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December 22, 2004 at 12:17 am in reply to: Stirling cockpit look a like under construction #1372866

MarkG
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Oooh, now who’s on a high-horse?

My point still stands, forum ‘joke’ or otherwise, why not congratulate the bloke on the massive amount of effort and dedication he’s clearly putting in to this project.

No Stirlings exist. The guy has “got off his fat butt and done something about it” by building a replica that illustrates, in the best way currently available, what a Stirling cockpit was all about. Why not give him some credit?

If I was Peter van Gelderen reading such a response without any indication that it was some sort of forum clique in-joke, then I’d be pretty disappointed by it.

December 21, 2004 at 11:32 pm in reply to: Stirling cockpit look a like under construction #1372909

MarkG
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Will it fly into Legends?

Cees, please pass on my best wishes to Peter for his efforts. After all, where else can you go to see what a Stirling cockpit looked like?

December 18, 2004 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Spit Prop on Ebay #1379053

MarkG
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Anybody seen the Spit cockpit replica on there at the moment.

Yes I’ve seen it, but using the word “replica” is pushing it a bit!

December 11, 2004 at 11:17 am in reply to: Jet Age Museum Lottery Bid Fails #1390452

MarkG
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Very sad news. They have some wonderful aeroplanes that deserve a permanent roof over their heads. I wish them all the best.

December 9, 2004 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Mosquito Mk XVIII Tse-tse #1394075

MarkG
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What about the BAe archives?

Good luck. Last time I tried to get anything out of BAe Heritage it was like the proverbial blood/stone thing! They said that most, if not all, of their photo archive had been transferred to the RAFM Hendon. When I then spoke to Hendon, who BTW I’ve always found extremely helpful, they said that the BAe stuff had arrived so poorly indexed that it may be years before it’s organised properly.

Still worth a try though I suppose.

December 7, 2004 at 12:37 pm in reply to: rivets – chisel or drill? #1399024

MarkG
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I agree with John C, one thing to add though – file a flat on dome head rivets then centre punch it to provide an accurate ‘key’ for the drill.

December 3, 2004 at 5:24 pm in reply to: Sector clocks #1403692

MarkG
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I’m sure I’ve seen adverts in the back of FlyPast and/or Aeroplane for replicas too.

December 1, 2004 at 1:28 pm in reply to: Seeing each other in RAF Night Bomber formations #1408929

MarkG
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Mike J and JDK – what’s the matter with you people? This is a discussion forum. It’s intended for people to ask questions and for knowledge and information to be exchanged. That’s what it’s for.

You might like to consider this revolutionary concept – other people read these threads besides the original poster. That means that plenty of people will learn something from answers to other’s questions. That’s the beauty of a forum such as this.

To answer a perfectly reasonable and intelligent question, which I’m sure gnome thoroughly enjoyed answering, with the sort of nauseating sarcasm displayed by Mike J is frankly disgraceful, embarrassing and totally counter to the ethos and good-nature of this forum.

Pathetic. 😡

November 29, 2004 at 4:45 pm in reply to: Question #1413253

MarkG
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Sumpies – Engines

“Sooties” are the updated jet-age version.

November 18, 2004 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Mick Jennings cockpit collection #1421169

MarkG
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Left the RAF and became CRO at Colt on Nov 1st. Cockpit collection will be moving to Norwich Air Museum at some stage.

November 16, 2004 at 3:49 pm in reply to: D.H.98 Mosquito Photo's Please, Just Because I love looking at them. #1425404

MarkG
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However, there never seems to be much responce when I post Mosquito Photos so I don’t bother any longer.

Hmm. I thought the same thing when I posted this…
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34491
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November 12, 2004 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Farnborough Canberra #1431449

MarkG
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Robin, I’m sorry I can’t help with your question (but I’m sure someone else will be able to), but do you know whether the Institute of Aviation Medicine operated a single seat Hunter at all – probably an F.4?

Thanks.

November 10, 2004 at 6:32 pm in reply to: A Couple of Mossie Piccies #1433364

MarkG
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The Turkish Air Force were actually quite big operators of Mosquitos and had 10 T.IIIs and 96 FB.VIs delivered in 1947. They all came from RAF surplus stocks and were overhauled prior to delivery by Fairey.

November 9, 2004 at 10:59 am in reply to: Whitwick Aerojumble, Sunday November 7th #1435337

MarkG
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Why no intruments for sale at Aerojumbles?

Ever been to an aerojumble? One thing that are always for sale in abundance are instruments!

November 8, 2004 at 10:26 am in reply to: Whitwick Aerojumble, Sunday November 7th #1435823

MarkG
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I actually had quite an enjoyable day at Whitwick, despite really struggling to find something to spend my money on! Attendance seems to have picked up a bit – the previous event was a bit flat following the move from Saturday to Sunday.

At a guess I would think that only about half of the stalls there were actually selling aeroplane parts, plus a couple of flying kit type stalls, the rest being general militaria, books and models. I have grumbled about the lack of ‘proper’ aerojumble stalls at such events in the past but I’m pretty much resigned myself to the fact that, as 683al says, there isn’t the stuff about anymore.

These events are as much about meeting and chatting with like-minded people and friends as they are about ‘aerojumbling’ these days.
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