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Mr Merry

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  • in reply to: Tiger Moth at Hornet Aviation Sherburn c'82 #963613
    Mr Merry
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    Sorry to ask again.

    Can anyone shed light on G-ANON history around ’78-’81, I know who the owner at the time and I think he has passed away. Did she have an accident around this time?
    Or was it a major check/rebuild that needed doing? I was working at Hornet Aviation at Sherburn upon Elmet at the time.
    At the time it was just another job to do, it’s just recently I have wondered which Tiger I was working on.

    Or does anyone have a website I can search the history of an a/c or ideally a registation? I have tried on my friend Google but it confused me even more. Thanks.

    Dave.

    in reply to: Piper Colt crash circa 1961 #392539
    Mr Merry
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    I helped rebuild a Cub G-BBYB, but at the same time I was helping rebuild a Tiger Moth G-ANON (I suspect) I have asked on Historic, but without any help.
    Can anyone shed light on G-ANON history around ’78-’81, I know who the owner at the time and I think he has passed away. Did she have an accident around this time?
    Or was it a major check/rebuild that needed doing? I was working at Hornet Aviation at Sherburn upon Elmet at the time.
    At the time it was just another job to do, it’s just recently I have wondered which Tiger I was working on.

    Or does anyone have a website I can search the history of an a/c or ideally a registation? I have tried on my friend Google but it confused me even more. Thanks.

    Dave.

    in reply to: Whirlwind Fighter Project Updates #963736
    Mr Merry
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    Great news on the funding, thank you to the member who has donated. I’m looking forward to working with Mike E and building it. Thanks again, I’m so looking forward to working on this project.

    in reply to: Tiger Moth at Hornet Aviation Sherburn c'82 #968823
    Mr Merry
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    I’m blind as a bat now, but then it was how I was shown how to do it. ‘look through the hole for the needle coming towards you’. Surprised I didn’t get one in the eye!

    in reply to: The First of the Few #969000
    Mr Merry
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    Missed it, not on the I-player.

    in reply to: Dambusters photo gallery #969007
    Mr Merry
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    in reply to: Auster Agricola #969011
    Mr Merry
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    I don’t have many fond memories of crop dusters, my job was to scrape the build up of chemicals off the belly and wings of a Pawnee weekly during the spray season. Not a nice job!

    in reply to: Tiger Moth at Hornet Aviation Sherburn c'82 #969019
    Mr Merry
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    I have done a bit more searching and I suspect it was G-ANON. It was owned by a Mr Mercer at the time who lived just down the road from Sherburn, so that fits and it’s still based at Sherburn.
    But I can’t find any record of an accident, even AAIB doesn’t show anything.
    Nothing on the Moth Club either. Can anyone fill in the blanks please?

    in reply to: And Now For Something Completely Different Thread MK3 #970816
    Mr Merry
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    Who left that there?

    in reply to: Didnt see this one coming….. #972790
    Mr Merry
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    A quick Google shows 38 in US museums, as Peter says must a few in the boneyards, I would have thought proberbly more than a few, after all they didn’t finish service until ’98.

    in reply to: General Discussion #272373
    Mr Merry
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    Interesting articles, and very nasty burns, though I wouldn’t have found the lady 20% responsable more like 50%. That said serves Mc D’s right for trying to brush off her claim like they did.

    Bought the wife a new iron a few years, (I’m kind like that) and on the packaging it said ‘Do not iron items of clothing whilst wearing them’.

    I thought what a stupid advice, then I thought of Darwin and the number of oxygen thiefs out there.

    in reply to: Major Fault discovered in saucepans. #1872805
    Mr Merry
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    Interesting articles, and very nasty burns, though I wouldn’t have found the lady 20% responsable more like 50%. That said serves Mc D’s right for trying to brush off her claim like they did.

    Bought the wife a new iron a few years, (I’m kind like that) and on the packaging it said ‘Do not iron items of clothing whilst wearing them’.

    I thought what a stupid advice, then I thought of Darwin and the number of oxygen thiefs out there.

    in reply to: Wrecks under Truk Lagoon Deteriorate: news report #973457
    Mr Merry
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    My issue is that they are getting robbed. Looting is looting after all.
    I have seen a documentry on Truc, as soon as another ship was found it was raided. Would this be OK on a Lancaster, Halifax, Spitfire wreck?

    in reply to: Forum Historic Aircraft "20 Questions" #973496
    Mr Merry
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    Otherwise known as a Mustang.

    Spot on, I thought I would do one that was so easy that it wouldn’t be worked out.
    When you asked about an Allison engine I couldn’t say later a Merlin due to the yes or no rules.

    in reply to: Forum Historic Aircraft "20 Questions" #973506
    Mr Merry
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    No, not Bell.

    12 left, but I can see it worked out very soon.

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