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  • January 17, 2013 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #958956
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    maybe not vintage or contemporary…how about Fugly!?

    January 17, 2013 at 6:48 pm in reply to: Down under cockpitfest #958959
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    Sounds great! Well done organising it….if Qantas want to sponsor me and my Spit, we can be there!!!

    January 17, 2013 at 6:33 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang Grips #959094
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    That is true old chap! I think it is time to have a thread for people to post a pic of their fav grip/control wheel on….what do you think?!

    January 16, 2013 at 10:10 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang Grips #960387
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    wasn’t that indecently!!!
    Unfortunately no history. The US grips are quite boring really….NAF-1173 on Navy, B6 – B8 covering Peashooter to early F15 – yawn! At least the yokes are more fun to look at!
    Yep B6…brain fart.

    January 16, 2013 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Aircraft and aero engines disposed of by burial (merged) #960390
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    We dug various dumps in Oxfordshire and will hopefully restart in the next year or so. My Packard Merlin came from a factory dump where it had been buried with rubbish then set on fire.
    They are out there…most airfields had dumps but not big stuff.

    The Americans enjoyed throwing stuff in ponds….I have some stuff found in the pond at Grafton Underwood

    January 16, 2013 at 7:53 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang Grips #960745
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    Good stuff and thanx for first hand account Denis.
    I can understand a mock up for what would please the top brass doing the buying. The spade grip fitted is the ‘gopping’ spade grip fitted to a few early Harvards that actually looks like a cheap toy spade grip! I personally don’t believe that any early Mustangs were fitted with spade grips for the OC etc. For a start, they would have had to have been fitted under a MOD and for the early Mustangs, not many electric gun buttons (on spadeys) were available. Also, a top test pilot, ‘Sam’ Mckenna went very early in the war to test and approve aircraft under lendlease program. The P51 did not need a spade grip like a Spit or a Hurri did.

    January 16, 2013 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2013 #960926
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    What is it with the IWM trying to make its atrium look like a big supermarket with exhibits compartmentalised on shelves……? Rubbish. They seem to break the rule that the environment you chose should not detract from the item you are exhibiting. The old atrium was bright, well lit and lovely…lets make it dark, dingy and like the inside of a Next Shop.

    Sorry, rant over wont ruin this lovely thread on Dux with anymore on Lambeth

    January 16, 2013 at 3:58 pm in reply to: RAF Mustang Grips #960943
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    I have seen modeller drawings with a spade grip….but I CANNOT substantiate any P51s getting into UK service with a spade grip.

    The B3 was the classic grip for the P51

    January 15, 2013 at 8:19 pm in reply to: Spitfire at Car Saleroom Stourbidge 1970s #962016
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    Thanx Ju for clarification…..30 years ago!!!

    January 15, 2013 at 12:42 pm in reply to: Air museum volunteer becomes pilot #962983
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    well done Ollie!

    January 15, 2013 at 9:24 am in reply to: New Aerojumble! Aerobilia at Old Sarum Airfield Saturday 23 March 2013 #963172
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    Preparations are going well and stall numbers are building nicely. One idea I have mooted with Andy and others over the years is doing a sort of Aerobilia Roadshow – like antiques roadshow but for aircraft stuff. Might try it out at this one – whattya think?!

    January 14, 2013 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Seen on eBay – 2013! #964107
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    I thought the panel had a spit hoop on it – well worth money!

    January 14, 2013 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Are These Aircraft Parts I Have Found? #964111
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    nice bits….is the big panel a bit of u/c door?

    January 13, 2013 at 9:30 pm in reply to: Seen on eBay – 2013! #965616
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    The snipped pipes are odd. The additional Bowden cable guide on the pivot I have not seen before.
    Skew whiff stamps are fine

    January 13, 2013 at 5:37 pm in reply to: Shoreham Aerojumble – Sat 6 April 2013 #965981
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    dunno if I will stall either event….my stalls resemble a poor mans WHS!!

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