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  • April 6, 2006 at 9:00 pm in reply to: LF363 goes back to Conningsby from Duxford. #1335047
    Mark V
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    Looks like someone really did their homework on getting the scheme as authentic as possible

    They certainly did! 🙂

    April 6, 2006 at 3:11 pm in reply to: LF363 goes back to Conningsby from Duxford. #1335294
    Mark V
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    I would like to thank Sqn Ldr Al Skinner for doing a couple of passes before he left (it pays to ask!).

    Lovely paint job! BTW – I think the pilot was Al Pinner (not Skinner).

    April 5, 2006 at 8:02 am in reply to: Cellulose paints #1335780
    Mark V
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    just a pity that the powers that be insisted on Irish linen for the tail feathers instead of S**** so that was an exercise in futility.

    I don’t follow. Whats wrong with using the original fabric material on a museum aircraft?

    March 30, 2006 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Seafire #1337195
    Mark V
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    How about that Seafire 47 coming over to its birthplace for some air-to-air work with this one? :dev2:

    Not very likely I fear :rolleyes:

    March 29, 2006 at 8:07 am in reply to: Seafire #1337899
    Mark V
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    Lee Howard, you can see quite a few ‘instructional stencils’ in the second photo 🙂

    March 27, 2006 at 10:06 am in reply to: SOME OLD PLANE PHOTOS FROM THE 1960 #1337128
    Mark V
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    Hi MARK V, I completely forgot that Hendon did not open until 1972.
    The plane must have come from some where, I think to find that out would very hard.
    Thank you for pointing this out.

    Not at all. According to a well known database of surviving Spitfires, the aircraft would have been under the care of 71 MU (based at Bicester) around this time (1968), just prior to the refurbishment that took place before handover to the new RAF Museum in late 1971.

    March 26, 2006 at 10:22 pm in reply to: SOME OLD PLANE PHOTOS FROM THE 1960 #1337239
    Mark V
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    I am not to sure about the Hurricane I, but as the Spitfire I was at Hendon, I am guessing it to must have come from Hendon too. I am are prepared to be corrected should anyone know better.Dave

    But the RAF Museum did not open until 1972, four years later!

    March 22, 2006 at 3:22 pm in reply to: New profile artwork #1339921
    Mark V
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    Very nice work Paul!

    March 22, 2006 at 2:02 pm in reply to: The making of the Film Memphis Belle (old thread 2006) #1340016
    Mark V
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    There are some nice stories and photos on this website but it does not say anything about the actual film. It does not mention that it is a modern film made in 1989 (ish) and why it was made, who was in the cast, who directed it and so on. None of this would require any more research than watching the credits at the end of the film. The personal stories and photos are great but to the casual reader they will not mean much unless there is some general information about the film to put them in context.

    March 22, 2006 at 9:45 am in reply to: Seafire #1340163
    Mark V
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    I am told by the historians at the FAAM that 799 Squadron operated Seafires XVII’s at Yeovilton (VL) from 5/1948 to 12/1951, serials 100-154.

    That must be correct and means the Warpaint people got their 9’s upside down!

    March 22, 2006 at 8:31 am in reply to: Seafire #1340251
    Mark V
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    How does that Griffon (a Vl, I presume) sound in comparison to those Mk65 examples we’re more familiar with?

    A good question. Its been 45 years since anyone has heard a Griffon VI in flight so it will be interesting to find out what it sounds like. Probably some of the same characteristics as the later Griffons but perhaps not so pronounced. I am sure it will be quite a different note compared with any Merlin.

    March 21, 2006 at 7:37 pm in reply to: Seafire #1340496
    Mark V
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    I think it was the ‘Warpaint’ book but will have to check later on.

    March 20, 2006 at 4:14 pm in reply to: BL628 Spit V #1341537
    Mark V
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    The wings have been there for at least 18 months!

    March 20, 2006 at 8:08 am in reply to: Seafire #1342176
    Mark V
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    I might be nitpicking here as the a/c looks fantastic but…the fuselage codes look, well a bit on the small side.

    Does anyone else agree?

    No – that’s the way they were on this particular machine. Code sizes on the Seafire 17 varied greatly, both fuselage and tail (unless you mean the rear fuselage ‘SX336’ serial, which was pretty much always 4″ as opposed to 8″ on Spitfires).

    March 19, 2006 at 12:12 pm in reply to: Seafire #1342980
    Mark V
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    Just quoting from the book. Not saying they were permenantly based there – maybe just on temporary detachment?

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