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  • May 8, 2015 at 10:31 am in reply to: WORLD AIR FORCE ROUNDELS #2187045
    adrian_gray
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    The normal color used is yellow but the pics show also a dark (black?) variation.

    The “black” variation is almost certainly down to the use of an orthochromatic photographic emulsion – they lighten blues, darken reds, and record yellow as black. Quite commonly used as they could be processed under a red safelight, meaning you could see it develop and stop at the appropriate moment. The Hawker Tornado photo shows this effect perfectly on the roundel and fin flash.

    Adrian

    May 7, 2015 at 10:58 am in reply to: What Did You Do In The War Dad/Mum/Grandad #917000
    adrian_gray
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    Well, I can tell you what Dad was doing seventy years ago today. He spent the evening stood on the steps of the village pub because, at 14, he was too young to go in!

    Adrian

    May 6, 2015 at 9:15 am in reply to: Hector Bolitho, RAFVR – help requested. #917783
    adrian_gray
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    The book is My restless Years – I assume you’ve already encountered this?

    Adrian

    May 5, 2015 at 2:40 pm in reply to: Hector Bolitho, RAFVR – help requested. #918398
    adrian_gray
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    Sorry, Richard, for some reason I don’t get notifications of PMs, so unless I spot the tiny banner when I log in I don’t notice them!

    Apart from a reminiscence about his garden and trousers(!) from my Mum’s cousin, all I’ve found out is from one of Bolitho’s books – which one escapes me at the mo. I suspect you’ve already found it, but I’ll let you know the title when I find which pile it’s in!

    Best wishes,

    Adrian

    May 3, 2015 at 10:26 pm in reply to: Anyone want my Flypasts? #919499
    adrian_gray
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    If you have a local ATC they’ll probably have your arm off…

    Adrian

    May 1, 2015 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #921498
    adrian_gray
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    No – Just the public road that runs along the back of the airfield. Both the Blackbird and B.24 now in AirSpace for the next few months

    If that’s from Grange Road, however long was the lens?!

    Adrian

    May 1, 2015 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #921964
    adrian_gray
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    I’d guess that Duxman is on the far side of the airfield with a VERY long lens, hence an unusual angle, and very compressed perspective. Unless the B24 has been teleported to another airfield entirely…

    I’m sure it’ll go back into the AAM much as it is, but wouldn’t it be nice to see the Avenger painted up as a Tarpon from Hatston? Or at least as a UK-operated machine if my terminology is off!

    Adrian

    April 30, 2015 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary (2015) #922501
    adrian_gray
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    At risk of sounding like the roundel police, is that really a period typeface for the Hurricane’s serial? I don’t recall seeing another one like it.

    Adrian

    April 29, 2015 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Spotted (2015) #923956
    adrian_gray
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    …which reminds me I saw an SE5 replica near Oxford on Sunday (something to do with Bicester, perhaps?), and also a butterfly tail Beechcraft.

    Adrian

    April 29, 2015 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Unknown lancaster parts ? #924056
    adrian_gray
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    Intriguing – consider me educated!

    Adrian

    April 29, 2015 at 1:40 pm in reply to: Unknown lancaster parts ? #924224
    adrian_gray
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    That was my thought as well, but if it’s 6.5cm across it’s for a whopping great length of film or a huge format.

    Adrian

    April 28, 2015 at 9:33 am in reply to: Meteor 091 you are clear for take off… runway zero-four #925035
    adrian_gray
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    I do like the “runway” underneath it – a nice touch!

    Adrian

    April 23, 2015 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain participants. #927262
    adrian_gray
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    I was sure I’d replied to this earlier…. very odd! Anyway, I’m sure I saw an obituary in the last year for someone who’d managed their century – maybe Sqn Ldr Scramble would know, he’s usually first off the mark with obituary posts?

    Adrian

    April 20, 2015 at 9:27 am in reply to: More from Alan Noble's collection #848084
    adrian_gray
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    Very nice! Poor Aggie Paggie.

    If I may pick a minor nit, I suspect that MH434 is 1982 rather than 1972, as the Reds have Hawks. And I love the flying shed at the end!

    Adrian

    April 20, 2015 at 9:23 am in reply to: World first solar powered flight 1979 in Lasham UK. #848086
    adrian_gray
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    I wasn’t… but does anyone else look at the design and think it looks like the spawn of a sailplane and the English Electric Wren?

    Given the vast improvements in solar cells since then, quite an achievement in its day!

    Adrian

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