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September 28, 2003 at 6:20 pm in reply to: Hunter-on-a-stick #2122883

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Yep it should be 833 but it also shouldn’t have the DD on the tail 😀

Interestingly this jet was painted all battleship grey during its latter career with the FRADU. Then after it went to Culdrose for use with the Dummy Deck school, it was re-sprayed grey and white again. 🙂

Must go down and see WW654 sometime.

Mark

September 27, 2003 at 10:48 pm in reply to: lightning survivors #2122966

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Is that a F3 or a F6 Mark?

September 27, 2003 at 10:37 pm in reply to: Delta Jets Fly-In #2122983

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The Poachers scheme on the Gower Jets JP is superb.
Looking forward to seeing it again.

Mark

September 26, 2003 at 2:41 pm in reply to: RNHF news #2123285

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Originally posted by Paul Rix
I think it would be a long time before the RNHF could ever get a Firefly back in the air.

Personally I like to think of the Firefly as Neil’s and Bill’s aircraft.
Replacing it to be flown by another crew would not seem right (at least that is how I feel at present). Maybe time will change my perspective though.

That would be my feelings as well.

Regarding the possiblity of selling any of the three Stringbags.
I very much doubt the Navy would ever sell off LS326, and they are highly unlikely to get rid of W5856 or NF389 either due to the huge amount of money invested in their restorations.
None of them are the same either, all being different variants.

Mark

September 25, 2003 at 10:26 pm in reply to: G- Hunt #2123507

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One of my personal favourites 😀

Mark

September 24, 2003 at 11:32 pm in reply to: RNHF news #2123779

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No problem Steve, she’s due to be painted midnight black with D-Day stripes during the rebuild. Should be interesting 🙂

Mark

September 24, 2003 at 2:16 pm in reply to: RNHF news #2123889

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I seem to remember it was in a camouflaged scheme before the re-spray. It probably dated back to its role in “Sink the Bismarck” as the aircraft “5B”

M

September 24, 2003 at 1:26 pm in reply to: RNHF news #2123900

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Originally posted by SteveYoung
I know very little about NF389. Would this be the rather tatty looking example which was sitting outside the Lee On Solent Officers Mess (sorry, Wardroom) around 1991….?

Yep it’s the same aircraft.
She left Lee-on-Solent in 1991 and went to BAe Brough to assist with the rebuild of W5856. She underwent some static restoration there and a respray before moving to Yeovilton. She moved back to Brough in 1999 for a full rebuild.

Here’s a photo of NF389 taken at Yeovilton’s 1996 Air Day.

September 24, 2003 at 10:34 am in reply to: RNHF news #2123925

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The three Swordfish in the RNHF represent all the variants that served with the FAA: Mk. I (W5856), II (LS326) and III (NF389).

Whilst ‘5856 and ‘326 don’t look that different to one another, NF389 on the other hand, will do!

September 11, 2003 at 10:58 pm in reply to: The future of Warbirds #2082281

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Out of all the present day fast jets in use with the RAF and RN, I think there is only one that has a chance of flying in civilian hands eventually, and that is the Hawk.

The others will either be scrapped, put out to grass fire dumps, or re-sold to other air forces.

Just my opinion 🙂

Mark

September 9, 2003 at 1:17 pm in reply to: RNHF Sea Hawk #2083395

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It won’t fly during this airshow season, but should be serviceable for the 2004 season.

September 7, 2003 at 11:06 pm in reply to: Norwich Aviation Museum. #2084071

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or the Hunter F6A?

Mark

September 7, 2003 at 8:56 pm in reply to: Goodwood Revival #2084106

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Any ideas who would have been flying each aircraft?
Not quite sure whether Ray Hanna would be in the P40 or MH434!

M

September 7, 2003 at 8:43 pm in reply to: Goodwood Revival #2084166

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At Tangmere we got flypasts from the OFMC Spitfire, P40, and Corsair. There was also another Spitfire making up the 4-ship.
Anyone know which one it was?

Mark

September 3, 2003 at 10:18 pm in reply to: Yeovilton display #2085388

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The RNHF brought the Sea Fury FB.11 VR930 over in 2000 and positioned it next to the two airworthy Swordfish, so I expect they’ll try and do the same with WV908 this year.

Mark
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