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June 22, 2008 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Vulcan XM655 Taxi runs. 22.06.08 #509433

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wow, that looks clean!

June 21, 2008 at 9:30 pm in reply to: My word im still Wet (ooeerr) #509472

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Cheers for the pic.

That Victor is XM715 and according to the captain it performed faultlessly on the day with the exception of his windscreen wiper! A very nice aeroplane.

June 20, 2008 at 11:59 pm in reply to: My word im still Wet (ooeerr) #509617

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Ooh, it’s my old girl the Comet. If you look really close and squint a bit you can just make out my 3yr old daughter waving from the window in the first escape hatch just by the no.3 intake. 🙂

It desperately needs a clean though! Looks like it’s just been dredged up from a river. 🙁

That’s not a remark against the volunteers mind, considering what there up against and the fact they have no funding they do an exceptional and remarkable job. If I won the jackpot on the lottery I think I’d be sending some of my winnings that way.

June 20, 2008 at 11:49 pm in reply to: What is the OLDEST military aircraft type still in service #2488004

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I’m sure the RAF leased back some Hunters not so long ago for some training requirement. In fact the ETPS has been using one the last couple of years. Shame really as it used to have two T7’s on it’s strength.

Are there any remaining Canbera’s or have they now all be retired?

Oh, and there are a couple of Andovers still soldiering on at Boscombe Down. Not that these are really in RAF use.

Does thunder city count?

May 29, 2008 at 7:17 am in reply to: Ground Crew books #1171662

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Too blumin right and it’s about time someone made ammends! It’s just a bit sad that the ground crew from the WW2 era are now probably a bit too old to start writing there memoires.

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May 28, 2008 at 10:41 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe Open Day Today (25/5/08) #1171847

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Another ppic from the day for a fellow forum member. There were some jewels hiding in the car park too!

May 27, 2008 at 5:57 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe Open Day Today (25/5/08) #1173231

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Didn’t even realise that was open for viewing. Otherwise I’d certainly have paid a visit. Especialy as we have a Harvard on our squadron! (KF183)

I would have also liked to have had a poke around the DeLorean.

Was that old yellow Vaxhaull (Mk1 Cavalier?) a staff car? If so, I took a pic of that too. And the Rover SD1 in the carpark.

May 26, 2008 at 10:10 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe Open Day Today (25/5/08) #1173904

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There were some more applicable ‘Comrods’ out there, the last of the Comets were converted to Nimrods on the production line (I think) hence the prototypes having a full compliment of windows. Incidently, Franboroughs old Comet 4 XV814 which became XS235’s spares ship at the end of her life before being sadly broken up, had the Nimrods dorsal fin fitted.

May 26, 2008 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe Open Day Today (25/5/08) #1174115

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I went, I saw, I got soaked!

But it was a worthwhile day out to visit my old mistress the Comet again! (Comrod? What are you talking about Nashio996? It’s only got Nimrod undercarriage)

I used to be the Comets mechanic in the last 5 years of her active service and hadn’t been up there for quite a while. But she managed to transport me around the airfield despite a few electrical maladies that are now a major feature of being parked outside in all weathers. Her volounteers do a great job of keeping her ticking over considering they have no funding and little time.

Anyway, I’ve attached a pic of me and my daughter in front of the old girl.

I also have a request, I am trying to put together a set of training notes or manuals for the aircraft. I currently have the original R.R. Avon course notes and Phase 3 of the original D.H. Comet Maintenance Engineers Lecture notes covering Air-conditioning. If anyone has anything along these lines could they please drop me a line. Maintenance manuals will be fine as the description of operation sections will tell me all I need to know.

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April 28, 2004 at 5:39 pm in reply to: Comets and Nimrods #1566358

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When was Duxfords Comet scrapped?

When are museums going to start putting our large aircraft under cover and preserve our aviation heritage? I know it’s good to put lots of smaller aircraft into a hanger as the big ones take up so much space but we’ll soon loose all these larger aircraft.

The way we treat what was a worlds first is a discrace! There’s only one complete Comet I know of that’s under cover and that’s the old Dan-Air 4b at the science reserve collection ay wroughton.

Despite the best efforts of the lads at Bruntingthorpe, even my old bird ‘Canopus’ is now suffering and look at the fuss made about that when she retired. There was even an export ban placed on her!

October 17, 2003 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Any Preserved Andovers? #2115108

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Wow, cheers for that.

As for HS 748’s we also have one of those at Boscombe that I also happend to carry out an engine ground run on that very same day. (7 day engine runs, required if the aircraft have not flown)
This aircraft is XW750.

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October 16, 2003 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Any Preserved Andovers? #2115671

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Yeah I know about XS596,606 and 646. I was runing the engines on XS606 when I started to think about how many there were hiding away.

As for the noise, terrible! They always seem to start up during tea break aswell! At least it’s not so bad when you’re the one sat in the hot seat as opposed to being the poor sod trying to enjoy a quiet cuppa and a magazine. There only rivaled by those annoying Harriers that like to hover outside.

What actualy happend in that photo anyway? It looks a bit like it’s about to pile in big time but I can’t imagine both crewmen escaping if it did.

October 2, 2003 at 5:19 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe this Sunday #2121984

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I’m gonna miss this one. I usualy turn up to help with my old Comet but I haven’t been in touch with anyone for a while now due to other comitments and have already agrred to go to santa pod to play with my Cortina. 😀

I hope it all goes well. 🙂

October 2, 2003 at 5:15 pm in reply to: Help save the Beverley #2121989

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I take it a mockery, er I mean Lottery grant is out of the question?

June 11, 2003 at 11:08 pm in reply to: BAC 1-11 three aircraft flypast today #665321

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It is, it’s tha same aircraft as found at Edinbrough
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