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November 1, 2005 at 10:20 am in reply to: Flying Devons, how many? #1426749

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Don’t forget Sea Devon G-SDEV 🙂
It has apparently been sold to Air Atlantique’s Classic Flight for restoration to fly.

October 25, 2005 at 10:45 pm in reply to: Duxfords restored Swordfish on bbc local news #1338808

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The RNHF have three Swordfish which were or are going to be airworthy. (W5856, and LS326, and I think NF389). However the two they were flying are grounded due to spar corrosion problems. The third has not been finished by BAe yet, but will one day. It’s unlikely, due to the limited number of Pegasas engine parts that all three will be flying at the same time. (This is based on discussions with the Flight, and from memory…)

I’d settled for seeing one RNHF Swordfish in the air again.
LS326 has been grounded for five years now I think 🙁

October 18, 2005 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Anyone fancy a Canberra or Harrier cockpit project??? #1345220

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WH887 ended service with FRADU in November 1992, all the three TT.18s left in service (WK142/848 and WJ614/846 were the others) were retired together.
Went to St Athan, then onto Llanbedr presumably for spares but potentially another trails aeroplane?
Scrapped in 2004 🙁

October 14, 2005 at 10:55 am in reply to: Who will be remembered for what in 2005? #1350556

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Sandown – Thanks TFC, OFMC, ARC, RNHF, Maurice Hammond, RAC, HAC 😀

October 10, 2005 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Kennet Aviation #1356246

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From memory, the collection includes

1 Hunter F6A
2 JPs (Mk.1 and 5A)
1 Gnat
1 Wasp
1 Scout
1 Gannet
1 Venom
1 Seafire
1 Skyraider
and the Piston Provost.

October 7, 2005 at 9:43 pm in reply to: MIG 17 any news #1360110

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It was on display within the museum hangar at Bournemouth.
Nothing on the surface seems to have changed recently.
I’ll see what I can find out…

October 7, 2005 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Airworthy Venom's And Vampire's #1360114

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The Source Classic Jet Flight aeroplanes are in open store at Bournemouth.
There are two Vampires airworthy on the field, the Vampire Preservation Society T.11 WZ507 G-VTII and de-Havilland Aviation’s T.11 XE920.
There is also a FB.9 Vampire under rebuild there as well.

October 7, 2005 at 9:38 pm in reply to: WJ874 – any news yet ? #1360245

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ex-FRADU Canberra TT18 WJ574 is a possibility for the third aircraft?

October 5, 2005 at 11:35 am in reply to: Sudan Strikemaster mystery? #1363423

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What is this gentleman, Looks JP but it could be a Strikey?

October 5, 2005 at 10:21 am in reply to: Sudan Strikemaster mystery? #1363558

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If that’s the case then there are still three aircraft missing.
Perhaps they are stored at Salmesbury or went quietly to Saudi Arabia?

October 4, 2005 at 1:30 pm in reply to: WJ874 – any news yet ? #1364616

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With the FRADU Historic Aircraft Flight.
One thing needed though, cash.

October 3, 2005 at 11:39 pm in reply to: Intrepid Aviation #1365211

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Did Intrepid have a SNJ as well, or am I thinking of someone else? (Probably!)

October 3, 2005 at 11:14 pm in reply to: Sudan Strikemaster mystery? #1365238

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Another spin on this story!!!
It appears, judging by this document here, that Sudan did receive Strikemasters.

According to the report, they had three aircraft, which would leave seven out of the ten undelivered.
JJK’s article states that Ecuador express an interest in buying up three aircraft from the embargoed Sudan order, then another three aeroplanes later.
The Sultan of Oman Air Force get one Mk.90 as a replacement for a lost Mk.82 aircraft.

Is that the answer?

October 3, 2005 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Historic Helicopters? #1365253

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It was the first production Whirlwind XA862 which was transported from the Helicopter Museum at Weston Super Mare in exchange for a Wessex which was on the dump at Colerne. The wreck of the Whirlwind was spares recovered by the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group and the cockpit salvaged .

I thought XA862 was owned by the Fleet Air Arm Museum?
Of the Wessex, was that the ex-Fleet Air Arm display cab, painted different colours on either side?

September 29, 2005 at 4:40 pm in reply to: New UK Based Beech 18 due soon – #1371854

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A photo of the Skyblue Aviation Beech 18 (based at Exeter) is available using the link below.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/882600/L/
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