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June 9, 2003 at 12:31 pm in reply to: P51d= Twilight Tear #2112834

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For some reason they did not like the thought of it flying in chinese markings,has the plane been re-done does anybody know if this is the case?.

June 9, 2003 at 12:20 pm in reply to: P51d= Twilight Tear #2112842

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Thanks YAK11 for that no sign of the LA 9 yet cannot be far off now surely,is it correct the markings had to be changed from chinese to russian because the chinese got well upset?.

June 9, 2003 at 12:03 pm in reply to: P51d= Twilight Tear #2112852

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Going back to my visit TFCs P47 was not about,was it down at biggen?no signs of the HURRIACANE or TF51.

The ANSON looks lovely, on the other hand the HASTINGS is looking sad now,the IWM restore something then let it sit outside and deteriorate,dont understand that at all.

June 9, 2003 at 11:20 am in reply to: P51d= Twilight Tear #2112861

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Whats your problem this morning,burnt the cornflakes muppet

June 9, 2003 at 11:11 am in reply to: TFC Sea Fury #2112875

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I would of thought DIGBY,TFC finished something before thinking about the spit22 as for the fury i heard they were waiting for a miracle, ooops sorry engine,but saying that there is a new engine
appeared near the beau an a proper stand its a radial looks like either a herc or a centaurus its covered up.

June 7, 2003 at 11:50 am in reply to: TFC Sea Fury #2113237

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He has flown crazy horse as well i did not know that,i spoke to Mr Brown last year and he thought Mr Cook had a good future on warbirds if he kept it up.

June 7, 2003 at 11:39 am in reply to: TFC Sea Fury #2113243

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Grayfly strikes me as a dark horse,i had no idea he could fly but should of guessed with his post name,does he know howard cook? i rate him, i saw him fly HACs MK V SPIT a while back rumour has it he is going to fly their HURRICANE soon,has anybody heard this.

June 7, 2003 at 11:31 am in reply to: Outside the TFC hangar this morning #2113247

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In reply to Mr Burkes and Digbys post i believe both could possibly be the case in question with TFCs BEAU, without engines and props your going nowhere fast and without the resources the same applies.

As DIGBY rightly says resources are the biggest factor,ie KERMITT WEEKS is a good example,look at all the a/c the man has how many fly in the collection,not many against the restorations is it.

In a nut shell you can have a complete example of a warbird sitting there waiting its turn for restoration for many years ie TEMPEST 2 even if your a multi-millionaire like Mr Weeks but how many people do you employ to get all your collection flying in your lifetime.

June 6, 2003 at 2:55 pm in reply to: Outside the TFC hangar this morning #2113468

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I have visited duxford off/on for many years now looking at the aircraft being restored and from what i can remember ARC or whatever they were called in the 80s, during their blenheim restoration only had a few other planes to look after as well.

The point i am making WILLOW is TFC has a lot more on its plate than a few a/c and i guess with their resources they have something has to give and i believe the beau is way down the list .

Also they have legends to deal with,they must have time -scales to meet on getting the fleet ready for the show,can anybody see the beau flying in the uk?

June 6, 2003 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Outside the TFC hangar this morning #2113521

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I was thinking more on the lines of restoration you muppet,one thing we do agree on, it is good to see TFC do the majority of their work in public view.

The beau is a big restoration for any group,but add all the other projects as well something has to give,plus all the flyers surely.

June 6, 2003 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Outside the TFC hangar this morning #2113559

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Didn`t mean to be to negative WILLOW but answer me this one,if a project is not worked on how does it get finished,the difference between the blenheim and the beau is huge can you guess why.

June 6, 2003 at 11:02 am in reply to: Outside the TFC hangar this morning #2113603

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I cannot ever see TFCs beau looking like this,it never looks any different from one visit to the next.

At one stage you could go to duxford and loads of people were working on her ,mind you thats a long while ago now,perhaps they will exchange her for something oneday?.

June 6, 2003 at 9:46 am in reply to: TFC Sea Fury #2113646

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Thanks WILLOW i always thought there was something strange with that paint scheme,i looked at it in their hanger a while back
and asked a bloke cleaning it was it accurate and he just smiled.

Perhaps i should of realised then by his reaction,there are some lovely colour schemes for corsairs,strange i guess somebody got it wrong.

June 6, 2003 at 9:33 am in reply to: Flying Legends 2003 lineup #2113655

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Flying Legends 2003 Lineup

You could of fooled me GRAYFLY,your plugging their stuff i have got the latest LOG there are two blokes modeling T`SHIRTS & CAPS i will buy both at legends they look smart.(and the goodies)

June 6, 2003 at 7:21 am in reply to: TFC Sea Fury #2113701

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This is an interesting thread on a long winded restoration,i wish those people involved with that project would finish it so we can all see her fly.

As for the engine the last i heard on the subject they were looking for someone to finish it(CENTAURUS I THINK!!!),can anybody correct me if they know different.
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