASOL seems to have never been at NEAM dispite what has been quoted on their website. We have a sketchy clue that OL was at The Helicopter Museum a number of years ago, but nothing up to date.

Story 1: XT148 was apparently collected from the Army Air Corps directly in 1990

Story 2: XT148 was collected from THM (Weston) along with a second AH1. 148 is still at NEAM, and the second example migrated to Aeroventure.

Problem – G-ASOL is still missing…

September 27, 2011 at 11:34 am in reply to: I've lost a Bell 47…. #1067442

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Way too out of date… 😉 Any photos from this year?

September 22, 2011 at 11:36 am in reply to: Accident at Reno… P51 Galloping Ghost. #1075096

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Following some research, it turns out I was wrong. Still… no need to take the pi$$ eh?………………

September 20, 2011 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Dear santa can I have this DC-10 please #567798

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On a follow on vid, you can watch it crash too, so the answer to your question is most likely, Yes – you can have it…. in lots of tiny pieces…

September 20, 2011 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Aircraft part number list v4 #1077615

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Here’s one… I have a fuse board with the following info on the back:

s/no. DHB 33
25NF5365a mod 255776
2. Z/FW

The board is a cockpit mounted type, in grey paint. It includes a series of circuit breakers in rows of threes and fours down the left hand side, and screw type fuse holders over the rest of the surface. Amongst the systems are ADFs, weather radar, cockpit speakers, cabin speakers and cabin intercom.

What is it from? I’d hazard a guess at Comet, but the part number doesn’t tie in with the Comet prefix. Following the DeHavilland system, all I can glean from the information is that it was made at Broughton and is electrical / instrumentation….

September 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm in reply to: Gas Detector Panels #1079081

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Roobarb’s meander through the anthrax-strewn liney stories also hits on the key issue… the gas patches were for ground-crew use, rather than aircrew whilst flying. If one were to fly through a gas cloud during a dog fight, I’m sure you’d only notice that you had, when your eyeballs start to blister….. you’d remember to look at the yellow-ish patch on the wing just before your skin drops off…

September 19, 2011 at 7:07 pm in reply to: Red Arrows Hawks exchanged for those from storage #1079273

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There was 9 at Newcastle Airport today – 8 red and one black, including the ‘new’ XX319.

September 18, 2011 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Anybody for a Spitfire in Tiger Meet markings? #1080908

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Somebody has WAY too much time on their hands……. 😀

September 16, 2011 at 9:19 pm in reply to: Did this Hunter fly with red stars? #1084070

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It would be a bigger problem to fly it with its nose cut off and the intakes sheeted over… 😀
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