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March 31, 2015 at 11:12 pm in reply to: PA908 (MB950) at Dayton #863735

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Spoke with Pete today, he’s going to scan the restoration album onto a disc & let me know when it’s ready.

March 23, 2015 at 11:10 pm in reply to: From today's Budget – RAF Museum, Stow Maries & Biggin Chapel. #872229

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And while we’re about it, why don’t we rotate the whole of Duxford airfield through 90 degrees to improve the light for photography….

Just close a section of the M11 & use it as a runway during airshows. Sorted 🙂

March 23, 2015 at 10:01 pm in reply to: B29 'Doc' (And Other B29s) #872279

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That’s because you’re a cheapskate and sat outside the show! 😉

Dang right I did. Last year when I was inside the fence the day before the show I got roped into investigating a misfire on a P51 & that seemed too much like work to me so I decided not to risk it this year 🙂 & I wasn’t alone, there were probably about 150 people out there at 34°44’37.85″N 118°14’45.16″W. Apparently they were using my truck as a marker. Even had a Coyote & a Jackrabbit go blasting through our little camp.

March 23, 2015 at 9:28 pm in reply to: PA908 (MB950) at Dayton #872291

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Here’s one I took, feel free to use it. It was taken the day it set off from Van Nuys to Dayton:

As you can see the fuselage is sitting at an angle to make it narrower on the trailer (horizontal stab is still mounted). The orange contraption was hinged & the Spit was mounted level, then the left side raised with a forklift, supports fold out of the way & the entire plot laid over. It’s probably still laying around at Dayton in the weeds someplace. The flag now resides in my garage.

March 23, 2015 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Chuck Yeager thread (Updated) #872309

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Local aviation themed boozer had two small placards glued to the bar. One read “This seat reserved for Gen Chuck Yeager” & the other was for Bud Anderson.
Yeager was in there one night & told the bar owner that he should pay him to use his name like that. The guy promptly chiseled the placard off the bar, threw him out of the place & banned Yeager for life.

March 23, 2015 at 9:01 pm in reply to: PA908 (MB950) at Dayton #872402

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Just remembered, I’ve got one of the original wheels laying around someplace.

March 23, 2015 at 8:50 pm in reply to: PA908 (MB950) at Dayton #872414

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Pete Regina at VNY has a photo album of the entire restoration. I’ve been asking to borrow it for years so I can scan the pics as I also worked on it. If anyone ever takes it apart again they will find my *autograph* hidden in all sorts of odd places.
I can tell you that it still has PA908 on the main spar doohicky as we refused to paint over that bit. It’s also stenciled inside in a few places that most people will never see.

March 23, 2015 at 8:38 pm in reply to: B29 'Doc' (And Other B29s) #872435

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I got buzzed by FiFi on Saturday 🙂

March 11, 2015 at 8:25 pm in reply to: Woodford demolition. #882239

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I wonder if one day a group of aviation enthusiasts will band together to buy an airfield for the nation? I can’t see it myself…

Stow Maries…

December 29, 2014 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Full scale Allison powered Spitfire on its way #862409

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If that is the Jurca one, Bob DeFord has been operating one in Arizona for quite a few years now. It is quite a regular attendee at fly-ins and airshows on the West Coast.

There’s another one at Santa Paula. Not sure if it’s still in crates though.

December 7, 2014 at 2:04 am in reply to: California Uber Alles #880441

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You forgot Timm aircraft at VNY, Vega at Burbank. Also Hughes.

November 14, 2014 at 7:29 am in reply to: Removing aluminium oxide #901133

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A typical example of what i’m trying to remove. Yes i can pick and scrape but not completely remove this substance. It’s very hard, almost like a calcium build up.

Bead blasting it will save a bunch of frustrating faffing about. (Faffery?)

November 14, 2014 at 7:11 am in reply to: Afraid To Be Atheist? #1838152

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I laughed out loud! Sounds like an Onion News story. How anyone takes stuff like this seriously beggars belief.

.. except they list their sources….. & then there is that somewhat damning issue where the symptoms of delusional schizophrenia & belief in gods are basically the same thing.. which added to the “I have a personal relation with god” being essentially the same relationship as stalkers have with the object of their harassment etc doesn’t help matters…

😉

November 14, 2014 at 7:04 am in reply to: I need to talk about this… #1838153

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In the US if a school bus is stopped then all other traffic has to wait until it moves off for precisely this reason.

October 30, 2014 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Oerlikon Cannon #914797

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without something to give a sense of scale, it is not possible to say what these are from at all. Sure that they are not .303?

.303 6th from left.
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