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July 17, 2007 at 6:45 pm in reply to: I'm About to Purchase the Following Books #1331820

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Spot on choice Blue Robin!

Those two are about the very best IMHO.

A couple more you might like to try:

Slide Rule. Neville Shute’s autobiography on setting up Airspeed and prior to that working on the R100.

First Light. Geoffrey Wellum’s description of training to be a fighter pilot in WW2.

Happy reading – and good luck with the IR!

July 13, 2007 at 10:09 am in reply to: Clophill Village Fete Displays #1245771

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Really impressive!

Just shows what somebody with real leadership and vision can achieve.

He surely deserves a name-check?

A ruddy knighthood!:cool:

July 12, 2007 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Forums r e a l l y slow…. #1246142

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They’ve slowed it down so Cub pilots can keep up! :diablo:

Despite webbie’s best efforts………

……..Down to Luton Minor speeds this evening!

July 12, 2007 at 4:35 pm in reply to: London Airport, the beginning #1246145

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I wonder whether you’d get away with this at Heathrow today……:D

Brian Allen “demonstrating” at Heathrow in 1937!!

July 12, 2007 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Long-lost Spitfire variant surfaces at Duxford. #1246158

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[QUOTE=Mark12;1136356]Submarine is most likely to have crept in here by default ‘spellcheck’.
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….or a faulty sub-editor :diablo:

July 11, 2007 at 9:14 pm in reply to: Slingsby Type 58, need advice #1246641

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The limelight’s firmly back with you BM 😉

July 9, 2007 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Forums r e a l l y slow…. #1248592

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They’ve slowed it down so Cub pilots can keep up! :diablo:

July 9, 2007 at 5:56 pm in reply to: Youthful Vintage Aviator #1248739

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I gather Adrian carried out his tailwheel conversion on Enstone’s Super Cub.

In record time given the past months’s weather!:cool:

July 9, 2007 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Slingsby Type 58, need advice #1248782

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Over to “The Blue Max” for his specialist knowledge this one I think!!

Regarding the NGK-D5HS spark plugs, I seem to recollect that D8-HA plugs are a proven substitute for the period items on the Gipsy Major 1. I wonder whether yours are equally suitable for the high-compression 10.1/3?

Have you a picture of the carb installation on this engine? I seem to remember that they’re pretty critical on float levels. I suggest that either BM or Vintech will give you the definitive advice.

Mind you, I’ve got another theory – as also proven by our BE’s takeoff accident in Wisconsin. American air is clearly thinner than British air. Therefore your aeroplane will never work well while running in American air.

The only answer is ship it back to Britain – preferably Sywell!:diablo:

July 7, 2007 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Bede BD-5 comes to grief #435073

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I don’t even know if this is still a hot thread, but to update you on the condition of the Pilot, Peter is in a rehabilitation facility over here in Western Australia, and he is doing okay. His back injury is such that he will require a wheelchair from now on but his burns have recovered nicely. We are hoping that he will be allowed to go home in a number of weeks rather than months, but it will all depend on the doctors and physiotherapists.

Thanks Wingman for the update. I’m sure everyone on this forum will want to pass on our very best to Peter.

Please let him know there’s a lot of people on this side of the equator who’ll be wishing him well, as well as his mates back home.

July 6, 2007 at 12:45 pm in reply to: Miss Velma & Friends – Duxford 05 Jun 07 #1250461

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Nice pics

That’s not a leak – Brooklyn Bum’s just marking its territory! 😀

Doesn’t look like anything more than a slightly overfull fuel tank. Nothing too much to worry about!

July 1, 2007 at 7:15 pm in reply to: Vickers Windsor and Boeing Washington. #1255736

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I can’t remember which test pilot’s memoirs I once read, which referred to the Vickers Windsor – but by all accounts it was a shocker. I seem to remember some pretty horrible tales of in-flight flexing and generally nasty handling!

I’ve a feeling that it belonged to that long line of aeroplanes of that era that were “designed by commitee”. At very least it was never destined to be a success!

The choice of B-29s might not have helped the balance of payments (didn’t we just finish paying for them last year? :dev2:), but they probably prolonged the lives of some aircrew!!

As its a rainy evening, I wait for a storm of protest in the Windsor’s defence!! :diablo:

June 26, 2007 at 1:58 pm in reply to: Registers of WW1 aircraft #1261415

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Cross and Cockade is a wonderful society for those interested in WW1 aviation history. I hope you’ve signed up as a member! 😉

You might also want to ask further questions on http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showforum=25

June 25, 2007 at 1:11 pm in reply to: The merged Vulcan thread once again again #1262929

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and very, very sensible.

Totally agree.

Imagine the scenario. Thousands of people there. Lots of distractions. Lots of pressure to deliver. Big risk.

Far better to quietly go through the (inevitable) snags in private and safely get her into the air. That’s what we all want don’t we?

June 23, 2007 at 12:59 am in reply to: Replicas and reproductions #1265316

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A BE-2c sound like a great idea………

……..I’ll get my coat 😀
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