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July 12, 2005 at 4:15 pm in reply to: Landing a Jet on Grass #1396265

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I’ve seen Harriers do it…..

.. wasn’t any grass left after they’d gone tho…. 😀

July 11, 2005 at 11:08 pm in reply to: The last wave of RAF Lancaster Bombers? #1397761

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A previous ‘wave’ consisted of 2 x B17 and 2 x B25. Close enough to being Lancasters for your average journo.

Moggy

Given the level of yer average education these days it’s a wonder he didn’t called em Heinkels..

July 11, 2005 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Unfortunate mishap for Classic Wings #1398605

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Was that the one that was selling flights ouuta Duxford back in about ’90-’91?

July 9, 2005 at 4:16 am in reply to: Events in London today #1402273

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Here in LosAngeles we got 3 minutes on the morning news about what was going on in London, followed by 9 minutes of what the LAPD was doing about it & how they were going to cope…. Not entirely sure how they were involved from 6500 miles away :confused:

July 7, 2005 at 6:07 pm in reply to: B-26C Invader #1404822

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One of the 3 I’ve worked on at Van Nuys is mostly polished & is an OnMark exec version…

Known among the guys there as “The Flying Fornacatorium” :diablo:

… altho not within earshot of ther owner… 😀

July 7, 2005 at 5:48 pm in reply to: Who is that with Susannah York anyway? :) #1404834

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…err excuse me.

That is Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Dowding.

Commander of ‘Fighter Command’ throughout the Battle of Britain.

Mark

I was just remarking on the likeness 🙂

July 7, 2005 at 12:41 am in reply to: Lockheed Electra Found in Papua N. Guinea #1405968

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TIGHAR’s Earhart project is interesting: http://www.tighar.org/

KEErist! Those guys are still going??? I thought the general concensus about 10 years ago was they were about as lost an Earhart was?

July 7, 2005 at 12:32 am in reply to: Who is that with Susannah York anyway? :) #1405983

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Looks a bit like Albert Tatlock in the chariot?

July 4, 2005 at 2:11 am in reply to: Interesting if true story? #1411568

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Yawn…ranks right up there along with the “3 airfields full of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft in Libya”…

July 3, 2005 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Duxford insiders, time to speak up!! #1412293

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P61…. :diablo:

July 3, 2005 at 8:42 am in reply to: "Scrapyard" Spitfire #1412692

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Hi
I am not a plumber, but look at the job enjoyment factor…..
When dealing with what most plumber have to do, out of hours calls to unblock sewage drains….
I would want a seriously high hourly rate to do it ……

There are just two rules to plumbing…

#1: **** flows downhill
#2: Pay day is friday

That pretty much covers it.

July 2, 2005 at 7:22 pm in reply to: "Scrapyard" Spitfire #1413295

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David, it’s always completely amazed me that aircraft restoration attracts such a terribly low hourly rate when compared to car servicing. We should all abandon our qualifications and retrain as plumbers, it’s far more lucrative.

I worked with one of 4 brothers…. 2 were plumbers, one was a former TWA Flt Engineer & the other is a pilot who retired from FedEx on a pension of $153K a year.
The 2 plumbers earned more than the other 2…

July 1, 2005 at 5:11 pm in reply to: trafalgar 200 #1414447

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Its on Illustrious for the JSF press briefing that took place today. Paul

Being directly under the flight path for AF Plant 42 I see quite a few JSFs flying around. Ex missus works over at the Skunk Works. They have a total of 10 test pilots on the JSF program………. 9 of them are former RN/RAF Harrier pilots… Which has lead to some rather interesting situations in the local bars when Argie A4 pilots are in town to pick up modified/updated SkyChickens from Lockheed… :diablo:

July 1, 2005 at 3:58 am in reply to: "Scrapyard" Spitfire #1415300

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Can some one tell me where I can get a Merlin overhauled for £65,000 please……

I’m waiting……..

It’s ready to go……..

Rick Scanholzter (bet I spelled that wrong) does a damn good job down in Tx, not sure where exactly, but it’s where Cavanuagh (sp?) is & that MkVIII that used to be in the TFC hangar (I-SPIT? the one that was a right bugger to push) is based. He has all Zeushels stuff, took bloody ages to load the trailers when he left LA 🙁
I know a Reno motor goes for about $150K, cooking model should be a lot cheaper tho. What about Nixon? he’s just up the hill from me or maybe Thorne? Anything has got to be better than a Sand Grenade…. :diablo:

June 30, 2005 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Where's 'Grumpy' N25644? #1415667

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Does it still the the one *black* bomb on the side among all the yellow ones?
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