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April 28, 2011 at 9:27 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1067775

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I can identify that it’s not a Sea Prince Baz!

You couldn’t let it lie could you Cox, just had to have that one more little stir just as others are trying to keep the thread on the subject and move smoothly on.

I quote you (thanks Milt!), ”And well done for simply dismissing Adrian’s comment without so much as one shred of evidence to support it. Speaking of which, I’m still waiting for the mythical photograph to back-up any of what you’ve said…”

I would say that it is Adrian that has been dismissive in this instance, from his last post,

Actually I think the Dayglo colour used has been the same all along, but they may have used different batches or photos may show it slightly differently in different lighting conditions.

From way back in the thread and mention of the mythical photos,

The shade of Dayglo (= flurorecent) paint may have changed over the years(I have slides of Sea Princes with red and orange Dayglo over the years) but they are still Dayglo…and I’ve seen enough of them to know the difference!

Conveniant huh?!

There are plenty of pictures which convey both tones and L Howard has provided paint specs way back at the beginning.
Let it lie, you have’nt contributed one useful thing to this thread apart from discord.

April 28, 2011 at 8:37 am in reply to: What if Goering hadn't survived WW1 ? #1067811

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The man was as branded as ‘that fat fool’ by his own leader, so perhaps the Luftwaffe would have had a far better thinking person in charge, Udet perhaps?

April 28, 2011 at 8:20 am in reply to: Seat Id #1067830

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Definitely not Shackleton, they are far more substantial in the back area.

April 28, 2011 at 8:08 am in reply to: General Discussion #335985

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Employer really embarrassing.

and mine aswel!

April 28, 2011 at 8:08 am in reply to: Three Word Summary. #1869392

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Employer really embarrassing.

and mine aswel!

April 28, 2011 at 8:06 am in reply to: Seat Id #1067910

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Yep your friend is right, it is a seat!

April 27, 2011 at 9:33 pm in reply to: 1950's/60's Archive Part 19: RAF Miscellany #1068294

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Excellent pictures again David.
The Herc looks great in that delivery scheme, you can really relate it to the Daks and Yorks before it.

April 27, 2011 at 8:19 pm in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1068496

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Never seen a Sea Prince in white / silver / dayglo before. Was this a one off or a regular colour scheme of the time?

Just been running through all the pictures of SPs I have on disc and it seems that was the normal scheme at the time.
The basic scheme for the T.1 trainers went,
All over silver with the yellow trainer bands around rear fusalage and wings,
silver, orange/red extremities, with a white roof,
light grey, orange/red extremities.

C.1s and C.2s
All over dark blue,
silver, white upper halves, and blue cheatline
Some T.1s appeared in that last scheme when used by Stn Flts

Getting back to an earlier question, does anyone here have anymore info on the thimble radome nose variants?
It seems that only a small number (possibly four) were delivered with these, I wondered if they were AI Observer tariners, possibly for Sea Venom crew?
Pictures are scarce but this is a nice one of Gatwicks’ WF118 as 567-BY with 727 sqn.

April 27, 2011 at 12:27 pm in reply to: General Discussion #336168

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My sarcasm sometimes is missed by those of a lower intelligence….

What?! There is a lower intelligence…!!

April 27, 2011 at 12:27 pm in reply to: What made you (want to) Swear Today III? #1869478

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My sarcasm sometimes is missed by those of a lower intelligence….

What?! There is a lower intelligence…!!

April 27, 2011 at 10:11 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1069214

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That would suggest to me 750 sqn while at Lossie, which is where they were stationed after Hal Far.

Now I would love to see a picture of a St Meryn based Sea Prince, where the Observer School first received the type.
We still haven’t seen a thimble nosed version yet either!

April 27, 2011 at 10:03 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1069242

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One thing this thread is showing Rob is that there seems to be many subtle variations in the basic three colour schemes.
Generally the sliver/white roof and thin cheatline were applied to the Stn Flt and communication aircraft, these were often the T.1 trainers that were swapped between 750 sqn and the various flights which goes someway to explaining the mixture of schemes.
I can’t see that pic, can you see what code it is wearing?

April 27, 2011 at 9:51 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1069351

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Coming through from beneath the degraded dayglo is the old trainer yellow fusalage band and glimpses of them can also be seen on the wings.

That is an interesting shot, looks like the orange is painted adjacent to the yellow band rather than it showing through, but it does look thoroughly worn!

April 27, 2011 at 9:35 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1069360

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Yeah, they will have. Chris even managed a flight in Sea Prince before they retired!

He was jammy like that, didn’t he get a Gannet ride aswel?!
Saw him and Jesser at VL last year, bit of a surprise!
Mr Bray would be another good source of pictures I’m thinking?

Leading the fluore, sorry Flora, Dance eh, promotion!:)

It really would be nice to see and hear the Sea Prince and Pembroke flying at a show this year.

April 27, 2011 at 9:22 am in reply to: Sea Prince Colours!!! #1069371

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Just thought Nick, your uncles must have some great shots of S Princes’ etc at Culdrose?
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