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April 2, 2011 at 8:52 am in reply to: RNAS Yeovilton – 29th March 2011 – 28 images #521041

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Some excellent pix here Mark even if the weather did not help at all.
The Hawk looks great helped by the compressed perspective of a tele lens. Just curious… EF 100-400?

Thanks 🙂
Yes, the EF 100-400 IS was my lens. I still haven’t a clue how to use all the modes etc. I learn about it, then don’t use the 40D for ages and forget!

April 1, 2011 at 8:28 pm in reply to: RNAS Yeovilton – 29th March 2011 – 28 images #521078

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FRADU’s afternoon schedule then kicked off just as the sun peeked out for 10 minutes, with three quick-fire departures, beginning with XX281.

…and then XX205…

…and finally XX337.

The visiting RAF Hawks departed…

…although the latter did however get caught up in a Grob jam before it departed!
727NAS kicked off its flying programme during the afternoon…

Finally, I shot round to Pyle Lane to catch the final FRADU Hawk sortie taxiing out…

…and departing.

My thanks to Ralph at FRADU for the information. Great to meet you sir, and also to the two chaps that kept me company during the day.
This was my first bash with the 40D since August last year, so it is, as usual, learning the ropes all over again both with the camera and Photoshop!

C&C welcome as always, on board or via PM…

Thanks for looking,

Mark

PS. See part 2 here!

March 6, 2011 at 1:16 pm in reply to: 5th March #1097160

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ML407 and Caroline did a superb job commemorating it at Eastleigh yesterday afternoon 😀

February 20, 2011 at 10:53 pm in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #1111675

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No probs.
Great to see Meier getting another one (well two) back on the road to airworthy conditions.

Just as an aside and with no intention of hijacking the thread, does anyone know where D-CACY is now?
From reading the assorted mags OFMC seemed very enthusiastic about restoring it back to flight given its genuine FAA pedigree.
Alas it never happened, for the moment anyway… 🙁

February 20, 2011 at 6:23 pm in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #1112000

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Guys,
Am I the only person to keep wondering which airframe the first Sea Fury FB11 (in the truck) would be? In older threads of this forum an unknown SF is mentioned, stored at La Ferte. It belonged to the late mr. Dague, and seemed to have gone to the Salis family.
Seeing the father Jean Salis and his son Baptiste visiting Bremgarten, tempts me to put two and two together:rolleyes:

In any case: is there anybody out there that knows about this SF?

Gert Jan Mentink / Aerovet

Info posted on the warbirdinfoexchange seems to indicate that it is the La Ferte airframe, but it has yet to be officially confirmed by Meier.

February 18, 2011 at 9:36 pm in reply to: News at MeierMotors GmbH / Bremgarten South Germany #1114114

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HI There, quick question and im sorry if it was asked earlier.

Centaurus engines have the five blade prop right? The “donor heart” ones have a 4 blade right? Does this T.20 have have a Centaurus fitted? because the prop on it was a four blade one…

If you think it’s a silly question… i know where the exit is ;)..

Cheers,

TG1984

This T.20 Sea Fury when it had its accident was not fitted with a Centaurus engine. One suspects it was a Wright R3350 that drove a 4-blade prop.

Hardly any US-based Furies operate with Centaurus engines now, perhaps less than a handful of Fury aircraft left airworthy still use it.

February 13, 2011 at 8:18 pm in reply to: Hawker Hunter #1120642

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Francis Mason’s “Hawker Hunter, Biography of a Thoroughbred” book is up there still IMO, even though it was published 20+ years ago…

February 3, 2011 at 11:19 pm in reply to: RAF Millom Aviation & Military Museum Closure #1133052

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The Vampire XD425 cockpit was indeed on the way to its new home.
I’m sure Neil will treasure and finish the job on it….

June 14, 2010 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Post Your Sea Fury Pic's #1116733

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A couple of yesteryear photographs of a MARTSU move. The trailer is an Elizabeth not a Mary by the way.

VR930 as well, brilliant!

June 13, 2010 at 9:17 pm in reply to: sea vixen #1117855

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Matt Whitfield is back flying the Hawks at Yeovilton for the Fleet Air Arm…

One hopes that following CAA approval with the ‘new’ tanks we’ll see both him and ‘Foxy Lady’ back at airshows soon 🙂

May 28, 2010 at 11:16 pm in reply to: RNHF Swordfish #1135821

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Engine runs were also carried out on 27th April and also on 17th May, so it’s getting closer!

May 28, 2010 at 11:15 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe Latest #1135824

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Well done to all involved in getting an old FRADU T-bird live again 🙂

May 28, 2010 at 11:09 pm in reply to: Post Your Sea Fury Pic's #1135828

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No, none of it left with RNHF; all went for scrapping (although many small items purporting to be from TF956 were still being sold by private individuals at aerojumbled up and down the land well into the late 1990s at least). One properller blade is still in the Yeovil area, but that’s about it. None of the remains were used in the rebuild of VR930 as a:) they were too badly corroded, and b:) it is MoD policy not to use crashed aircraft items in other aircraft.

Lots of the stuff, including the engine went to a guy who polishes and sells parts. Even though it had been in the sea for 2 weeks, the magnesium parts were in terrible condition. The spade grip remains are shown in the attached piccy so you can see what Lee means!

The only section that survived the impact with the sea, relatively complete was the tail section. I have seen a couple of prints showing this, as well as recently seeing (physically) a couple of other items recovered from the wreck.

It’s hard to believe that it has been gone just under 21 years now – the memories of her pounding the VLN circuit on a Tuesday afternoon are still there in my head, just!

May 22, 2010 at 4:11 pm in reply to: Trio of Hunters for Coventry #1145093

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Strange when they got rid of a GA.11 not so long ago! – I am not that optomistic on a GA.11 flying again when engines (Avon 100 series) must be a commodity now and Swiss Hunters are quite easily available.

There is one GA.11 still flying, XE685/861 G-GAII.
There’s also the sole surviving PR.11 WT723/866 G-PRII which is airworthy but painted in RAF colours…

XE689 would appear only useful for spares now. WT722 is an old girl and I don’t think she’s flown for at least 13 years, probably longer.

August 10, 2009 at 7:53 am in reply to: Could the Thunder City aircraft fly in the UK ? #1159709

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No Buccaneer has ever flown on the UK civilian register, but as Nick says it is only a matter of time now…
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