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  • in reply to: Kermit Weeks Lancaster #850930
    hampden98
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    He has several centuries worth of restorations, and keeps buying more. There must be a hundred unrestored aircraft in his collection. Don’t expect to see the Sunderland, Lancaster or Mosquito fly any time soon

    He’s like me with my models stash but with real aircraft.
    They lanquish in the cupboard for years and then suddenly, out they come into the display cabinet.
    Or get flogged of on ebay.
    One day, one day…

    in reply to: Oldest flying airliner? #851050
    hampden98
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    What about jet aircraft?
    John Travoltas 707?

    in reply to: Keeping us in the dark. #851052
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    I thought they turned the light down to be able to project movies?
    I’ve never really seen it as a problem and as for phtography. Each exhibit has been done to death, photograhy wise, so is it
    really that important?
    Most photo’s we take just languish on some hard drive never to see the light of day anyway. Might as well enjoy them in the flesh.

    in reply to: Kermit Weeks Lancaster #851055
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    Are there plans to restore the Sunderland? I was told in 2000 that he was going to build a 1940’s atyle terminal for her and restore her to fly from the Lake by his museum?
    Has the museum now closed?

    in reply to: Interesting entry for shed of the year 2015 #851061
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    Ninja!

    in reply to: Interesting entry for shed of the year 2015 #851077
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    One turret looks like from an Anson. The others have a single gun. Sunderland or Whitley?

    http://i3.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/article9277659.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/Sheds-usethis-one.jpg

    The shed. Antique for sure. Could be a 4 by 4 rustic or home built? Certainly needs some restoration.
    The one with the train, possibly a Belman Compact Garden Shed?
    The heavily modifed one. Perhaps a Clacton Imperial Bathing Shed?

    in reply to: Vulcan XH558 spirited display at RIAT #853180
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    She’s had the longest life of any vulcan, that’s a positive.
    She’s still flying, definitely a positive.
    There’s potential she will be looked after and ground run. Third positive.
    Enougth with the negative vibes 🙂

    With the passing of the Vulcan something far more profound will have happened. A piece of British aviation history will come to a close.
    I doubt we will ever see an all British military aircraft produced by an all British manufacturer again. Certainly not a large delta.

    in reply to: Vulcan XH558 spirited display at RIAT #853183
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    :applause: Cracking inside the cockpit view from the Vulcan in formation with the Red Arrows https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=170&v=3IYzrvD_QNs

    Amazing!
    What’s the device making the `beep, beep, beep` noise in the Vulcan?

    hampden98
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    Very nice pictures.

    We look in awe at the fighter Balbo but when you consider this is just one squadron’s worth
    of fighters by WW2 standards it kind of puts the immense scale of the conflict into perspective.

    in reply to: Vulcan XH558 spirited display at RIAT #855138
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    http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g372/munnst/Vulcan%20558/vulcan_zpsqvr3nw8c.jpg

    Nuff said.

    in reply to: What's the story behind the Stalingrad Heinkel 111? #857493
    hampden98
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    http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Enemy_at_the_Gates

    No, I mean the real 111 that `that` aircraft was portraying.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #862584
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    One slight worry:does anyone know what happened to the Desert Buchon? It was conspicuously absent from the circuit after the Balbo…

    Yes, would also be interested. Left the formation and didn’t return to Duxford.

    in reply to: FW-190 warbird delivered to Australia #863959
    hampden98
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    When I saw the 190 fly at Legends a few years ago I thought it was a great aircraft.
    It may not be a `true` 190 but it is pretty darn close!
    Doesn’t it have a right to be a `warbird` in it’s own right?

    in reply to: July 10th 75 years ago today, The Battle of Britain #863972
    hampden98
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    Something that I’ve always wondered about was why Adolf Galland gave the
    famous “give me Spitfires for my wing” comment?
    Surely he wasn’t disgruntled with the 109 which was every equal to the Spitfire.
    Was it just a `dig` at Georing?
    Perhaps he should have asked “give me drop tanks for my wing” !

    in reply to: Spotted (2015) #864242
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    13:30 11/07/2015
    Two Spitfires just `beat up` Blackbush airport!
    One was a Clip Wing.
    Just had a plane-gasm!

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