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  • in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #941303
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    Yes, it is a Mk I, and yes, that will make four airworthy examples when it flies (five if you include the BBMF’s Mk II, to all intents and purposes the same as a MK I, just built at Castle Bromwich)

    Is this really all that differentiates between a Mark I and a Mark II?

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #941725
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    Thanks.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #941734
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    Excuse my ignorance but why does ‘627 have a Canadian roundel by the cockpit?

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2014 #947064
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    Duxford Tuesday 18th March:

    Here are some more pics of the ex TFC P-40B disassembly:

    http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7389/13246076933_938b397e75_b.jpg

    [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/13246090353/]

    How many aircraft do they have typically squeezed in to the hangar? :confused:

    in reply to: Choice of western fighters soon to narrow? #2235738
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    By that time they will buy Chinese.

    Everything is made in China, except babies which are made in va-china! 😀

    in reply to: SPOTTED 2014 #974366
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    A couple of civvie types flying out of Thruxton this afternoon, at 14.50 A Grumman American GA-7 Cougar G-GOTC[ATTACH=CONFIG]225629[/ATTACH] flew over Andover and 20 minutes later a Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II G-MSFT did too.[ATTACH=CONFIG]225630[/ATTACH]

    in reply to: VIDEO: where was this "low-ish" Spitfire looping filmed? #975802
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    That’s exactly what I was thinking Rocketeer.

    in reply to: Cross overs #443662
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    Airshow cross overs always look great but I’m told the aircraft aren’t actually heading straight for each other but just to the side, does anybody have any photos of cross overs but taken looking at the aircraft’s nose / tail during this manoeuvre?

    in reply to: RAF Buccaneer 20th Year since retirement event! #989012
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    I always thought during The Gulf War 1990/91 even nearing 30 years in service the Buccaneer didn’t look even slightly out of place amongst the Tornados, F15s, F16s, frankly any of the aircraft it served with!

    in reply to: will stealth become irrelevant? #2258435
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    Sorry if it’s already been said but didn’t this technically mean current stealth has already become irrelevant?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown

    in reply to: Nose Art 1970's – Present??? #2259889
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    Hungary Mi-24V :

    http://i58.tinypic.com/20ubm1y.jpghttp://i62.tinypic.com/j7f72q.jpghttp://i59.tinypic.com/ao2jxs.jpg

    Wow! I didn’t think that helicopter could look any better. 🙂

    in reply to: Guess the aircraft #466063
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    Axel
    Without reference to any sources of info, I would hazard a guess that the tail boom belongs to a Merlin helicopter. The multi-bogied undercart suggests one of those big Antonov jobbies – am I heading in the right direction ?

    I thought the tail boom was a Lynx and the undercarriage was an An 124

    in reply to: Prototype Survivors #1012068
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    Sorry if any of these has already been mentioned. The Avro 707 was the proof-of-concept delta design that was principally the work of Stuart D. Davies, Avro chief designer, the 707 programme provided valuable insights into the Vulcan’s flight characteristics. No 707s are now airworthy. Both examples of the Avro 707A variant survive. One, WZ736 is preserved at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the other, WD280 at the RAAF Museum in Point Cook, Victoria. WZ744, the single 707C is displayed at the RAF Museum, Cosford near Wolverhampton.
    Two prototype and two pre-production English Electric Lightnings can be found in the UK, WG760, the first prototype P.1A at the RAF Museum Cosford, England. WG763, the second prototype P.1A at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, England. XG329 P1B/Lightning F.1 pre-production aircraft at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, England. XG337 P1B/Lightning F.1 pre-production aircraft at the RAF Museum Cosford.
    The Flying Bedstead, the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig is on public display at the Science Museum in London.

    in reply to: Prototype Survivors #1012220
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    Decided to check for myself and found at Wallop they have the only remaining example of a Rotachute P5, just 20 of these aircraft were built. They also have a Hafner Rotabuggy, prototypes of this aircraft were flown but they were never used operationally, a ML Aviation Aircraft that was originally designed to be a light aircraft for private use which could be transported in a Land Rover and quickly assembled for flight and a Wisp, a remotely controlled electronic device used for unmanned reconnaissance.
    At Brooklands they have on loan from its owners the historic fuselage of the Supermarine Swift F.4 prototype, WK198, which held the World Absolute Air Speed Record when flown by test pilot Mike Lithgow in Libya on 26 September 1953.

    in reply to: Prototype Survivors #1012228
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    Talking of The Helicopter Museum, do they have any prototypes at Middle Wallop?

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