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  • August 25, 2004 at 11:48 am in reply to: ME109 SPIT HURRI CATALINA P-51 HARVARD #1605814
    John C
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    Count me in – SWMBO permitting..

    JC

    August 25, 2004 at 9:17 am in reply to: COLD WAR JETS 5TH SEPT BRUNTERS #1606116
    John C
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    I’ll try to make it – depends on Management allowing me out to play!

    JC

    August 20, 2004 at 11:40 am in reply to: For all you Johnny Red fans out there… #1611888
    John C
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    That link has done my productivity no end of harm this morning…..

    Nostalgia attack!

    JC
    I used to buy them all you know..

    August 19, 2004 at 12:19 pm in reply to: Mystery photo… #1614074
    John C
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    I’ll discount Hawker as they seemed to concentrate on fighters….

    JC

    August 19, 2004 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Mystery photo… #1614095
    John C
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    That’s my “educated” guesses done. Anything more will be purely random from this keyboard so I will retire gracefully and watch from the touchlines!

    Avro? Fairey? Hawker? Would have had to have been a big player in the industry to have a facility like that (and the ambition to build a 4 engined commercial).

    August 19, 2004 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Mystery photo… #1614135
    John C
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    Another train of thought then… It looks like a cutting edge design and one of the top blokes at that time was Barnes Wallace. What about Vickers then?

    JC

    August 19, 2004 at 11:56 am in reply to: Mystery photo… #1614184
    John C
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    From the wing shape and the fact that they were the main players in the larger aircraft field at the time my guess would be in the direction of Shorts…

    The operative word there is “guess” 🙂

    JC

    August 18, 2004 at 2:39 pm in reply to: Elvington's Javelin #1615659
    John C
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    I was a member of City of Norwich Aviation Museum either when she arrived or shortly after and she was in one hell of a state 🙁

    John C

    August 17, 2004 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Whose has the earliest memories of Old Warden? #1788251
    John C
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    I must be the same age as Robbo, as I too would have been waking my parents at godawful hours for attention!

    My first visit would have been around 1974 – 1976, in the company of Chas Bowyer, who was a neighbour at the time. The one outstanding memory is that the Mossie failed to show due to undercarriage problems. Gladiator, Brisfit, Comet, Tomtit and Tutor pair and all the other regulars. No pictures though.

    JC

    August 17, 2004 at 10:46 am in reply to: Merlin engine rumour #1788474
    John C
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    I work for Jaguar – there is a Spitfire Conference room at Castle Bromwich, and apparently there is a Spitfire wing in the roof of one of the production halls (used to repair a hole apparently). While I was with Ford (in Essex) we had to host a top level meeting with loads of execs. As the meeting co-incided with the Birmingham Motor show it was decided to used CB as the venue and I did the support work. Considering that a lot of the Execs were German, someone with a sense of humour at Jaguar booked us the Spitfire room….. Knowing how Jag operate, I wouldn’t be in the least surprised if there were relics at Castle Brom somewhere.

    I’m at Whitley, but the site has been through a lot of changes – the only clues to it’s heritage is the lattice concrete used for camoflage (it allows the grass to grow through) all over the place.

    JC

    August 13, 2004 at 10:57 am in reply to: Misleading Vulcan Advert #1794122
    John C
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    But I work in advertising and tend to take a more global view. This sort of thing reflects back on all the honest clients and ad agencies, hence my suggestion of the ASA.

    They are a self-regulatory body and have no powers to prosecute or levy fines, so it would make a good wake-up call to the idiots at VTS without any danger of them being penalised.

    I was worried that complaining to the ASA would result in fines etc, but as that isn’t the case I’ll go with reporting the ad.

    It does seem strange that such misinformation was allowed to go out by VTS though (especially as Vulcans are quite obvious landmarks – there are at least 2 within 20 miles of where I sit, one of which I can see from here at my desk).

    JC

    August 13, 2004 at 10:14 am in reply to: Misleading Vulcan Advert #1794255
    John C
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    But isn’t reporting the matter to the ASA shooting ourselves (as enthusiasts) in the foot? Surely a more reasonable approach would be to approach VTS directly with your concerns – It may be that it’s a hurried and inconsidered ad placed on behalf of VTS (by someone outside of the project[1]) without them (VTS) actually error checking it.

    Just cautioning restraint in the first instance 🙂

    JC

    [1] I’d imagine a conversation at the golf club resulting in a favour being done about 3rd hand from the people who know what the real facts are….

    August 10, 2004 at 12:10 pm in reply to: Don't you just hate it when you've a slot time to meet… #436383
    John C
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    Back from my hols (well over a week ago – a lot to catch up on!) and it’s reassuring to see that people are still living dangerously!

    Ho hum – off to Norwich at the weekend…

    JC
    Wet in the Midlands. Found out how much Bengal cats love water last night. The patio was under 2 inches of water and ours was standing in the middle of it without a care in the world. Quite mad (and weird to see).

    August 6, 2004 at 12:06 pm in reply to: Fascinating 109 wreck pics… #1808503
    John C
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    I agree with Steve up to a point – but hopefully the pilot will have a decent buriel and his effects returned to his family.

    The condition of the find is astonishing though – some of the parts look as if they left the factory last week. How many other sites like this must there be throughout Russia?

    JC

    July 22, 2004 at 9:30 am in reply to: Cub stuff #436602
    John C
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    Oh dear, the biker has been taking drugs again . . .

    If 2 pints of Theakstons counts as substance abuse then I’m guilty 😀 Bowel altering maybe, but mind altering?

    So what’s wrong with going ab initio on taildraggers (serious question for a change :))

    John C
    one day left at work before my hols – yippee!

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