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  • in reply to: Hurricane for sale>> #1421484
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    Wow…very original, early mk 2

    in reply to: Ebay ALERT #1421915
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    The fuselage was last offered at £5000 a few weeks ago! 😉

    Yep and Steve wont post it to the winning bidder!!! Shame on him! 😉

    in reply to: Scrapped aircraft parts in pits near Brize ? #1423702
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    I lived in Witney from 1979 to 1984. I would cycle around the county and area picking up Spitfire mainwheels, tailwheels and glider wheels from ditches, gardens etc.

    We dug up on the dumps referred to in about 2000/1, we could not (were not allowed to) take in a digger…found some Spiteful parts…only small….the site is built on as is another where we found 14+ spitfire windscreen units and about 1000 others off other aircraft types. Also dug various maintenance units…those were the days!!
    the main German stuff is apparently under the runway!

    in reply to: A small request concerning B-17G Fuddy Duddy #1423712
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    Flew in this beautiful bird in August…hope you get to keep her

    in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1424877
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    Here is the Dak

    and thanks Jan for the info

    most of it ended up in the pond outside Dakotas in Fleet and the cockpit and other stuff inside the restaurant….lovely place, good food gone now.

    in reply to: General Discussion #352358
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    Dumb questions with several right answers…I got 6…I’ll get my coat…any country out there want me?!!!!

    in reply to: Take the "Britishness Test" #1933196
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    Dumb questions with several right answers…I got 6…I’ll get my coat…any country out there want me?!!!!

    in reply to: Merlin sounds #1425995
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    intakes, exhausts and airscoops……hence a Mustang whistle which is so cool etc

    in reply to: Flying at a Castle #1426705
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    Is that Edinburgh? The tattoo? – Nermal

    gets my vote!

    in reply to: Gannet WN411 #1427132
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    Tony,

    I’ve never ever seen a photo of Barrys AEW3.

    When quizzed on it, he said it was now “looking nice” but wouldn’t elaborate as to wether it was a cockpit like that at Dunkeswell or Hooten Park (shown below), or wether it was cut off at floor level etc, etc….

    I can only assume that ~if~ no one has ever seen it/photographed it, that it must be small enough to be kept indoors ?

    Cheers Dave

    in reply to: Gannet WN411 #1427989
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    Is it just the cockpit? Looks nice! Barry Parkhouse had a cockpit at one stage…nice!!

    in reply to: WW2 Sentry Boxes #1428386
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    I wonder if anybody can help??
    I’m looking for any pics of WW2 Sentry boxes from American bases in the UK during the war, colour photos would be fantastic.

    Many Thanks

    Jeff Ethell did a book of colour photos of WW2 US air bases which I am sure had pictures of sentry boxes. My copy is not too hand…would be a good bet…good luck

    in reply to: FIGHTER COLLECTION SPITFIRE MK 22 #1428980
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    Rocketeer, just read the quote above again. I agree that life’s too short. It’s too short to waste it reading such meaningless posts.

    My post was made in sheer frustration at reading yet another serial post from someone whose enthusiasm is without question, but whose ability to irritate is also without question. Is everyone else happy to carry on reading this sort of post in response to the majority of threads or have many reached for the ignore list already? I don’t consider my post to be nasty, I’m merely asking Ollie to consider how this flood of posts is perceived.

    Perhaps I should join the ranks of the forum’s grumpy old men?

    Fine, but just ignore it? Were you never young and over-enthusiastic?
    Ollie will learn not to over-post, but a pm would be a nicer way of telling him rather than public ridicule? Just like Ollie will learn to spell and spell check (if he can be bothered, though I cannot be bothered as I believe informed or enthusiastic chat is better than being word perfect….we also need to remember that dyslexia is widespread now so criticising may be a bit unfair). This forum appears to have taken a down turn which is sad. Please lets make it fun again! 🙂

    in reply to: FIGHTER COLLECTION SPITFIRE MK 22 #1428985
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    If you can’t tell the different Spitfire marks apart, then what possible use was your response. Please entertain the notion that not every post on this forum is an invitation for an Ollie Holmes response. This forum’s declined enough without becoming the Ollie Holmes Historic Aviation Forum.

    You don’t have to answer EVERY thread or every post. Your enthusiasm is obvious, please don’t lose it. You’ll find yourself on less ignore lists if you stick to responding when you either know the answer to someone else’s questions or have one of your own.

    Imagine yourself in a room chatting to people about a subject that you’re all interested in. How would you view someone who stood on the table and shouted a load of nonsense 161 times in three days?

    Rob

    What is all this nastiness about?! Life is too short to be nasty to enthusiastic people. 🙁

    in reply to: Concorde Group Meeting #1430310
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    I believe the S.A aircraft incorporate some mods which were carried out on the Saudi fleet but not ours.The complexity issue more concerns manual reversion or lack of it
    and the loss rate per hours flown.

    There is also the need to have a decent training program for the aircrew who would operate complex aircraft.

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