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  • June 25, 2012 at 5:44 pm in reply to: National Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio Part 1 #981580
    pagen01
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    Thanks for the info JB, maybe one day I wilL get over there!

    June 25, 2012 at 1:25 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #981921
    pagen01
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    That Bearcat has to one of the longest American types to have been flying in this country? Can never tire of seeing it tough!

    June 25, 2012 at 1:22 pm in reply to: TFC Thunderbolts, question. #981923
    pagen01
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    Thanks for the info.
    Is this out of sync model designation just at the whim of the manufacturer and something common to allied aircraft.

    Just an example dear to my heart, the Gannet Mk.3s were built and serialled well after the Mks 4 & 5, it was specified earlier though.

    June 25, 2012 at 1:15 pm in reply to: TFC Thunderbolts, question. #981934
    pagen01
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    I would think it was to do with when the various contracts were placed, ie the Wright contract was possibly placed after the initial Republic one, early P-47Ds are earlier in serial sequence to the P-47Gs, but the bubble canopy P-47D-25s were all later.

    June 25, 2012 at 1:09 pm in reply to: National Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio Part 1 #981947
    pagen01
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    Lovely shots Si, nice to see the Fisher P-75 Eagle, Northrop YC-125 Raider, X types and I assume a highly polished DC-4?
    Have you got anymore pics to share?

    June 25, 2012 at 12:55 pm in reply to: National Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio Part 2 #981961
    pagen01
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    I saw that afterwards, great shot of it above mind Simon.
    You may know, but the P-75 used the main wing panels of a P-40, tail of a Dauntless, and the undercarriage from the Corsair, though the flying surfaces were later modified and a P-47 bubble canopy added. The mid mounted 24 cylinder V-3420 engine drove the contra-props forward, kind of puts the Wyvern to shame!

    June 25, 2012 at 12:36 pm in reply to: TFC Thunderbolts, question. #981972
    pagen01
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    P-47D models could have both the framed and bubble canopy types, ie the -15 & 20 have framed, from the -25 onwards bubble canopies were fitted, the prototype for the bubble canopy variants was actually the P-47K.
    The P-47G (framed canopy) were Curtiss Wright Buffalo produced, and despite the later designation letter were built in earlier serial blocks than the P-47D-25s.
    There was information about the canopy in another thread, believe the original aircraft had a canopy swap.

    June 25, 2012 at 7:45 am in reply to: National Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio Part 2 #982254
    pagen01
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    Oh and one more arty farty pic…. sorry

    If it’s the first shot, it looks like the Fisher P-75 Eagle, I hadn’t realised that it was preserved if it is!

    Cracking pics, you seem to have really cracked museum shots, very nice to see British types in American service colours.

    June 24, 2012 at 6:53 pm in reply to: VC10 Control yoke #982753
    pagen01
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    wonder of mine is VC10 then?

    It doesn’t match the pics of the VC-10 yokes above, I would think it’s Vanguard.

    June 24, 2012 at 6:48 pm in reply to: Peter Twiss Effects Auction #982757
    pagen01
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    Fairey ’nuff!:)
    Hopefully some of Peter Twiss’ effects will make it to an archive or display.

    June 24, 2012 at 12:00 pm in reply to: SRI LANKA Airforce Museum #982994
    pagen01
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    Sorry, should have added that it’s appreciated Andy posting the Balliol shot!

    Looking at your book title Andy, have you covered or seen the Pembrokes on your travels that ended up in the African countries, ie Zimbabwe, Sudan, or Malawi?

    June 24, 2012 at 10:36 am in reply to: Peter Twiss Effects Auction #983102
    pagen01
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    Fairey not Fairy

    Come on, It’s not difficult, the family name is Fairey!

    June 23, 2012 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Arrester hook i.d #983458
    pagen01
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    James, i don’t suppose you have any pics of the back end of Yeoviltons Skyraider AEW.1’s do you?

    I haven’t unfortunately, I’m just thinking out aloud here but that hook looks to have a very tight inner radius (compared to say Gannet/Vixen), could that signify smaller type, earlier type, or even an airfield RHAG type hook?

    June 23, 2012 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Phantom to Bruntingthorpe??? #983658
    pagen01
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    Best off exactly where it is Peter, indoors at Duxford. As it a ‘special’ aquisition by Mark Hanna it kind of belongs there.
    There are other options about.

    June 23, 2012 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Arrester hook i.d #983673
    pagen01
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    Pretty sure not AEW, less certain about it being earlier Gannets. I must admit I thought some of these hook ends were generic across some FAA types.

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