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November 7, 2005 at 3:13 pm in reply to: Inside Wroughton #1419089

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The Connie came in by road and certainly wasn’t airworthy! She was going to be a star
in the next series of ‘Airline’ or whatever it was called back in the 1980’s.

Yes, it was called ‘Airline’, a subject of much discussion recently on this forum (which see).

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November 4, 2005 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Ebay ALERT #1422378

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Sorry if this has already been reported on this forum.

Philip,

These cockpits are the stuff at the Stock yard, and yes, they have been discussed before, as they’ve been listed & re-listed now many times (i’ve lost count anyway).

Not sure about a working Mamba though (eek 😮 ), but the vendor only has a low ‘score’

Well spotted though, keep trawling.

Anybody spotted the AW Argosy panel on at £45 from seller ‘planepart’ ?

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November 4, 2005 at 6:19 pm in reply to: 1/24th DH Beaver for just over a tenner…! #232548

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This looked rather good fun for just over a tenner….

http://www.ashevillediecast.com/cart.php?target=product&action=view&product_id=19306&category_id=412

Anyone built one before? :confused:

TT

TT,

Yes, i’ve been after one of these for a loooong time, thanks.

But to clarify, there has been an advert from the folks that make ’em, in the classified section of the American ‘Fine Scale Modeller’ magazine (distributed by Comag in the UK of late) for many, many years on & off…. long before even the internet perhaps ?

Anyhow, they only ever accepted payment by cheque or money order in US funds, and even to this day with credit cards, Paypal etc, etc…. still stick to this method.

Thanks for finding an ‘easy-ordering’ source, as here is said advert…..

November 4, 2005 at 7:26 am in reply to: Xmas has come Early for me YET again! #1423152

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Indeed congrats’ on an excellent publication, especially the latest issues Fairy Battle surivors article, the the news about the Wirraway in the lake.

Hope they can raise it asap 😀

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November 2, 2005 at 9:21 pm in reply to: Aircraft Instrument Panel Projects #1425072

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Hello Guys.
Well my first week was tied up redoing a Pilots panel for an Airspeed Oxford. Strangely enough we are missing the right hand side pilots panel that holds the engine guages revs etc. Does anyone have a spare one available or a drawing of this panel?

Peter,

Whats the availability (or otherwise) of Oxford stuff where you are ?

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November 2, 2005 at 8:52 am in reply to: Merlin sounds #1425758

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The Mustang also has the open gun ports on the wings, which adds the whistle.

I always wonder why watching the Mosies in 633 Squadron, they sound so Mustang-ish.

I cant recall hearing a Mosie like that, or did the film makers added a bit of artistic licence ?

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November 1, 2005 at 9:25 am in reply to: Havocs in the UK #1426760

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Hear hear, i look forward to meeting the guy, still can’t believe theres a Boston just down the road from me, not the sort of thing you expect to turn up around here! Do you think he would mind me having a look round and taking photos?

Rob,

Did you get my email with Dicks details ?

If so, perhaps the words ‘thank you’ could be forthcoming ? :rolleyes:

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October 31, 2005 at 7:46 pm in reply to: Aviation related Christmas cards #1427151

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I Still want a disused control Tower Winter scene ahem!

Can you wait for this cold winter/3-day week we are supposed to be having ?

If so, i’ll nip up to Winkleigh and snap that one for you 😉

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October 31, 2005 at 3:25 pm in reply to: Havocs in the UK #1427625

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I’ll ask the chap down the road what he plans to do with it, maybe drop a hint about Hendon perhaps. Then again. it’ll probably just end up in storage and be behind closed doors at the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at Cosford

Rob,

Check your email in-box re’ Dick Nutts contact details. 😀

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October 31, 2005 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Havocs in the UK #1427756

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A-20G 43-21627 is the airframe that was moved from Chino to Pima last year and is undergoing an active restoration to static condition as we speak. Expect the airplane to be completed in the 2008 timeframe. I was able to inspect the airplane in some detail in May and it is exciting to see the airplane begin to come back together. The skin on the aft left portion of the fuselage is being left unrestored with the paint and combat damage to be left intact and part of the static airplane. There are some interesting tidbits about this A-20 that I included in an article that FlyPast magazine should be running in the next few months. The museum has most of the major parts needed but the wings will require much work.

