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  • July 1, 2014 at 3:20 pm in reply to: Fantastic news from Stow Maries #873081
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    Wonder if biggles biplane will fly with them?

    The answer is yes. We already have. Dropped into Old Warden last Thursday evening for a look-see and with aeroplanes and pilots out and about, it would have been rude not to!

    Used up all my brownie points with the Missus though!

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    June 24, 2014 at 7:59 pm in reply to: Hats off to John Romain, 109 dead stick landing at headcorn. #880056
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    Apparently windmilling rather than running. As landing roll came to an end, seized solid. According to one witness, who is an aircraft fixer, a lot of crankcase in the bottom of the cowling.

    Now remember chemistry lessons at school? What happens when you get magnesium toasty hot? I reckon Mr Romain was a lucky, as well as a skilful, chap!

    June 23, 2014 at 5:34 pm in reply to: "WW1 Uncut: Combat In The Skies" on BBC this coming week #881401
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    For those that need light relief after ranting about the BBC, the broadcast is now available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0211xzr/ww1-uncut-8-combat-in-the-skies

    It will appear later on YouTube. When it does it will also be accessible via http://www.biggles-biplane.com

    It is easy to slag off people who may not share our detail knowledge of specialist areas, but having worked with Mr. Snow on the latter part of this programme, (mainly as strapper-inner and prop swinger), I was impressed by his depth of research and his efforts to explain WW1 history in plain language.

    For the record, Dan has a first in Modern History from Balliol College, Oxford where he also won the boat race as a rower. His great, great, grandfather was none other than David Lloyd George!

    Mind you, it was a beggar to squeeze him into the BE-2’s front cockpit and after half an hour of being thrown around taking avoiding action, he most definitely needed a cool lie down!

    June 23, 2014 at 5:14 pm in reply to: Hats off to John Romain, 109 dead stick landing at headcorn. #881432
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    Fully agree with the comments above. This thread is fully justified, if only to congratulate John Romain on his airmanship.

    May 26, 2014 at 9:43 pm in reply to: Spirit of Kent Pilot ID #905814
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    Yes. That’s Dan Griffiths.

    May 20, 2014 at 6:58 pm in reply to: The New Travel Air type " R " G-TATR #913588
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    Richard Seeley is I think, one of the great unsung heroes of the British aircraft preservation world. Without his commitment I can think of at least three types (Travel Air Type R, Miles Whitney Straight and Morane Saulnier-built DH60M), which simply would not be around to grace our skies. And that’s not to mention his equally pristine DH80 Puss Moth, Bucker Jungmeister and taildragger Cessna.

    Thank you Richard!!

    March 31, 2014 at 11:10 pm in reply to: Moggy injured in flying accident 31/3/14 #935668
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    Understand someone’s just excavated some aeroplane parts from a hole in Norfolk 🙂

    Seriously though EFATOs are never good. Well done in ensuring you walked away. Look forward to learning from your experiences.

    February 26, 2014 at 9:24 am in reply to: DB601 / Ha-40 Engine Question #966423
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    Given the fact that the two engines were being produced 10,000km apart, with a war raging at the time. I wouldn’t bet on it.

    In fact, if you were to try, I suspect you will have been the first.

    I understand that drawings and specimen engines were sent from Germany. However it would be hard to be sure that the resultant Kawasaki design drawings were identical and the materials available in Japan will almost certainly not match the originals.

    February 19, 2014 at 2:18 pm in reply to: New 'Honourable Company' status for Air Pilots #973605
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    😀

    February 19, 2014 at 1:54 pm in reply to: Lady Llewellyn OBE – RIP #973721
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    A remarkable lady. A few weeks before her death she was still baking a huge batch of Christmas cakes for family and friends in the village.

    Earlier in the year she apologies for not answering her telephone because she was, at age 96, “out delivering lunches to the old folk”!

    February 19, 2014 at 12:59 pm in reply to: New 'Honourable Company' status for Air Pilots #973827
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    Those with hawk-eyes, will by now have noticed that “Propstrike” of this parish, got to the head of the media scrum!!

    February 19, 2014 at 12:37 pm in reply to: Bugatti to fly #973833
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    Those who are members of the Vintage Aircraft Club, read all about it last summer!! 🙂

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    January 30, 2014 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Runway caravan survivors. #993638
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    As Gary the Armwaver has pointed out, the caravan now at Popham is of wartime vintage and was acquired by the Vintage Aircraft Club from RAF Halton in 1985. It was used at Finmere for VAC fly-ins till the demise of the events at the airfield at the end of the 1990s, when it was donated to Popham.

    Below is the report from the VAC magazine of the time, of its renovation in 1993.

    The VAC is delighted that it will be reunited with the caravan this summer, when we celebrate our 50th Birthday Party and Fly In at Popham. July 26-27 is the date for your diaries!!

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    January 15, 2014 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Phil Ansell (Willip26) #1008418
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    Sad to hear the news. Despite chatting electronically at length about Tipsy aeroplanes, I never did get the chance to get Phil into the cockpit of one for one final time. Something I now regret. Thoughts are with his family and friends.

    January 15, 2014 at 6:12 pm in reply to: Jim Mollison At Pevensey In 1931 #1008441
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    A rather wonderful contemporary account of Mollison’s flight recounted here:
    http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1931/1931 – 0862.html

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