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November 25, 2008 at 12:22 am in reply to: Help Identifying items please #1212854

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Reply to Flat 12×2. No photos unfortunately but friends dad seems to remember Typhoons or Tempests, possibly Furies and Harvards/Texans. I have a joystick grip from a Har/Tex. that he gave me.

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You might like to look at this thread, pics of the yard & some details of the aircraft in it in ’58 & ’60
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1213114

November 15, 2008 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Help Identifying items please #1222150

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Knowing that I have an interest in WWII era aircraft a friends father gave me some items he had collected. Post war he worked in a scrap yard nicknamed “Sandhurst Airport.” Apparently aircraft were flown into Blackbushe airport then trailered to the scrap yard to be broken up.

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I would guess that that would have been Skylines (?) which was in Florence Rd. off Yorktown Rd. Collage Town near Sandhurst. The site is now the car park behind the present offices fronting Yorktown Rd. if you look at Sat. images on google maps.
When I visited it in the late ’70’s there were Harvard fusalages & Vampire/Venom wings in there.
Could you get any more info ? like how many aircraft they scrapped & what kinds ? & any pics. ?

October 17, 2008 at 6:25 pm in reply to: Merlin??? #1172262

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Just too much fun….
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3NjlnJ3EoSY&feature=related
But is it or isn,t it,sounds too revy to be a Merlin seeing they only go to 3 to 4 gran??:confused:.

That boat sounds & looks like the Barcardi Silver boat.
Here it is averaging 202 mph !!! over a kilometre on a river.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uBmJ2cuFTcE
It is powered by twin supercharged V8 Chevys, 1500 hp each (probably reving to about 6000rpm) & does not sound like supercharged V8s you would find at the drag strip , so sound is not everything.

October 15, 2008 at 7:53 pm in reply to: BOB film – was any of it filmed at Bovingdon? #1174970

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..and ‘Hanover Street’…c1979.

Mark

Mark,I thought that was at Little Rissington ?

October 10, 2008 at 2:12 pm in reply to: Rolls-Royce Griffon and Eagle engines #1180684

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I think it might have been interesting to see what the Eagle could have produced if fully developed. The chances are that it would have broken the 4000hp barrier if the way the Merlin and Griffon were developed is any guide. The Merlin starteed out sub 1000hp and ended up at the bottom end of the Griffon power scale. The Griffon started at 1700+ and went up to nearly 2500. On that basis I would certainly expect to see 4000+ from a fully developed Eagle.

The Sabre was at 4000+hp in experimental form at the same time , so the Eagle should have produced a lot more for the extra 10 ltrs

October 10, 2008 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Rolls-Royce Griffon and Eagle engines #1180687

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Comparing like for like, H24 layout twin cranks, the Eagle v Sabre the Eagle is heavy 3900 v 2300 lb , same power 3500 hp but Sabre 36 ltrs (same as Griffon) v Eagle 46ltrs. So why didn’t they use the sabre in the Wyvern ?

October 5, 2008 at 6:28 pm in reply to: Are T-33´s of any interest? #1186334

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Here you can see them, including a red one to the left…

Jon

Link to WiX for better pics of them including the red one
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24720

August 14, 2008 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Underground Hangars To protect war planes #1165166

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If I recall correctly as you head south from Kemble to join the M4 aren’t there some hangers on the right (now an army base???) camoflaged just as Paul F describes …………………………..

These are the hangers at ex.RAF Hullavington, lots of detail pics http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlantikwall/atlantikwall_html/001_atlantikwall_site/home.html

August 4, 2008 at 10:02 pm in reply to: Underground Hangars To protect war planes #1176037

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I knew someone would say that !

As I said they are new, so no history, and they are extreamely late Marks !Each one..Griffin Engined ! Experimental. Do the Spitfire Production Nos Add up ? I dont think so..

M.

Oh where’s Mark 12 when you need him !

October 19, 2007 at 10:22 am in reply to: merlin III on e bay #1315326

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A starting bid of £36,000 required!;)

At current exchange rates ( £1 = 1.99 CAD ) the starting (reserve not met) bid is ‘only’ £25,100 , does your ‘wink’ mean you know that to meet the reserve a bid of £36,000 is required ?

April 2, 2007 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Spit 14 question…what are the odds…… #1256126

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Mark, you just ‘be good’ out there 😉

October 20, 2006 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Kamaroll Island Brigand #1334815

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David,

I have had a look at what I think is Kamaran Island using Google Earth. It seems to be pretty flat, mostly sandy and, at its highest point, around 20 ft amsl. There does not appear to be any sign of an airfield left on it.

If you enter:

14 36 43 96N

42 54 47 47E

in Google, that should take you there. It’s around 179NM northwest of Aden.

Your coordinates are off, so you must have the wrong island
Try 15°20’24.87″N 42°36’0.95″E
The island is approx 10 x 4 miles ,right island but still no signs of an airfield.
If you google the island there are pics of the old airport & modern tourist pics.
http://www.al-bab.com/bys/articles/groom02pix.htm
http://www.kamaran.net/photogallery/photogallery.htm

October 11, 2006 at 7:03 pm in reply to: Iraqi Air Park – intact Fury??? #1255304

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Can someone tell me whereabouts that is? Want to try and GE it.

Its all in the WIX link above 😉

October 11, 2006 at 9:33 am in reply to: RAAF to get 4 C-17's #2549918

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OK, so maybe not 4 this summer , but the first Oz. C-17 is due to fly later this month.
Boeing C-17 news

June 20, 2006 at 12:01 pm in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1329288

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Great thread. many attempts to read all.

Back in the 70’s I seem to remember a few H-19 Chickasaws in a wooded area around the Bagshot, Sunningdale area?? in surrey. I was wondering if anyone can remember them. or what happened to them

How about Ascot ? only a few miles away , home of Staravia , they had a (I only ever saw one) H-19 / S-55 / Whirlwind ex. Spanish A.F in the yard in the mid to late ’70’s . It was faded/sun bleached dark green overall.
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