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  • March 31, 2025 at 12:15 pm in reply to: If you were going to fabricate new Hurricane stacks… #1119853
    ZRX61
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    STACKS!!! Another aircraft term that is derived (possibly) from the maritime world! :diablo:

    Sorry, wrong thread. 😮

    LOL! good catch!

    It was Inconel 625
    Are you talking about making single Hurricane stubs or the twin siamesed ejector / fishtail type?

    Pete

    The latter & now I know which inconel 🙂

    If I were planning to make six sets of Merlin exhausts, I probably wouldn’t plan to do much else for the rest of the year. 😮

    Can get the flanges cut out with a waterjet so thats the “work of a moment” & once the dies are made the stamping won’t take long. Then it’s just a matter of welding em up on a fixture…. or 2 or 3……
    Fairly straightforward Tiggery pokery 🙂

    March 31, 2025 at 12:14 pm in reply to: If you were going to fabricate new Hurricane stacks… #1119652
    ZRX61
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    I think you might find that is a little bit more to it than that; but good look anyway.

    I know, I’m just trying to convince myself that it won’t be an exercise in futility 😉

    March 31, 2025 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Definition of an 'erk' #1119360
    ZRX61
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    It’s an abbreviation for ‘Aircraftsman’

    Moggy

    Many years ago Johnny Allison was at some airshow with (IIRC) the TFC P40. He was signing something at the Officers mess & merely wrote “a/c Allison”. Some Sgt behind a desk promptly tore into him about “bloody erks” not being allowed to stay at the officers mess etc where upon he reached into his bag & pulled out “The Hat” that went with being an ACM.

    That’s what is known as a “career limiting action”:D

    March 31, 2025 at 12:09 pm in reply to: What did you do on your 21st birthday #1118500
    ZRX61
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    Got drunk/laid.. somewhere in London…

    March 31, 2025 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Alpine Fighters Hurri to be auctioned in Oz!!! #1117501
    ZRX61
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    Volunteering to do work [ala AirNZ] does not entitle one to a share of ownership or return if an item is subsequently sold . The only way that it could would be for a formal agreement to be signed, sealed and deliverd. The old I said, she said, we all said, has little or no standing at law.

    AirNZ should be happy that the public saw it flying. Afterall they lost hundreds of millions of tax payer and shareholder funds through incompetance,:mad:

    Which brings to mind a recent Canadian Spitfire deal….. 😉

    March 31, 2025 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Spitfire to be excavated near City of Derry airport #1117514
    ZRX61
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    First post whinger.

    “There are two kinds of people in this world — talkers and doers. Talkers talk about what they wish they would do, and doers shut up and do it. But doers also do one other very important thing: they actively avoid spending time with talkers.”

    Mark 😉

    *cough* tighar *cough* 😀

    March 31, 2025 at 12:02 pm in reply to: Butlins or Benidorm it aint ! #1117072
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    As they seem big on “authencity” I’d only sign up if I got to straf some Luftwaffe field with a P47.. & maybe bomb Berlin a bit with…

    erm……. the Vulcan 😉

    March 31, 2025 at 11:56 am in reply to: Restored WWII motorboats on display at Portsmouth #1115755
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    Always felt it’s a shame that there don’t appear to be any of the archetypical Vosper-designed 72′ MTBs (as per the Airfix kit) in preservation. Do any still exist as houseboats which seems to be the well trodden path to preservation.

    When I was a nipper in the ’60’s there used to be a slew of them in the creeks between Fareham & Southampton…..Which I think is where that restored German E Boat was *discovered*

    March 31, 2025 at 11:47 am in reply to: Confiscated WW2 Aircraft Instruments #1114014
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    A company here in California was effectively put out of business when the feds seized all his instruments..

    March 31, 2025 at 11:42 am in reply to: Flying boat propellor brought up form the sea near Calshot #1112810
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    When I lived in Portsmouth it was quite common to see aircraft props that had been dragged out of the oggin sat on the quays awaiting transport to the local scrapyard..

    March 31, 2025 at 11:34 am in reply to: In preservation, what aircraft types have you worked on? #1111188
    ZRX61
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    Spitfires (5, 8, 9, 11 & 14)
    Hurricanes (TFC & MoF)
    P40
    Tempest
    Bearcats
    Tigercat (current)
    Hellcat
    Wildcat
    T6/SNJs (current)
    P63
    B25s
    A26s
    B17
    Stearmans (current)
    N3N
    Staggerwing (current)
    Mustangs (current)
    P47s
    SeaFury
    Yak
    DC3 (current)
    DC2 (current)
    T28s
    F82
    F5s
    T38s
    Bf109 (White 14)
    Corsair
    P38
    Jungmeister
    Prince
    Beech 18
    Twin Bonanza

    Reno birds:
    RareBear
    Stiletto (converted to TF51, now fying as Diamond Back)
    DagoRed
    Voodoo
    RidgeRunner
    RiskyBusiness
    TheHealer
    Strega
    Miracle Maker
    Miss Van Nuys
    Miss America

    Other 51’s:
    Montana Miss
    Flying Dutchman (current)
    Man O War
    The Rebel
    Cottonmouth (current)
    Candyman/Moose
    Huntress III
    Gunfighter
    The Believer
    Mustang Sally (current)

    March 31, 2025 at 11:33 am in reply to: Flying Legends 2010 prices. #1111039
    ZRX61
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    And they only just break even on that price because of the extortion tactics of the Poison Dwarf….. :rolleyes:

    I shudder to think what they charge for the *privilege* of hosting that race. I know a few years back here in the US that the AMA fee for a Superbike race at your faclity was in the region of $150K.
    Local track owner (Willow Springs) decided ******* that* held his own end of season race instead & put the $150K up at prize money….

    (hijack over..)

    March 31, 2025 at 11:33 am in reply to: A couple of hours to spare.. #1111085
    ZRX61
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    I think the least they could do is hang the sectioned Sabre they have at Dx on the firewall of the Typhoon…. assuming there is a mount etc?

    March 31, 2025 at 11:31 am in reply to: In preservation, what aircraft types have you worked on? #1110779
    ZRX61
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    I’m now able to offer this service to all owners of historic A/C……..just PM me your details and A/C location…….

    I cut up a Lockheed JetStar with a Sawzall :p & not just any JetStar, this was the two engined FanStar prototype..

    March 31, 2025 at 11:30 am in reply to: Wooden Spitfires #1110399
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    I’ve seen that plane up close. It looks *smoother* than the genuine article.

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