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March 11, 2005 at 11:27 am in reply to: Shoreham aerojumble & cockpits #1408086

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Is there a published attendance list yet?

There should be a veritable bunch of Hunters!!

March 11, 2005 at 11:21 am in reply to: Preservation Heroes – Who would you induct in the HALL of FAME and GRATITUDE? #1408091

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Howard Hughes

For providing for the preservation of the HK-1 “Spruce Goose”.

Hercules if you please! Spruce Goose was mighty unflattering and not liked by the great man. 🙂

March 11, 2005 at 2:12 am in reply to: RAF Stores Reference #1408649

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Not on my list I’m afraid.

thanx for trying!

March 11, 2005 at 1:49 am in reply to: Shoreham aerojumble & cockpits #1408663

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I’m desperately trying to get it into a transportable condition with the aim of taking it this year. Unfortunately, I’ve still not joined it back together where it was cut down the middle. I am hoping to do that in the next few weeks though. I’m then planning to mount it on a LOX trolley – should then be a simple case of hiring a trailer to move it. I guess there’s still a good 1-2 years restoration work to be done so ain’t going to be pretty, but will make a nice contrast against the restored examples on display.

I reckon this years event is going to be a real cracker and I can hardly wait! 🙂

Me too….hope you can make it with the Hunter as the more the merrier!!

March 11, 2005 at 12:54 am in reply to: Shoreham aerojumble & cockpits #1408669

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MarkG are you taking your Hunter this year old fruit? I am undecided whether I will take the F1 (which has not been before but is complete but ‘tatty’) or the F6. The Museum will be taking its Jaguar complete with working (extending/retracting) AAR probe and cockpit lighting.

March 10, 2005 at 11:32 pm in reply to: Lanc. prop stolen from Bourn #1408697

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I am sorry that this has happened…there are some nasty people about

March 10, 2005 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Character #1410046

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Dave
I can tell you exactly what depression feels like.
Because I’ve suffered from a fair portion of it in recent years.
I won’t go into all the gory details (there are friends here who know more than I would have ever thought I could have told) but it’s bl**dy awful.
I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

Contact me anytime if you need to know about how to deal with it.
Later
Andy

It is more common than most know. 2003 was my annus mega horriblus and the fall out is still around me. Life does go on and it has to be said that friendships made thru the forum have helped. I am a big advocate of forum meets and am looking forward to meeting more people this year. I spend quite a bit of time chatting things over and giving advice to those who have also unfortunately been in my position….I feel it is my duty to try and return some of the sound advice, friendship and help I have received.

March 10, 2005 at 2:23 pm in reply to: Oh No Another Spitfire Thread! #1410263

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Thermal / Rocketeer

My father has spoken to me of the first aircraft he remembers seeing being a silver Fairey Battle which flew over the Burn’t Oak area. He has always assumed that it was appearing at the Hendon display.

His description was of an aircraft with what to him as a child appeared to have a green house on top.

On his behalf please post away with any pictures or info that you have.

regards

tc

Wilco, the Spitty & Condor shots were on my ‘puter….the rest will need scanning in when I get back to the UK!
Regards
Tony

March 10, 2005 at 3:43 am in reply to: Shoreham aerojumble & cockpits #1411384

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That’s an easy one to answer – none!
Unfortunately there was limited interest from cockpit owners so the organisers of the aerojumble lost interest and just stopped speaking to us. There were two cockpit owners who said they would attend, but when the organisers went quiet they, quite rightly, said forget it then.
I don’t know what he was expecting – hundreds of cockpits converging on Shoreham from all over the globe presumably. :rolleyes:

It was a noble effort and I am pleased Andy invited people to attend and offered some money towards costs. Cockpits are expensive to transport. I often get asked to take cockpits to shows. To attend Newark CockpitFest costs about £250 all in (van hire + fuel) but for me is worth every penny as there are so many great people to meet. Unfortunately I cannot attend as many as I would like.

March 10, 2005 at 3:34 am in reply to: Oh No Another Spitfire Thread! #1411390

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You should be proud of your grandad. I should think his photographs will have more than a few forumites drowling.
Please, when you have time, could you post more.

I am ferociously proud of him. He was an instructor teaching many many pilots to fly before joining 190/210 as a Catalina pilot (sank a UBoat). After I was accepted into Queen Mary College to read Aero Eng, he quietly told me he’d studied there in 1938! When I return to the UK, I shall post more phots.

March 10, 2005 at 3:30 am in reply to: Oh No Another Spitfire Thread! #1411394

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If you still have his Leicas, they are probably worth a bomb – but priceless as a family piece if you like that sort of thing of course!

I bet I’m not the only one who’d love to see what he was pointing Leicas at if he was pointing his earlier camera at K5054…

Why don’t we all come round and clear out your attic for you? :diablo:

Adrian

I will be sorting out photos as time permits. I need to draw on some for his memoirs which hopefully will be doing the rounds of publishers later this year. He took some fantastic shots and was an avid photographer right up to his untimely death in 1986.

March 10, 2005 at 3:27 am in reply to: Preservation Heroes – Who would you induct in the HALL of FAME and GRATITUDE? #1411397

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Everyone who has helped build the classic jet scene we have today from Hunter One through to Delta Jets, Hawker Hunter Aviation, Air Atlantique, Kennet Aviation etc. Not just the people who started the collections but all the people who give up there spare time to make sure they fly and the people who have worked with the CAA to get them up in the first place.

My vote goes to the hundreds of unpaid grass roots preservationists that noone has ever heard of. These people beaver away come rain or shine, often in freezing cold workshops and just do it for the love of aviation heritage.

March 9, 2005 at 5:18 pm in reply to: Oh No Another Spitfire Thread! #1412509

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Did your grandfather take any photos which showed the Fairey Battle painted in Silver? I think it may have been parked next to K5054.

I think he did

March 9, 2005 at 11:14 am in reply to: Oh No Another Spitfire Thread! #1413322

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Sorry about the quality!?!?!? 😮

Oh come on, Rocketeer! How many photos have you EVER seen of K5054 that weren’t official pics taken by a smart photographer with all the bells and knobs on his camera? I reckon your Grandads Box Brownie shots are fascinating BECAUSE they aren’t the fancy high-quality ones! How many ENTHUSIASTS pictures of her are out there?

(mind you, I am biased towards Box Brownies!)

Adrian

Later he went onto a Leica (well 2 just after the war). I have thousands of his phots, there are lots of othe Hendon shots….one day I will get round to doing something with them.

March 9, 2005 at 4:04 am in reply to: Spade Grip for Sea Fury #1413946

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Does anyone have a ring grip/spade grip that I could get to install in the Sea Fury? When the plane was restored it was fitted with an American P-51 style grip, but I would like to return to something more original. Doesn’t have to specifically be the one used in a Sea Fury, a Harvard grip would also work. I’ve looked around here in the US, but with no luck. The new instrument panel and radios will be installed in the next few weeks and now would be an ideal time to make a change. I am willing to purchase, or we could talk about a ride in Hawker’s finest.

How about it Daz? Do you have one in you box of Spitfire parts?

Steve

There was one on Ebay recently Steve….you should really pop a D type (squashed) spade in it. I will have a look around.
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