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  • in reply to: Aviodrome #1262862
    Ross Smith
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    Thanks for the replies!

    JDK – I like the idea of getting a taxi from the train station better than the bus. In Barcelona a few years ago I tried to get to Nou Camp stadium by bus and ended up miles away! 😮

    Are there taxis at the train station, or did you have to order one by phone? How do I find out the phone number of a suitable taxi service?

    in reply to: Duxford – How to get there ??? #1280537
    Ross Smith
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    Anytime I would travel to Duxford from London, I always got a train to Cambridge from Kings Cross, then used the Courtesy Bus that leaves from Cambridge train station. These days I normally just stay in a hotel in Cambridge to save myself the bother.

    in reply to: Yet another selection from Legends #460334
    Ross Smith
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    As suggested!

    in reply to: Small camcorder question #460987
    Ross Smith
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    I’ve charged and discharged the battery about 4 times now, but I’ll continue to try it out. I should probably get another battery to be on the safe side though.

    in reply to: Sally B Belfast Flypast #1259139
    Ross Smith
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    I slightly cropped my pictures to try and make Sally B bigger in the frame. She was flying quite high and went directly over my head on each flypast!

    in reply to: Sally B inquiry #1262487
    Ross Smith
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    She’s just been over here in Northern Ireland, performing a flypast at a memorial service at Belfast Zoo to a B-17 crew who were killed when their plane crashed into the Cavehill in poor weather, 62 years ago today. Will post pics soon.

    in reply to: Sally B at Aldergrove #1268030
    Ross Smith
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    I’ll definitely have to get there then, as the Zoo is only about 2 miles from me! Just wish someone could confirm when and where she will appear for certain.

    in reply to: Sally B at Aldergrove #1268355
    Ross Smith
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    Thanks. Does that mean she’ll be performing two flypasts? One at Belfast Zoo and one at Aldergrove? I’ll have to keep a close eye on the news!

    in reply to: Sally B at Aldergrove #1268918
    Ross Smith
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    I emailed B17 Preservation but haven’t received a reply yet. I’m wondering if Sally B’s visit to Northern Ireland is connected to a film being made by Richard Attenborough called Closing the Ring.

    SYNOPSIS:

    When a U.S. B-17 crashes near Belfast, a dying gunner asks a local to return his ring to his girlfriend in America.
    Half a century later, a man finds the ring, learns its history and tracks down the girlfriend. MacLaine and Barton play the woman in 1993 and 1943, respectively.

    He was in Belfast a few weeks ago shooting scenes, so possibly Sally B is coming over to do the aerial work around the real location?

    in reply to: Duxford AAM #1275287
    Ross Smith
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    Thanks Ashley.

    in reply to: Duxford AAM #1275320
    Ross Smith
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    Thanks for that Circus 6.

    Hypothetically, if one of these aircraft ever needed to be repainted, how difficult would it be to move it out of the building and into the paintshop?

    in reply to: Duxford 17/05/06 #1275681
    Ross Smith
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    Here’s one of those Hastings wings!

    in reply to: Duxford 17/05/06 #1275707
    Ross Smith
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    [QUOTE=DazDaMan]That TFC’s MkXVIII in the second pic in the first batch? [QUOTE]

    That’s right Daz. There were a couple of guys working on her while I was there.

    in reply to: Duxford 17/05/06 #1275786
    Ross Smith
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    Yes, it was the JU52. Couldn’t get any pics of it because the doors were only open a bit.

    in reply to: Duxford 17/05/06 #1276587
    Ross Smith
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    few more…

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