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  • March 31, 2025 at 11:12 am in reply to: BAC 1-11 is history. #1106495
    markb
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    The British Aircraft Corporation became defunct in 1977. BAC proposed in 1967 to build the BAC 3-11, but the government preferred the A.300. BAC was refused development money and H.S. got the contract to build Airbus wings. BAC was nationalised later to become BAe and somewhere in between, Airbus got the type certificate. Sounds very political to me!:D

    the type certificates had nothing to do with 3-11/A300. They were transferred when BAe exited the civil aviation business, putting its Airbus wing-making ops into the single Airbus business. At that point all the type certificates for all British airliners produced by BAe antecedent companies passed to Airbus. This was the main reason why the UK had no influence on the Concorde withdrawal – Airbus withdrew the type certificate (at Air France’s behest).

    November 6, 2020 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Vickers Viking G-AGRW #766057
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    There’s a big difference in painting something up in a different identity and destroying an original aeroplane with genuine historic provenance to make a fake one. Paint is paint; it can be removed and replaced. But once you’ve destroyed the Viking it’s gone. Why can’t it be enough to restore the Viking? If you want a Wellington, build one and use the stash or original parts that exist to give it some genuine provenance.  G-AGRW deserves better.

    October 28, 2020 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Hawker Typhoon JP843 #766167
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    Great stuff Ian – but seconded on the music! Better to kill it entirely when you’re talking!

     

    October 28, 2020 at 7:11 pm in reply to: Fort Paul Beverly sold #766168
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    Disgraceful outcome. See elsewhere – he’s selling off the engines. Liar.

    October 28, 2020 at 7:10 pm in reply to: The four Centaurus engines out of the Beverley are up for sale.. #766169
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    Disgraceful behaviour. Utterly shameful. Cancel the sale; the bloke lied.

     

    October 28, 2020 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Vickers Viking G-AGRW #766170
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    It’s a wretched idea. How about saving it as a Viking and restoring it in its original Autair livery? This sort of fake nonsense is utterly dismal. Destroy a real aircraft with proper history and provenance and make a bogus fake. I’d rather see a new-build Wellington TBH. 

    February 15, 2019 at 6:13 pm in reply to: There'll be no Bluebirds over the white waters of Coniston…. It's scrubbed #818812
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    I’m 100% with Bill on this. It’s a living, breathing thing. Not to be stuffed and mounted in a museum that only a few tourists will visit. The offer of display at the Ruskin Museum for part of the year and runs for the other months seems highly reasonable.

    August 29, 2018 at 4:37 pm in reply to: Yellow Blenheim Fueslage at Duxford in a storage building – What? #781235
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    The Mk4 nose from BPIV is still there. It’s complete, but still with some minor crash damage. There was a suggestion that BPIV could be rebuilt as a “Mk4” at some stage, but this is probably unlikely now, given the popularity of it as a Mk1. Would love to see a Mk4 fly again though. A “desert camouflage” bomber would be nice to go with the BoB Mk1.

    May 31, 2018 at 2:34 am in reply to: July 2018: Dutch museum Aviodrome to get Rovos Air Convair 340, ferry flight… #791605
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    Excellent news. Hopefully they’ll be able to secure the surviving ex-KLM Electra at some stage too – it’s stored in Alaska.

    April 19, 2018 at 6:17 pm in reply to: Lasham – Unidentified Prop #810851
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    Could it be DC-7?

    March 20, 2018 at 5:51 pm in reply to: Lufthansa Shuts Down Super Star Project….. #821825
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    The Condor is being rebuilt to static condition

    January 23, 2018 at 5:34 pm in reply to: Disused airfields you can walk around. #772687
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    Wisley’s runway is still there, and you can see where the main hangars were on the apron. Just off the A3/M25 junction

    November 2, 2017 at 2:22 pm in reply to: Herald G-CEXP – group looking for help #814156
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    New Facebook page for G-CEXP here. Some very positive discussions with the fire service people at Gatwick about the Herald’s future.

    https://www.facebook.com/hpheraldcexp/

    October 28, 2017 at 12:21 am in reply to: Facebook Restoration Threads #816482
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    A brighter future will hopefully await this lovely neglected airliner – stay tuned for news about Herald G-CEXP https://www.facebook.com/savetheskymaster/

    October 11, 2017 at 2:47 am in reply to: Aerospace Bristol merged with Bristol Freighter for UK #823390
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    Find some wings and restore the Brigand at Cosford

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