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  • March 11, 2004 at 11:20 am in reply to: Favorite Aviation Videos #1559897
    Mark V
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    This is the cover of the paperback version:

    March 11, 2004 at 11:15 am in reply to: Favorite Aviation Videos #1559902
    Mark V
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    Originally posted by Hatton
    ebay item number 3593042845 if anyone wants that book.

    Hatton, that is not the Mosley (film) book unfortunately!

    March 10, 2004 at 10:10 pm in reply to: Why didn't the Americans develop a match for the Merlin? #1560091
    Mark V
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    Originally posted by VoyTech
    Mark, your statement is only true with regard to the air combat over Western Europe, i. e. strategic bombings of Britain by the Luftwaffe, and then strategic bombings of occupied Europe/Germany by the RAF/USAAF.

    Yes VT – that was what I had in mind, I was thinking about the Merlin in its original geographical context!

    March 10, 2004 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Favorite Aviation Videos #1560094
    Mark V
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    Flying Legends videos are pretty good, on DVD as of last year.

    March 10, 2004 at 7:09 pm in reply to: TFC Beaufighter #1560182
    Mark V
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    Err no and no.

    We will let you know when it does though.

    March 10, 2004 at 10:01 am in reply to: Why didn't the Americans develop a match for the Merlin? #1560543
    Mark V
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    The altitude/supercharger issue is the key. The general trend in WWII was for air combat to take place at increasingly higher altitudes and the Merlin met this challenge. There were of course exceptions, for example the Spitfire XII with a single stage superchaged Griffon (not a Merlin but it illustrates the point), more than adequate in meeeting the low level raiders that were a significant problem at that stage of the war

    March 9, 2004 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Snowy Duxford #1561060
    Mark V
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    Thanks Chad – I feel a lot warmer now :rolleyes:

    Anybody know whats happened to Spring here in the UK?

    March 8, 2004 at 8:36 pm in reply to: Bbmf Today #1561623
    Mark V
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    Nice Type A roundels Fluffy!

    March 7, 2004 at 11:03 pm in reply to: "Preserved" at Lasham… #1562012
    Mark V
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    This is no AAM but the airframes are experiencing a degree of ‘preservation’ unknown to all the scrapped, crashed, trashed and smelted examples of their type. They still exist in one piece and that is an achievement in itself. They are the raw material of tommorows re-build projects and might well be flying again if luck shines on them.

    Don’t knock it too hard.

    March 5, 2004 at 9:33 am in reply to: Spitfire – 68 today! #1563307
    Mark V
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    Yes – I think it is.

    March 5, 2004 at 9:19 am in reply to: Spitfire – 68 today! #1563341
    Mark V
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    It always was Daz- its just the means of transportation has changed 😉

    March 4, 2004 at 11:38 pm in reply to: How many Spitfires would you like? #1563459
    Mark V
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    At the risk of repetition here is my list of airworthy Hurricanes (in no particular order):

    LF363 – BBMF, UK
    PZ865 – BBMF, UK
    Sea Hurricane – Shuttleworth Collection, UK
    Black Hurricane – RAeC, Breighton UK
    KZ321 – TFC, Duxford UK
    Former TFC Mk XII – HAC, Duxford UK (O.K. Maybe, more than 30 days before this one flys – but what the hell!)
    Former Neil Rose Mk XII – Fighter Factory, Suffolk Virginia, USA
    AE977 – Tom Friedkin, Chino Ca, USA
    Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, NZ
    Former Mk XII G-ORGI (ex David Price) Ed Russell, Niagra, Canada

    March 4, 2004 at 11:02 am in reply to: Warbird Values #1564156
    Mark V
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    Originally posted by HighBack
    another example that springs to mind is TFC MK9 Spitfire wreck that is in store awaiting rebuild , what would a wreck like this from Russia etc cost to purchase compared to a new build airframe from say Airframe Assemblies ?

    The ‘wreck’ should always the starting point as purchasing a ‘new-build’ airframe is perhaps not advisable if one is to avoid accuastions of the finished article being a ‘replica’. In the past such aircraft (those that some have perceived as new build) have sold for considerably less than ‘original’ airframes. If it were my money I would be sure to start with at least a part of an airframe that I can be confident has a known military serial number and if possible, some combat history. It may be that the finished article contains only a very small amount of the structure of that airframe but the ‘market’ still perceives this as a ‘re-build’ and values will be assured.

    March 3, 2004 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Royal Navy Dream Formation? #1564529
    Mark V
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    Maybe Oshkosh this year with imagination and foresight 🙂

    March 3, 2004 at 5:25 pm in reply to: British Rear view mirrors #1564673
    Mark V
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    The rectangular ones came first and are now quite rare. Most early war Hurricanes (39/early 40) do not seem to have them but there are examples of Hurricanes sporting them Battle of Britain era.

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