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March 11, 2006 at 1:09 am in reply to: RAF Cosford – 1981 pics #1350109

MrB.175
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Great photos Robert. Both the Vulcan and Victor look to be in pretty good external shape back in 1981.

March 8, 2006 at 4:12 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1355114

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Eric

Thanks for posting this on the excellent British Eagle website. There may be some news for all within the next few days.

March 5, 2006 at 6:40 am in reply to: Can anyone identify this Britannia fuselage? #1360694

MrB.175
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Nothing new to report apart from the fact I’ve managed to track down Mr Paul Jackson who took the original photo published in Wrecks & Relics.

Unfortunately Paul took the photo on B+W but has scanned the neg for me and I’ve attached it here for you all to get a better look at the beast.

From this photo you can just see the name ‘Pluton’ above the forward part of the lighting flash which was reported by W&R and in addition, a definate Britannia only item, evidence of the round crew emergency exit in the cockpit roof.

March 5, 2006 at 6:28 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1360699

MrB.175
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The hours I spent sitting on that balcony in the early 1960s 🙂

Never, ever saw a Britannia though! I’d have gone delirious with excitement!

Moggy, you didn’t go on the right days then because here’s a shot of G-AOVT in Eagle colours at Speke in November 1965…

March 5, 2006 at 6:23 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1360704

MrB.175
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Especially in Eagle colours! 🙂

I agree Jon, just like the attached!!! Photo of her at the Eagle maintenance base, LHR in March 1967.

March 5, 2006 at 6:21 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1360709

MrB.175
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What number do you ring to contact them?

Newark would be logical, they have plenty of space after shifting various airframes indoors.

I read that it on low loaders ready to go?

Newark would be an ideal location, is anyone here that can help facilitate the necessary discussions? From what Newark have acheived recently I understand besides the space, they’ve got the necessary manpower and skills to reassemble her.

As I said before she can be moved fairly easily. She was on low loaders but has now been taken off them as they were needed for another job. See photos of the front and rear fuselage in the ‘old’ BAC hangar just prior to moving outside.

March 5, 2006 at 6:15 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1360713

MrB.175
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You can park her here… we’ve got loads of room

Roy

Thanks for the PM. This is certainly a possibility, only problem is ideally she’ll need to be under cover for some considerable time whilst she’s put back together and a willing work force with necessary skills will be required to do this.

Does Speke offer these facilities?

March 5, 2006 at 6:12 am in reply to: URGENT – Please help save Bristol Britannia G-ANCF #1360720

MrB.175
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Hi all

Apologies for not replying sooner but been busy this week. There is no progress as of yet, but the BAPT are following up on a few offers.

As to some of the other comments I’ll reply individually.

February 28, 2006 at 11:43 pm in reply to: vintage BOAC Brittannia display model #1365993

MrB.175
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spotted what I believe to be one of those promo models made for travel shops of a BOAC Britannia the other day. It was in decent shape considering its age, and appeared to be about 1/72 scale or slightly larger. If I remember correctly, it was marked G-BOAC; was this ever actually used on a Britannia?

Anyways, is this an aviation rarity which needs to be saved from the low-end second hand shop it was in, or are they common enough to forget about?

Hi Greg

I’ve sent you a PM on this because as a collector of all things Britannia I’d be interested in it. This type of model isn’t as rare or as hard to find as people might think, it’s the larger 1/24 scale ‘cutaway’ models that are rare and difficult to come by -especially of the Britannia (luckily I have one of these already! 😀 )

G-BOAC was a registration only every used on Concorde but in the in BOAC heyday, nearly every model made was given this registration.

February 28, 2006 at 2:11 am in reply to: First supersonic aircraft to takeoff and land #1367517

MrB.175
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H’mm first aircraft to take off and land under it’s own power, well it’s got to be British hasn’t it!!! 😀

I’m excluding the Bell X-1 as it wasn’t propelled by a traditional jet engine as we know it today. So on this basis, I’m going to put forward the Hawker Hunter in September 1953.

Let’s not forget that if the British Government had given our aviation pioneers more backing and support the English would have defo been the first to break the sound barrier with the Miles M.52. When design started in 1942, the M.52 was supposed to have been able to fly at something like 1,000mph or over, with the ability to climb to 36,000 feet in 1.5 minutes.

You can see what remains of this project at the Berkshire Museum of Aviation.

February 27, 2006 at 1:35 pm in reply to: Aviation things to do in New Zealand #1368753

MrB.175
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Yes, the Argosy is at Woodbourne, approx 6km west of Blenheim on the road to Nelson. There’s a lovely Freighter at Nelson too in their Founder’s Museum

Dave

Thanks for confirming that because I’m planning to get down to NZ this year also and want to see the Argosy and as many Freighter’s/Viscount’s as I can get to, therefore and if possible, can you confirm the following for me?

What happened to the other Argosy ZK-SAF? A friend of mine remembers seeing the fuselage close to the preserved ZK-SAE around 1997 but not heard of it since. I presume it was scrapped?

How many Bristol Freighters are there still extant in NZ? And if poss, can you provide a list of where they are?

How many Viscount preserved and where?

Any info you can provide would be gratefully received and would help me plan my trip 🙂

Ta.

February 26, 2006 at 11:56 pm in reply to: Aviation things to do in New Zealand #1369381

MrB.175
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WW2 types aside there’s plenty of Bristol Freighters to go and find together with the Argosy Trust’s AW.650 Argosy which if I recall correctly is at Blenheim.

On the Biffo’s front, you’ve got to spend a night in this!!!! 🙂

http://www.woodlynpark.co.nz/ – click on ‘Plane Motel’

February 20, 2006 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Google Earth, what can you find ? #1377517

MrB.175
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Somewhere in the UK…..

FAIRFORD…!!!

February 19, 2006 at 5:54 am in reply to: Cosford Valiant, Cold War progress, and Hanger 1 #474401

MrB.175
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Thanks for the update, great photos.

I like the F-86F, I wasn’t aware this was at Cosford, but it’s nice to see in RAF colours. Presumably it’s going inside the new exhibition?

From the condiiton of this and the meatbox the resto team there are certainly on a par with Duxford.

February 19, 2006 at 3:54 am in reply to: Air Show Video's #1378835

MrB.175
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Thanks Dave, they’re great. I had a look at the older videos and particularly enjoyed the F-4 mid 80’s.

Seeing Seafuryfan’s reply and looking at his profile photo got me to thinking is there anyone out there with some video footage of G-FURY???

She wasn’t around long before Spencer lost her at Waddo so perhaps someone took some footage of her there or at IAT ’81 Greenham Common???

Anyone???
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