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  • in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #1053001
    hampden98
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    http://www.dorst-freiburg.de/BilderStregaHP/SpitfireMJ772/spitfire%20T9%202011-07-28%20%2810%29.jpg

    Why are the wing fuel tanks sunken in?
    Are they flexible like rubber?
    I’d always imagined they were metal.

    in reply to: Aviation Calendars #1074435
    hampden98
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    If you take a picture at an airshow doesn’t the small print limit it to `private use` only? If you are looking to make money from it wouldn’t you need permission or have to pay royalties?

    in reply to: A Summer's Day at Duxford – 29Jul11 #1078218
    hampden98
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    The picture of the bi-planes and hurricane inside a period hanger on a wartime airfield. What is that, a 100 years of aviation history? It’s a privilege to be able to experience that today.

    in reply to: BBMF ….. Dak Door Dilemma ? #1084024
    hampden98
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    Wasn’t the door removed completely for Normandy?

    in reply to: Full Metal Jacket #1086704
    hampden98
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    The best portrayal of an American Soldier has to be at the end of Empire of the Sun.
    The soldier (General?) that hands the boy that tin of milk.

    in reply to: COD: you may want to keep hold of your money. #219717
    hampden98
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    I purchased when it came out. realised the only fun was as a shoot-em-up and abandoned it in favour of FSX.
    There’s no immersion or feeling of `being there` so not for me.

    in reply to: So why aren't *you* at Legends then? #1033651
    hampden98
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    Going Sunday.

    in reply to: Feisler Storch- any airworthy in UK? #1036789
    hampden98
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    The ( single starboard side) door on the wartime Storch opened forwards.

    The post-war Morane Saulnier Criquet, the early examples of which were powered by French-built Argus V8 engines, had a Cub-type upward opening door that could be latched to the wing, both on the ground and in flight.

    The original door, as seen on my aircraft, has a flare box fitted to it – a complex affair with lots of springs in it. The flare pistol tube can be seen on the port side of the fuselage.

    Hope helps.

    HP

    Hi,

    thanks for the reply.
    So is your aircraft authentically German?
    If so does that make it the only authentic German WW2 aircraft currently flying in Europe?

    H.

    in reply to: Feisler Storch- any airworthy in UK? #1037905
    hampden98
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    The Storch at Old Warden cockpit door opens out and back.
    Storch in The Eagle has landed opens upwards and latches onto the wing.
    So can the door open both ways or was it changed?

    in reply to: Spitfire TE356..but where? #1043007
    hampden98
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    I know this is kind of weird but googling the words `Aircraft in Rockery` throws up this

    http://rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=civil&action=print&thread=4183

    in reply to: General Discussion #307671
    hampden98
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    When I’m up high in an observation tower (Toronto), looking over a car park wall or high escalator I get pains in my legs. I also have the feeling I might lob myself off. Not that I would it’s just the feeling I get up high.
    It doesn’t bother me open cockpit in a bi-plane.
    Weird or what?

    in reply to: Would you?? Could you??? not for the nervous #1851324
    hampden98
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    When I’m up high in an observation tower (Toronto), looking over a car park wall or high escalator I get pains in my legs. I also have the feeling I might lob myself off. Not that I would it’s just the feeling I get up high.
    It doesn’t bother me open cockpit in a bi-plane.
    Weird or what?

    in reply to: Do vintage warbird pilots wear parachutes? #1043732
    hampden98
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    So if he didn’t use his reserve, how did he find out it was full of sawdust?

    I think that was the point. He did, during training and probably got the message not to keep doing it.

    I forget the book I read this in. Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose ?

    in reply to: Do vintage warbird pilots wear parachutes? #1043950
    hampden98
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    His main worked. He got the message. I guess when you are about to drop several thousand troops into Normandy with estimated 80% casualties it wasn’t much of a risk. The risk of him entangling the reserve with the main was greater. Besides they didn’t need their reserve as they dropped low (even though they carried it) at Normandy.

    in reply to: Spotted #1044525
    hampden98
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    2nd, 17:15, Bi-plane over Tesco Winnersh. Anyone know what it was? Looked yellow or orange. Possibly a Stearman.

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