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  • October 26, 2010 at 10:40 pm in reply to: Where and What? #1095259
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    Is the 1942 date correct? The Mustangs seem to have merlins.

    October 24, 2010 at 4:13 pm in reply to: What are these? Aerial photo. #1098040
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    Harrows on the left?

    October 24, 2010 at 11:20 am in reply to: Complete Stirling in Russia? #1098422
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    There was a discussion here about this aircraft a while ago. The search function should bring it up.

    October 14, 2010 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Meteor dimensions #1109110
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    Chox, you sure the two airbrake panels don’t vary each side (upper/lower) of the wing?

    Yes, they do. I agree with Webpilot’s comment, the spacing looks off.

    October 14, 2010 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Meteor dimensions #1109136
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    but although the underside brakes feature the nine “cut-outs” but they’re divided unevenly into a block of two then four then three… all very odd…

    That is how they should be.

    October 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1110904
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    Incidentally, there’s a good few on the Ark Royal – did you see the programme about is discovery?

    Bruce

    Are you sure? Ark Royal was sunk in 1941, while the Barra did not enter service until the end of 1943.

    October 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm in reply to: Industrial action, British aircraft industry, WWII? #1117366
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    The image of “New Propellor” is interesting. I didn’t realise Bleriot’s had a factory in England (East Anglia) during the war – anyone know what they produced?

    Roger Smith.

    Defiants? I Wonder if the artist meant to write Boulton & Paul?

    September 30, 2010 at 1:53 pm in reply to: Walrus crash,Glen Turret #1124997
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    The Albacore did indeed crash in Glen Turret, hitting the hillside a quarter of a mile from where the Walrus crashed.

    A medical team from RAF Errol visited the crash sites shortly after the incidents.

    source; 9 (P)AFU ORB

    September 22, 2010 at 7:30 pm in reply to: P-51 replica crashes at Reno #1136851
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    No its a historical comment from a guy in Germany.

    Maybe historical should be replaced with hysterical?

    September 18, 2010 at 5:47 pm in reply to: Heads up Google Earth has 1945 views! #1142903
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    English Heritage hold all of the Old RAF aerial photo’s from 1945 onwards, you can order them (for a fee ) and they will send you a copy on disc, if anyone is interested?

    Ant.

    The RAF photos of Scotland are held by the RCAHMS in Edinburgh, as are the wartime PR photos of occupied Europe. Some of their photos can be viewed online at their website.

    The PR collection includes some great shots of the PR aircraft. The aircraft shots were taken on unused film at the end of sorties by the photographic staff who didn’t like leaving part of the film blank 😉

    http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/air-photographs-collection.html

    September 7, 2010 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Giving Leuchars a miss this year #1157219
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    I use the bus to and from Dundee and rarely have problems. When leaving Leuchars I walk down to the bus stop at Guardbridge and never have any problems getting a seat on the bus.

    May 15, 2010 at 12:57 pm in reply to: The Tirpity! #1153343
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    78 squadron did, in fact attack the Tirpitz, but not from North Africa. Nothing to hand at the moment but google should bring up something.

    April 7, 2010 at 12:47 pm in reply to: of torque and tailfins… #1122676
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    Westland Whirlwind originally had counter rotating props.

    April 4, 2010 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Lancaster recovery in Germany #1125672
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    Err, could you translate that please? I do not have a clue what you are on about.

    April 3, 2010 at 3:23 pm in reply to: National Archives/Kew/Public Records Office #1126724
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    You can use your own camera to copy most documents at kew.

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