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  • in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #909854
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    Yep Vengeance too….common part. More likely vengeance me thinx

    in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #910058
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    The hawker ones are hunter. Love the p47 ones but doubtless there are more deserving cases

    in reply to: Marc Mathis – more sad news from France #910776
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    Sad news.

    in reply to: Edgar Brooks condolence thread. #912928
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    Get well soon

    in reply to: Andover XS606 #913565
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    Happy the crew are ok. So sad to see this beautiful aircraft is no more. Lots of great times in her doing interesting tests at ETPS. Goodbye old girl.

    in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #914265
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    Hi Alan, sorry in delay getting back to you…..I have PM’d you….yes please!

    in reply to: Your Favourite Control Column Stick/Yoke/Grip! #914269
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    Welcome old chap. But tis indeed a feisty first post. Keldrup123, you wont be the first person to make the error that all aircraft in museums have the correct grip or other equipment fitted!

    The F4 learned an important lesson with the B8 grip (learned by various other countries). You could get a nice leg wound during ejection that was down to the wrist rest. Sure, very early F4s might have had the rest but it soon went. Incidentally, Russian 3rd generation jets often had a hinged wrist rest.

    On this forum, we are all happy to learn new things from those who expand our knowledge. Similiarly, we are not hasty to rubbish the views of people who may be wrong.

    in reply to: Cowl collection #922633
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    I could do with that Brian!

    in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #844994
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    Hi Al, I have sent you a pm and email about one of your items! Cheers

    in reply to: More Treasures(?) From The Garage… #845007
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    Hi Al, I tried sending a pm old chap but your box is full!

    in reply to: Your Favourite Control Column Stick/Yoke/Grip! #851289
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    Lovely early B17 yoke Swifter! Also, lovely Cat yoke FlyBuy!. The difference between the two Cat yokes is that the top strut is hacksawed off. The attached photos show mine. One is original (the top strut did cause load patch issues if lent on) and is snapped. The other two are fine and come from G-BLSC.
    Regarding the Anson I yoke from Germany with the gun button. Very nice and a good price. The gun button and knurled part are the same as classic Spit/Hurri grips in size, but they are housed in a special housing made to fit around the column for the Anson. All made by Dunlop.

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    Some good ideas here.

    Without descending into a committee meeting of the People’s Judean Front……a core team of 5 people could hatch out a project plan.

    The missing links could be…..

    People funding – you need £40k-50k there are lots of ways of doing this.
    Hook up with a documentary firm and the funding might be there…..you are looking at 3 episodes (Prep, recovery and aftermath)
    The home…..partner with Gwyndd? Great Tourist attraction.
    Use of the poly tunnels and ongoing Uni research/advice/etc
    Pumps, etc.

    I will look into some possible ideas.

    in reply to: Your Favourite Control Column Stick/Yoke/Grip! #862686
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    A few months ago I acquired a Greek grip supposed to be off a Corsair. The chap said it had a plate dedicating it to the pilot. However, I have had an F86 one before and the plate actually describes how to eject. Now, I cannot find any pix of a grip with such a plate in an A7, nor an F86. But the age of the buttons etc seems to suggest an older grip. So I think this is an F86 grip – but would love to see one fitted to a Greek F86. It has the additional split pin safety on a chain too. Something seen on RAF fighters on QRA when based in Germany.

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    I for one would like to see at least something salvaged from this. It would be make a fascinating and interesting exhibit. I would be willing to contribute money and time to helping do ‘something’. But, I cannot do it by myself.
    There is nothing precluding the MoD awarding a licence to more than one person. A licence lasts one year. If someone does nothing in that year, it is not definite that they would get another licence – especially if something more solid came along. A good project plan involving the county archaeologist that covers not only the recovery phase but also conservation/preservation and exhibition phases might fair better.
    Regarding it not having a very interesting history…..I cannot understand that view….it is a P38 which was lost during the war and has US and UK relevance.
    I would not want to see it as a flyer but if someone put up the money, recovered it and did so, hats off.

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    The day is going to be great as we first have a talk by Clive Rustin and his 55 years in aviation. Then comes a buffet lunch and then Eric Winkle Brown. A question and answer session.

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