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July 22, 2004 at 9:27 am in reply to: Air Ministry Dump excavation/Hawker Typhoon #1830302

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Cees,

Thanks for the interest but bulkhead is now sold.

If you’d like to know more about the parts recovered and current whereabouts, please PM or mail me…..

June 20, 2004 at 7:05 am in reply to: Gannet cockpit (ex Fleetlands/Tangmere) #1616335

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Thanks, i already have.

But has anybody else ~seen~ this cockpit (photographed ?) while at its various locations recently ?

April 9, 2004 at 1:15 am in reply to: Lysander Book? #1801331

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Attn: JDK

And which series of books are yours then James ?

I always thought Warpaints are the mutts nuts (4+ are the exception though).

Please enlighten me….

:confused:

April 8, 2004 at 10:48 am in reply to: Norman Lees #1802574

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hear ! hear !

February 15, 2004 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Useful research item on ebay #1614112

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Yes please buy it (but then I would say that !!) 😀 😀 😀

February 11, 2004 at 8:26 pm in reply to: He111 tailfin at Duxford #1808990

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Hi,

Yes I thought i’d be diplomatic by putting A**oplane Monthly, as on other forums (relating to the r/c tank fraternity) they dont like mention of whose the other side of no-mans land.

Geoff, did you get photocopys of the article on the recovery ok ?:D

February 10, 2004 at 10:43 am in reply to: He111 tailfin at Duxford #1814914

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Geoff,

Yes Dave’s correct, it is in ATB No6, I’m probably confusing it with the Gladiator wreckoverys (well it was 20+ years ago !!).

I’ll pop a photocopy in the post today to you.:D

February 10, 2004 at 9:05 am in reply to: He111 tailfin at Duxford #1815666

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Geoff,

This wreckage was recovered by the same RAF sub aqua team that pulled the Gladiators out of the lake in Norway in the 70’s.

There was am article on it in an old A***plane Monthly. The rear fuselage eventually went to Colin Waterworth for use with the CASA 2-111 nose (via various other group/s), but that project was sold & moved to Europe (?).

I’m sure there were other large parts (wings ?), but i think IWM only kept the fin.

February 6, 2004 at 12:20 am in reply to: Vultee Vengance Anyone? #1823888

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Survivors

Graeme,

Aside from this battered collection of parts up for auction, there is one other complete Vengence located in a private collection at Norellan,NSW and is capable of engine running. That is the aircraft you have seen featured in the past. More details are in the book ‘Vengence’ by Peter C.Smith.

February 4, 2004 at 5:09 pm in reply to: Whitley Project website #1824075

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….are you allowed to have them ?

If not, have they said why not ?

Oh BTW, good site of yours !!

February 3, 2004 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Whitley Project website #1824225

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Parts at Coventry museum ?

Elliott,

Many moons ago, i recall visiting the museum at Coventry and they had several large chunks of Whitley including fuselage sections.

Have they considered your needs or are they keeping it all for themselves ?

Perhaps its a similar situation to Elvingtons Halifax but the IWM keeping a firm hold on their nose section ?

February 3, 2004 at 5:48 pm in reply to: RMB Chivenor International Air Day 2004 #1824232

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eh ?

First I’ve heard of it, and i live near by !

I will ring them and ask.

The squaddies did hold a small event 2 or 3 years ago, but that was the only avaition orientated event since they moved in.

January 27, 2004 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Brookland piccies part 2 #1825438

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More please…

Any pic’s of the Flying Flea, Chipmunk, TSR2 & Hurricane ?

January 23, 2004 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Old UK aircraft scrap memories & pics(2004 old thread) #1825889

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Chippenham yard

I only recently discovered the delights within Flowers yard at Chippenham (’95 – ’99), and sadly missed the final clearing & auction of the contents.

Somewhere I have the photos of the free reign I had within, but it was very risky climbing the piles of scrap.

I often wondered “just what is keeping this stuff up”, but on the ‘surface’ of the various piles could be seen remains of Swift, Beaver, Canberras, Typhoons, Spitfires,Scouts,something akin to a chunk of Varsity/Valetta, plus of course the in-famous Seahawk nose on public view from the footpath.

Deeper within I found the severed (inboard) wings and the centre/rear fuselage confirming at long last, the true serial of WV838.

I think the nose was preserved, but did any more chunks of this Seahawk or the other aircraft survive ?

Comments please….

January 23, 2004 at 5:27 pm in reply to: Old UK aircraft scrap memories & pics(2004 old thread) #1825926

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Tiffies

Hi,

Just found & joined this excellent forum.

In reply to the query about the Cerney dig in the late eighties, all parts were recovered.

Tony Agar had the useful Mossie bits, while over time, the Tiffie parts have been spirited away into private collection & projects.

Very few Tiffie main spars, but mostly cockpit fittings, corroded tube and approx 20 bulkheads.

I have one of these bulkheads spare still, having sold my Tempest cockpit project to the D-Day avaition museum.

I ‘may’ consider parting with it.
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