Aerovin,

Many thanks for the update.

Any photo’s you can post, or shall we wait for that issue of FP to arrive ?

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October 31, 2005 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Havocs in the UK #1427776

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…an astonishing recovery of A-20G 43-21627 in New Guinea, some time in the 1970’s. It was destined for the USA, so what happened to it?

I cannot imagine the amount of ballast up front required to keep the thing in balance on the Datsun truck.

Mark

Image form ‘Pacific Aircraft Wrecks’ by Charles Darby

A cracking book that Mark, i cherish my copy.

(Thinx: a jungle full of Beauforts) 😮

Anyhow, according to the ‘survivors’ section in the Crowood book, 43-21627 has remained in storage as recovered in David Tallichets compound at Chino.

I guess that, like the P-39’s, its time has yet to come as a warbird ?

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October 31, 2005 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Havocs in the UK #1427807

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A very good article appears in the Crowood Boston book covering the UK side of things, including photos of the import of A-20G 43-9628 ‘Lady Constance’ recovered by the RAAF in 1985.

The fuselage extends back to just past the gun turret.

October 31, 2005 at 1:44 pm in reply to: Gannet WN411 #1427815

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Barry Parkhouse had a cockpit at one stage…nice!!

Tony,

I’ve never ever seen a photo of Barrys AEW3.

When quizzed on it, he said it was now “looking nice” but wouldn’t elaborate as to wether it was a cockpit like that at Dunkeswell or Hooten Park (shown below), or wether it was cut off at floor level etc, etc….

I can only assume that ~if~ no one has ever seen it/photographed it, that it must be small enough to be kept indoors ?

October 31, 2005 at 1:34 pm in reply to: Gannet WN411 #1427832

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This was news to me! Any more info. available on the reg. address or newspaper article? :confused:

Here’s some quotes from Flood & others from a thread of 2 years ago whilst discussing Gannets in general….

Flood said….

” There is mention in the article of the MoD desperately searching for Gannets in 1982 for use in the South Atlantic. Without wanting to get into the possibilities of a Gannet flying off a ‘Harrier-carrier’ (which it couldn’t, what with a whopping great ramp at the front, even if there was enough wind down the deck and how was it going to land anyway? No need for arrester wires on HMS Invincible or Hermes! Ahem.) or the much discussion that took place at the time about renovating one of the retired or scrapped carriers (and that was a laugh too – HMS Ark Royal was way beyond help by then and HMS Bulwark apparently was so riddled with rust you could push your finger through the metal work), the article mentions The Sunday Telegraph did its own search and found ‘a brand new Gannet, still in its packing case, through a military dealer’ as well as loads of Mamba engines.
Have to say this is the first time I’d heard of this. Has anyone else heard this one before? What became of this Gannet – does it still exist in its packing case, stored away until the next time we have flat topped carriers and it can go back to work? Or has it been scrapped? “

Mr Burke replied…..

” Flood – the machine in question I believe was Gannet AS.1 WN411 which was ‘discovered’ in a scrapyard in component form.
Her cockpit is currently sat in a garden in the Southhampton area
covered in mould and brambles. Any thought of flying is long gone- it’s survival at all is very much in doubt.
As for her AEW capabilities -well non existant but she made an interesting story for FlyPast when the British Air Reserve released that plans to fly her in 1984! It didn’t happen but that’s
hopeless optimism for you! “

Joe Petroni also replied….

“Flood

The story about the MOD searching for Gannets is quite correct.

During 1982 I visited Lee-on-Solent to view a Gannet AEW 3 which was up for tender. The chap who I viewing it for was succesful with his bid to buy the aircraft, but the sale was ‘put on hold’ because of the Falklands war.

As you say quite what they were going to operate it off is anyone’s guess, and all the AEW kit had been removed anyway.

Eventually they came up with Sea king AEW instead.”

Anything to add 2 years later folks ? 😀

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October 31, 2005 at 7:24 am in reply to: More MK923 Video #1428216

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I, for one, would love a DVD of the whole thing! What would the possibility be of that?

Watch out, the self-proclaimed forumite copyright police ~are~ watching !! :diablo:

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