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March 31, 2025 at 2:13 pm in reply to: Woodford 1968 #1143830

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Looks like a second HS.748/Andover in a civil scheme.

March 31, 2025 at 2:11 pm in reply to: Big Propliner Airshows – Europe #1143427

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Doh! Thanks Tim 🙂

March 31, 2025 at 2:11 pm in reply to: Big Propliner Airshows – Europe #1143465

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I think the one main stumbling block to such a show this season will be the lack of European based big propliners! The Dutch Connie is still grounded, the Breitling Connie is out for this season for corrosion treatment, AA’s DC-6 hasn’t flown since 2008 (although I understand she should be back for some or all of this season), which only leaves the Red Bull DC-7.

March 31, 2025 at 2:07 pm in reply to: Fabric Wing Hurricane project update – Little Gransden #1142533

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This is probably the blindingly obvious suggestion that’s already been tried, but have you contacted the Science Museum? As you probably already know, they have a fabric wing Hurri on display and perhaps they therefore have some technical details for fabric wings stashed away somewhere?

March 31, 2025 at 2:04 pm in reply to: Fabric Wing Hurricane project update – Little Gransden #1142045

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I just had a second ‘brainwave’ on this one (which may actually turn out to be a more a brain fart, but there we go!), if I remember right Skysport Engineering at Hatch have done alot of work for the Science Museum in recent years, eg. the suspension of the Avro 504 and Lockheed Electra, restoration of the S.E.5, and conservation on the S.6B. Perhaps they will have done a re-cover or some such on the Hurri wings, or may know who has? Might be worth checking.

March 31, 2025 at 1:22 pm in reply to: Any Chance Of A Shackleton Returning To The Sky? #1133439

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Keep up the good work Nashio! Sadly I haven’t seen her run for a couple of years, last time I saw her was a mightily impressive twilight run a couple of Decembers ago.

How often is she run as a rule? Is there still enough space for her to taxi at the moment with all the temporary fences etc that are up around AA?

March 31, 2025 at 1:15 pm in reply to: Historic Aviation Forum Theatre…Place Your Videos and Links Here…. #1132024

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The Museum of Flight’s B29 has recently been undergoing some static restoration work, and the team have brought a couple of her gun turrets back into working order. Here’s a clip showing the turrets being operated, including a demonstration of the then state-of-the-art remote sighting and control system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHhviD9gDSI

March 31, 2025 at 1:04 pm in reply to: IWM Spitfire #1129910

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The Science Museum SE5a was indeed a skywriting aircraft under the ownership of Major J C Savage, and the RAFM and Shuttleworth examples are both sister-aircraft from this same organisation. The Science Museum restored theirs back to military configuration, and then just recently back again to skywriting configuration by Skysport Engineering a few years ago.

The other significant airframe at IWM who’s significance could easily be overlooked is the Fw190, iirc the last surviving remnant of the ‘Mistel’ piggy-back program.

March 31, 2025 at 12:56 pm in reply to: January Flypast? #1128079

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What, 1 month and a few days early. The day after tomorrow is February.

Hi Alan,

austernj763’s point was that it appeared that the March edition was available in January, whereas in fact it doesn’t go on sale in the shops until Feb 1st. I’m sure there are others more knowledgeable on the publishing business who might be able to comment, but I believe the reason that issues are published a month ‘early’ is to allow time for distribution and to give plenty of notice of events advertised for that month.

March 31, 2025 at 12:56 pm in reply to: January Flypast? #1128119

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Why the ell is the March issue out in January????? Cant see the sense in it. Why not publish on the first of each month?

Subscribers get sent thier copy each month a few days ahead of everyone else. It goes on sale in the shops from the first of the month.

March 31, 2025 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1125738

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Also done.

March 31, 2025 at 12:41 pm in reply to: Venomous #1125157

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I had the pleasure of doing an air-to-air shoot with “our” other Venom last year – she looks great high in the blue yonder.

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Speaking of the AACF ‘other’ Venom, do you happen to know how much life she has left on her? It was mentioned in one of the magazines about a year ago that she was running out of hours and/or fatigue index.

March 31, 2025 at 12:27 pm in reply to: A couple of hours to spare.. #1122236

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Ah, thanks for the correction Bruce, I was going by my unreliable memory!

March 31, 2025 at 12:27 pm in reply to: A couple of hours to spare.. #1122280

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The bent props on the Shack have been there for many a year, iirc they were damaged in the October storm of 1986 when the Varsity (the one that got scrapped) was blown into the Shack.

March 31, 2025 at 12:24 pm in reply to: For Fw189 fans #1121812

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Here’s a question for the Fw189 experts; what is the purpose of those ‘strakes’ fitted to the propeller spinners? :confused:

Is it something to assist the air-cooling of the engines?

(There is a good view of them in number 25/30 of this set of pictures.)

It’s to do with the self governing of the props, air resistance against the fillets works to change the angle of the blades. I’m sure there’s someone who can explain in more detail.
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