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  • January 8, 2013 at 9:27 pm in reply to: Sky news reporting spitfire incident at East Midlands #974061
    Mark V
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    Do we expect the tabloid press to really research aircraft stories to the finite detail or are they catering to an audience that is probably 99% not aircraft enthusiast?

    Both :rolleyes:

    January 2, 2013 at 11:48 pm in reply to: Spitfire/Hurricane Brownings #982851
    Mark V
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    Hurricane R4118 has its original weapons fitted – but inactive.

    P-51 Twilight Tear in the US – owned by Ron Fagan had live firing (actual bullets) on the ground.

    The P-40 at Wanaka mentioned above had aerial firing of blanks.

    It would be possible to ground fire an armed up Spitfire in the US – just needs a motivated owner to fund it.

    January 2, 2013 at 11:37 pm in reply to: Operation Crossbow BBC4 20.00 2/1/13 #982863
    Mark V
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    And yours truly’s acting debut! 😮

    December 20, 2012 at 1:17 am in reply to: Spitfire HF Mk.9 RR232 #1001346
    Mark V
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    Shots of RR232/5632 in the SAAF service post WWII show it sporting a broad chord rudder. It may have been upgraded

    Yes I guess so – I am now wondering when the earliest noted use of the broad rudder on a Mk.IX would have been?

    December 19, 2012 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Spitfire HF Mk.9 RR232 #1001406
    Mark V
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    Clearly the idea of early and late rudders needs to be put in context – I am looking at a 6 October roll out shot of an RK serial Spitfire at CBAF – sporting the original rudder shape.

    Edit – Yikes yes thats me. It should be made clear that the application of the scheme was a co-operative effort between ourselves and Filton based Dave and Ricky who made a brilliant job of the base camou colours ready for our detailed bits 🙂 Quite a few stencils to apply in the new year – watch this space….

    December 7, 2012 at 9:09 am in reply to: Thompson Brothers Refuellers. #942811
    Mark V
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    North Weald Flying services had one yeas ago, it re-fueled us a few times, red n yellow Shell colours if I remember correctly, driven by John who I think still does the fuel at NW. not sure if they still have it.

    See my post #6 above….

    December 6, 2012 at 11:39 pm in reply to: Thompson Brothers Refuellers. #942887
    Mark V
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    The former (rather forlorn) example at N weald is now restored and driveable at Military Aviation Museum (Virginia, USA).

    November 25, 2012 at 4:17 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #959000
    Mark V
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    There is a mistake on that menu – it should read 3-course! 🙂

    November 23, 2012 at 10:11 pm in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #960171
    Mark V
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    Likewise from me – magnificent effort and more than worthy of a few beers 🙂

    November 18, 2012 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Spitfire Vb EP122 #966032
    Mark V
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    Steve is not too well at the moment and i’m sure everyone here wishes him a speedy recovery.

    Steve (Phillips)

    Very much so!

    November 15, 2012 at 6:19 pm in reply to: New Spitfire for Biggin Hill #970177
    Mark V
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    I hope they bring back the VERY VERY popular Biggin Hill Airshow in 2013

    with no announcement yet I think its sadly unlikely in 2013. It was always one of my favourite airshows and much missed.

    November 15, 2012 at 1:13 pm in reply to: TE311 To Fly This Year. #970652
    Mark V
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    Not impossible by any means but I would very much doubt that it happened in service as the Packard engine was in plentiful supply (was that not part of the reason for the late production of the 16 as we had agreements to purchase the engine from the US?) – there quite a lot of alterations to make to accomodate the RR engine, not least the inter-cooling system.

    November 15, 2012 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Happy Birthday Royal Air Force Museum Hendon 40 yrs old today #970658
    Mark V
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    Happy Birthday RAFM! Whatever the opinions I know non of us would want to be without it. It left a big impression on my as a 15 year old visitor in 1980 – and being allowed inside the Lancaster (after much pleading).

    November 14, 2012 at 9:39 am in reply to: Vampire T11 Stencil Info Sought #972337
    Mark V
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    Can’t help directly – but the info will be on a drawing(s) rather than a manual. We have recently done a set of stencils for Mosquito KA114 and the dH drawings were quite comprenesive.

    November 10, 2012 at 10:56 pm in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #977342
    Mark V
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    Tank. Isn’t this a self propelled gun?

    Mark

    Its officially a tank destroyer – an SPG is a mobile artillery piece.

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