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  • December 4, 2008 at 12:34 pm in reply to: DC-8 low yesterday? #1203117
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    Intersting visitor. Normaly the DC8’s that opperate from Lyneham on charter to the MOD belong to Air Charter Express who use 9G-AXA and 9G-AXB.

    October 26, 2008 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Prefect TX1 WE992 #1163688
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    Prefect TX1 WE992

    42 GS Bramcote – 1950
    125 GS Langley – 1951
    Gliding Instructors School Detling – 1952
    1 GC Hawkinge – 1959
    1 GC Swanton Morley – 1959
    CGS Swanton Morley – 1971
    611 GS Swanton Morley – 1977
    635 GS Burtonwood – 1978
    Sold to M J Lake 7/01/86

    October 26, 2008 at 11:20 am in reply to: Prefect TX1 WE992 #1163913
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    PREFECT TX1 WE992

    Thanks. WE992 was painted the same when I got it in 1980.

    July 28, 2008 at 7:29 pm in reply to: South Cerney #2458946
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    Was being used as a parachute DZ in 2007.

    July 28, 2008 at 7:22 pm in reply to: Nissen hut wanted #1183796
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    I know of a steel frame but without cladding of any description.

    May 4, 2008 at 10:05 pm in reply to: Pembroke WV740 Airshow Pictures #1192641
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    Fantastic photos. Reminds me of when I flew in this aircraft when it lived in Germany!

    April 24, 2008 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Slingsby Glider Spares #1200999
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    Hi Fournier boy. I am interested in what you have. I have quite a few Slingsby gliders at Keevil. Please drop me a PM.

    Thanks

    April 17, 2008 at 8:55 pm in reply to: Shuttleworths EON Primary Flys #1209078
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    Eon Eton TX1 BGA3214 / FEZ in flight.

    April 17, 2008 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Shuttleworths EON Primary Flys #1209193
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    Its great to hear of another Primary glider flying again. We aerotowed our EON Primary at Bicester on numerous occaissions at behind a Chipmunk with no problems.

    I have flown the primary at Keevil on aerotow behind a Rallye several years ago.

    April 10, 2008 at 8:51 pm in reply to: AeroVenture, Doncaster – 30 Mar 08 #1216947
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    Any chance of posting a photo of the Slingsby Prefect that is hanging in the roof please?

    March 21, 2008 at 7:57 pm in reply to: RAF Colerne Photos? #1238989
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    Slingsby T.8 Tutor RAFGSA183 at Colerne in 1961 when operated by the Bannerdown Gliding Club.

    March 4, 2008 at 9:18 pm in reply to: RAFGSA Gliders #1248545
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    Thank, I have a copy of the publication. It did provide a good starting point several years ago.

    June 3, 2007 at 8:17 am in reply to: Slingsby Type T-7/T-8 Kirby Kadet/Tutor #1286365
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    I have never seen a constructers number plate on any Slingsby wooden glider. Each major item (wings, fuselage, ailerons, tailplane etc) had a paper identity plate that was recessed into the ply and then covered in fabric. The fuselage would be marked SSK/FF/….. Wings SSK/OW/….. Aileron SSK/A/… and so on. Sadly on my BGA804 none of these original identity plates remain.

    If you know the serial numbers for the parts of your glider I would be interested in knowing them as there appears to be no list as to which item serial numbers were allocated to each glider that Slingsby built. I am slowly compiling my own but it is a very slow process.

    June 2, 2007 at 5:17 pm in reply to: Slingsby Type T-7/T-8 Kirby Kadet/Tutor #1286973
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    The real BGA804? I own BGA804 at Keevil and was shocked when I discovered there was another T.8 Tutor also claiming to BGA804 at MAM. I know that the glider I own has had several accidents and has had numerous rebuilds. I wonder if at some stage the fuselage has been changed but the glider has kept the registration BGA804 for ease of paperwork issues. What I do know is the glider was last rebuilt in the early 80’s by Bob Beck at Dishforth who then passed it on to Arthur Chadwick before the glider moved to Keevil in November 1996.

    May 28, 2007 at 2:29 pm in reply to: So what preserved aircraft have you flown in? #1293985
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    Wirlwind XR486. Northolt to Heathrow.

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