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  • in reply to: W1048 #1267632
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    hendon is a ghastly place, there is no life in those aircraft, no smell nothing. beautiful they may be, its a graveyard of ghosts! they dont seem to have the “machine spirit” that all other aircraft at museums have

    in reply to: Source Jets de Havillands for sale #1267634
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    surely an aircraft that has spent 5 years outside, is not worth £60,000 and is definitely not “on the button” i would have thought its going to take a lot of work to put them back in the air again, no?

    in reply to: Duxford Static Shots – 07 Sep 07 #1267825
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    aren’t there two fireflies? one for static and one for restoration to flying condition?

    in reply to: Any News on the Humbrol Hunter? (merged thread) #1267835
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    how many chavs can you fit in a ejector seat?

    Damn good question, anyone asked martin baker if they have tested that yet, ill test a couple of chavs for free :diablo:

    in reply to: Your Vulcan memories #1267994
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    Smelly, Noisy things……

    Smelly and noisy ??? isnt that what its all about?

    in reply to: Cosford Today Sept 07' #1268217
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    last couple again lol, the way the lightning is displayed is just spectacular, 410mph in a mossie??? 😮 i didnt know they were that fast jeez now i want one instead of a spitfire :diablo:

    in reply to: Cosford Today Sept 07' #1268233
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    and last couple of the valiant which stunned me, an awesome sight, to see the three V bombers together, the only place in the world you can do so. the cold war museum is itself a piece of art, as much as the art it contains! the circle of death, shows the devastation a one Megaton thermonuclear weapon produces, the orange circle dead over cosford, “heat of the sun” gradually getting less and down to skin blisters at wolverhampton! 😮 the russians have a 100 Megaton bomb, that causes third degree burns at 100km 😮 its slightly chilling knowing that most of the aircraft were designed for one purpose in mind!

    in reply to: Cosford Today Sept 07' #1268246
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    some more 😀 😀 😀 just a quick footnote though, why is the short SB5 the only aircraft with a “fit for historical preservation” notice the type 188 was going to be destroyed in much the same manner as XR219:rolleyes:

    in reply to: Aircraft Cockpit Sections/Instrument Panel Projects #1268885
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    this wasn’t the aircraft that lost a significant portion of one of its wings as a result of said collision?? (i forget which one) i think its been discussed on here before

    regards

    Ben

    in reply to: Westland Lysander and Blenheim found #1268891
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    welcome to the forum, those are fascinating photographs. are they worth recovering does anyone know? 😀

    in reply to: Your Vulcan memories #1268976
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    Some(egads-quite some) years ago, cannot come up with what year, while heading into the huge airshow at MacDill, Tampa Florida. As I was crossing the acres of parking to get to the flight line, this giant, camoflaged delta shaped monster loomed up over the hangars in a steep bank belching fire and smoke.:eek: I don’t think I have ever seen anything that big turn that sharp, that low! And the sound. WOW! She landed by the time I got to the flightline and they kept her well back from the throng. My first and last to see her, unless I should get over the pond at some point. Don’t figure she will be visiting here again:(

    You could always visit the one thats preserved at the Eighth Air Force Museum, which is in louisiana if im right, a lot closer to you than flying all the way over here 😀

    in reply to: What's this warbird? #1269312
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    LOL its definitely not a half moon now is it :diablo:

    in reply to: Vulcan through the Grand Canyon #1269775
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    really must have been something else to see that!!! :diablo: damn good book by the way:D

    in reply to: NX611 #1270012
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    permanent withdrawal of flight status ??? my uncle oft makes the comment, “how tempting it must be to just pull back eh??” in reference to XM655 🙂

    in reply to: XM603 Update #1270358
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    how much would it cost to dismantle her properly, and transport her via road to another airfield where she would be have a secure future? surely she isn’t the worst condition Vulcan around?

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