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October 29, 2006 at 1:33 pm in reply to: Martin Baker MB5 #1328874

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Interesting that nobody in the U.K has decided to rival it by building our own though!

No, but if we ever did it would have been one of the best replicas ever. As it was the short sighted government scrapped plans for it and allowed Johnny Foreigner to steal a lead in the replica building industry that we never… sorry, not sure what came over me there.

Can anyone else hear ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ playing in the background somewhere?

October 29, 2006 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Martin Baker MB5 #1328877

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The Martin-Baker MB5 – the TSR2 of the 40s. Discuss.

October 24, 2006 at 3:29 pm in reply to: The Return of The Vulcan 2007 – Discuss? #1332859

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I foresee a Vulcan supplement to air show entrance fees – 50 quid perhaps?

I’d pay that.

October 24, 2006 at 12:18 pm in reply to: Warbird Depot Website Launch #1332974

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Very nice idea. Right there with ya, Zwitter. Might get an R/C one for Christmas but I dont think it would qualify for Warbird Depot somehow.

October 24, 2006 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Vulcan XM603 any news?? #1332978

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If you …have all the correct equipment on site to do that you might have a chance.

Well not on me, no.

Shame.

I suppose the best we can hope for is that the Vulcan population is consolidated into a manageable number of aircraft, preferably including the really significant ones like XM607, that can be maintained in superb condition, and that the opportunities for recovering spares aren’t lost when airframes like 603 are scrapped.

Don’t suppose there’s any chance of recovering the nose section of 603 in reasonable condition, i.e. not chopped off with the business end of a JCB and dropped on the tarmac?

October 24, 2006 at 9:46 am in reply to: The Return of The Vulcan 2007 – Discuss? #1333084

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Southend was the last time I saw 558 and a superb display it was too. Be great to see it back there.

October 24, 2006 at 9:42 am in reply to: Vulcan XM603 any news?? #1333085

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Any chance of it being saved?

October 20, 2006 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Canberra TT.18 WK126 On Ebay #1334763

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Was the name Canberra a marketing ploy to sell the type to Australia ?

Not that I’m aware of. Policy at the time was to name bombers after UK and Commonwealth towns, and I’m not sure there was any particular desire to sell the Halifax to Canada or the Wellington to New Zealand…

(this is where everyone tells me that actually the Halifax was named after Lord Halifax and Wellington was named after the boot/small village in Lincolnshire…)

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According to http://www.bywat.co.uk/canframes.html, the Canberra tribute site: ‘Production began with WD929 which was named “Canberra” by Australian PM, the Hon R G Menzies on January 19, 1951 at Biggin Hill.’

…So I wonder if there was a conscious consideration of the Aussie market?

October 20, 2006 at 11:39 am in reply to: Canberra TT.18 WK126 On Ebay #1334966

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Very droll, time for a change then young Jedi

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Does this make me your padawan then, Master?

(Darth Canberra does have a bit of a ring to it…)

October 20, 2006 at 10:15 am in reply to: Canberra TT.18 WK126 On Ebay #1335009

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Many happy returns Matt…. although i can only stretch to a Corgi example :diablo:

I suppose to quote your own sig ‘size matters not’!

October 20, 2006 at 9:03 am in reply to: Canberra TT.18 WK126 On Ebay #1335057

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Oh dear, Parcel Farce left a card in the door then ?

😉

To be fair, I wouldn’t have expected it to go through my letter box 😮

It’s OK, it’ll be a nice early 30th present for me. Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me….

(If anyone feels like getting me the TT.18, I don’t already have one 😉 )

October 19, 2006 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Canberra TT.18 WK126 On Ebay #1246778

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That’s a shame. £5K doesn’t seem too much to ask, but then if like me you don’t have £5K that you can spend on a Cranberry, it might as well be £500k.

Will be picking up my panel from the sorting office on Saturday Dave. Looking forward… And Bruce, am still in the market for instruments.

Bloodnok, do you think your scrappy has any Canberra instruments amongst that stuff you mentioned was lying around?

October 19, 2006 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Merlin engine mark Nos? #1247247

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And it is the original engine recovered from the Icelandic crashsite.

But was it the original engine fitted??

October 19, 2006 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Merlin engine mark Nos? #1247252

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Of course we are dealing with one of the world’s more obscure aero-engines. No wonder it’s difficult.

Oh, for ‘obscure’ read ‘famous’. 😉

And there were only a small number of them built and they were only fitted to a few different types.

Of course, for ‘small’ read guargantuan and for ‘few’ read ‘great many’.

Are there similar foibles with the designations of other aero engines of the time? Might that shed any light on the issue?

October 19, 2006 at 12:51 pm in reply to: Merlin engine mark Nos? #1247443

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To further obfuscate, wasn’t the Merlin II originally known by Rolls as the Merlin ‘G’? So you had the Merlin A through F becoming the Merlin I retrospectively.

Doesn’t get any easier does it?

Am I right in thinking that the Mark numbers for the Fairey Battle was related to the Mk number of the Merlin it used rather than as an indication of a development in the airframe?

I’m really not helping am I?
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