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January 25, 2008 at 12:25 pm in reply to: Were there He111s at Farnborough? #1292715

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I was at the R.A.E. Farnborough from 1978 to 1985 and I did read the same section of the same book! I can assure you that there were no whole WW2 aircraft left there. There were lots of interesting “bits” lying around the airfield mind you. The largest being the Comet 1 fuselage that is now at the Dehavilland museum. If the MOD knew the significance of that and were willing to donate that they would not have scrapped any WW2 aircraft.
The RAE did have regular clear outs of the main scrap dump so I suspect any crated airframes would have gone during one of these in the fifties

Rgds Cking

January 22, 2008 at 9:36 am in reply to: Blind Landing Vulcan (old thread) #1296452

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. In the pic I am the slim darkhaired guy at the ladder. 47 years on I’m lot heavier and all the dark hair has gone!
Has anyone out there got any clues?

Paddy R

Get a wig, eat less and take regular exercise?.:)
Sorry, coudn’t resist it!
There used to be a small museum up in the Bedford area but I think they concentrated on the airfields USAF history. Perhaps they might be interested in your stories.
How long were you at the RAE there?

Rgds Cking (Fat and balding too!!)

January 17, 2008 at 1:41 pm in reply to: BA 777 Emergency Landing Short of Runway at LHR #563523

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L/H gear is sticking up through the wing

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January 17, 2008 at 1:34 pm in reply to: BA 777 Emergency Landing Short of Runway at LHR #563538

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Looks like it landed short. There are “Skid marks”/Trenches in the grass well short of the piano keys.
Good to hear that all are safe.

Rgds Cking

January 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm in reply to: BA 777 Emergency Landing Short of Runway at LHR #563546

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There are live pictures of it, taken from a helicopter on the BBC 24hr news as we speak! (13:32)

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January 16, 2008 at 6:52 pm in reply to: Gas Turbine Technical Question #1302887

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cking (SEa King???).

Oh yes the most wonderful flying machine ever, closely followed by the 767, of course!

Rgds Cking

January 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm in reply to: Gas Turbine Technical Question #1304127

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Slightly off-piste, I know, but it always puzzled me:

the Allisons (wrong spelling?) in the Lockheed Hercules were as stiff as hell.

Bri :confused:

The Allison’s have a centrifugal prop brake that stops the blades “windmilling” It is mounted on the rear of the reduction gear box. I changed one on the Met reserch flight’s Herc (Snoopy) back in my youth. That was the only big job I ever did on a C-130.

Rgds Cking

January 2, 2008 at 8:21 pm in reply to: Ozjet passengers told to prepare for water ditching after wing component failure #567125

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O.K. what was it then? a slat or a trim tab? Make your mind up “The Austrailian”

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December 31, 2007 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Anyone identify the airframe? #1323038

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This is a little vague but!….
The British Concorde test programe used a silver Canberra aircraft as a chase aircraft. It had a large nose probe and went all over the wold “Chasing” the British test aircraft (It could hardly keep pace could it?) At the end of its life it ended up on the dump at Farnborough where I saw it in1978-80. It had collected a large amount of “Zapps” during it’s travels, one of which was a Kangaroo.
Perhaps this might have come from that aircraft?
Can’t remember the serial number though.

Rgds Cking

December 24, 2007 at 12:11 am in reply to: MYT545 #568903

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Now if you had said “a767 or an Airbus” that would have been a different matter!;)

Rgds Cking

P.S. I have heard of Hexham. In fact I will be spending part of the “Crimbo limbo” in Newburn just down the road from you!

December 23, 2007 at 11:36 pm in reply to: MYT545 #568912

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Give me a DC-10 any day over an Airbus!!!

A five year old Airbus or a twenty year old DC-10. Mmmmmm let me think…..
I like the DC-10/L1011/747-100 when they are taxing away from me
Tommy I can tell you categoricaly that it WILL have two engines and it WILL be blue and white.

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December 15, 2007 at 9:01 am in reply to: From The Flightdeck #442517

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Thank you bmi-star, I shall certainly post more when I get them

CKing, the No 3 Hyd system is a backup system to the No 1 & 2 system, in the event of an engine failure (or loss of No 1 & 2 system) the No.3 system operates automatically and powers the Elevators only, when it is on the pump keeps the PSI between 2600 & 3250. We can switch it on ourselves to test it which we do before every flight.

Rgds

Dean

Thanks for the reply. DHC do it differently than Airbus and Boeing then!

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December 8, 2007 at 10:53 pm in reply to: From The Flightdeck #442950

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Why does No3 system hydraulic pressure read zero?

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December 1, 2007 at 10:05 am in reply to: Uncontained SWA 737 engine failure (with pix) #573049

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This is very nasty
The fact that the fan blade actualy made it all the way through the fan case must be causing a few sleepless nights at CFM! As you know part of the certification process is a test to ensure that the fan case contains the blade if it comes off.
Judas: Doing the inspection won’t be that bad, PAYING for the damage will be another matter!!!
I have seen pictures of a RR trent that had a blade come off during the take off roll. Now that WAS messy!!
BTW Rolls Royce wrap some of their fan cases in a Kevlar blanket to stop a blade if it gets through.

Rgds Cking

November 11, 2007 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Low flying DC3 over North Manchester #579249

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One thing… I love the sound of 757’s, but the DC-3 is the most beautiful sounding aircraft I’ve ever heard!

Paul

Ever heard a Merlin mate?;)
I agree the sound of a heavy 757 on take off is something special!

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