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  • November 6, 2007 at 6:01 am in reply to: Handley Page Hampden in colour #1292398
    steve_p
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    I was wondering if the aircraft was one of the Canadian-built examples doing a check flight prior to being de-engined and shipped off to the UK? No evidence of any kind whatsoever to support this unlikely theory. 🙂

    Its always great to see Hampden footage though.:D

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    Steve P

    November 1, 2007 at 9:15 pm in reply to: .303 turret ammunition. #1297952
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    Wasn’t it just the case that when the various specs were being written, .303 guns and ammunition were the most readily available? They did the job so why disrupt production by introducing different calibres?

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    Steve P

    November 1, 2007 at 12:16 am in reply to: Lockheed Constellation #1299297
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    Nah, I’m sure that most forumites would agree that nothing comes close to the perfectly formed Hawker Hurricane. :dev2:

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    Steve P

    October 30, 2007 at 7:42 pm in reply to: Subcontracting rare aircraft reconstruction #1300905
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    remember that this aircrft would have to be permanently static! An airworthy reproduction could not be built this way.

    Albemarles were. 😮 Don’t know if any of them were ever truly airworthy though. :dev2:

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    Steve P

    October 30, 2007 at 6:37 pm in reply to: Subcontracting rare aircraft reconstruction #1300932
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    One could end up with a very strange looking beast if it were drawn from across the membership!

    Wasn’t that one of the problems with the Albemarle – most of the work subcontracted out to organisations, each with very little experience in aircraft production, and each with their own idea of quality control?

    Great idea though Cees. I’d love to see it happen.

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    Steve P

    October 28, 2007 at 9:00 pm in reply to: hercules engined lancs/merlin engined halifaxes #1303417
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    Yup, thats the source. The book mentioned that initially, they didn’t have enough four-blade props to go round so some Halibags flew with a combination of three and four-bladers. Anyone have any photographic evidence of this?

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    Steve P

    October 28, 2007 at 4:19 pm in reply to: hercules engined lancs/merlin engined halifaxes #1303841
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    I think that I read somewhere that the outboard Merlins on the Halifax were prone to play up until four bladed props were fitted. Can anyone elaborate?

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    Steve P

    October 11, 2007 at 9:10 am in reply to: RAFM Hendon walkaround 10th October 2007 #1326487
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    Crikey! They’ve got a Beaufort. 😮 I must visit more often.

    Cracking photos. 😀

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    Steve P

    October 11, 2007 at 9:03 am in reply to: WWII RAF bombers with fuselage fuel tanks #1326497
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    Not a bomber, but the Westland Welkin had a 79 gal tank in the fuselage.

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    Steve P

    October 11, 2007 at 3:16 am in reply to: Hunting Pilot and Black Lab Pic!! #1326670
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    I think that the colour pic was taken by Charles Brown. If so, Hendon will have the negative. Getting a print from them is probably as easy as getting them to buy some light bulbs…

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    Steve P

    October 10, 2007 at 10:06 pm in reply to: WWII RAF bombers with fuselage fuel tanks #1326730
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    Same too for the Halifax and Hampden. I’ve no idea how often they were fitted though.

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    Steve P

    October 10, 2007 at 9:58 pm in reply to: WWII RAF bombers with fuselage fuel tanks #1326854
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    Can anyone name one?

    Wellington. The Wimpy could be fitted with auxilliary tanks in the bomb bay.

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    Steve P

    October 7, 2007 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Lancaster NF920 Easy Elsie Wreck In Laponia(2007) #1330170
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    Why on earth would they feel like that? They have only been custodians of the wreckage for 99.9% of the Lancaster’s life. :diablo:

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    Steve P

    October 7, 2007 at 9:25 pm in reply to: Lancaster NF920 Easy Elsie Wreck In Laponia(2007) #1330332
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    Err, why on earth do we need to bring these parts back to the UK? The Lancaster is hardly an extinct type in the UK and Joe Public will probably just see the parts as a pile of scrap metal. I could think of many other projects more worthy of funding.

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    Steve P

    October 7, 2007 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Reid and Siegrist #1330517
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    Didn’t the company also operate a flying training school in the run up to WW2?

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    Steve P

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