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January 23, 2004 at 7:57 pm in reply to: Spitfire XIVc RM689 -(Old Thread 2004) #1825909

Mark V
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Originally posted by Ewan Hoozarmy

These are pieces of engineering, nothing more. As they become rarer, of course owners are going to rebuild them, even if they carry the stigma of a deceased pilot or/and pax.

These aircraft are just a little more than that. They are living pieces of historic ‘engineering’ that represent a great deal to many people in the free world. They are memorials to brave souls and a reminder to todays generation that the cost of the freedom and free speech that we are enjoying every day(such as this post on this forum) was paid for with the lives of so many between 1939 and 1945.

Speech over.

January 23, 2004 at 7:47 pm in reply to: Spitfire XIVc RM689 -(Old Thread 2004) #1825910

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Eddy,

That Spitfire Mk XIV model belongs to the photographer Tom Smith (shown in the picture with or without his consent?). Perhaps you may consider making this rather important point a little clearer than it is?

January 20, 2004 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Unknown TFC Spitfires #1826552

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Yes, except for the Spitfire fuselages which definately are not 😉

January 20, 2004 at 6:32 pm in reply to: The 'bad' guys #1826554

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I was – but it was a long time ago 🙂

January 20, 2004 at 6:27 pm in reply to: Unknown TFC Spitfires #1826555

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The high back Spitfire fuselage must be SM832 (G-WWII) prior to being sent to HFL for completion.

The complete Spitfire in the background is Mk VIII MT719 prior to leaving Duxford for Micheldever.

Year:1991?

January 20, 2004 at 5:06 pm in reply to: The 'bad' guys #1826572

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No it was just the two Buchons, I remember now, the show was called ‘Battle of Britain Salute’.

Funny the things you remember: I took Reg and Walter over to Popham to get lunch on the Saturday of the show and we all sat down and chose Steak and Ale pie. Then Reg said “hold on we had better not have alcohlic pies if we are to attack Boscombe Down this afternoon”.

The previous day was the only time I had ever seen Reg get cross. He was always such a gentleman and completely unflappable but when he tried to taxi out in the Buchon at Boscombe for a practice for what must have been the second or third attempt and suddenly the rain came down in buckets and stopped him again he slammed the canopy and uttered something rather rude. For a ‘Bad Guy’ he was really the nicest guy. Sadly missed but they were happy days 🙂

January 20, 2004 at 11:57 am in reply to: Breitling fighters engage UFO – allegedly ! #1826595

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It was a childs balloon. I remember seeing it.

January 20, 2004 at 11:56 am in reply to: Failsworth yard Manchester(old thread 2005) #1826596

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Heartbreaking is the only word for it 🙁

January 20, 2004 at 11:55 am in reply to: The 'bad' guys #1826597

Mark V
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My recollection is that only the Hans Dittes Buchon and the Charles Church Buchon flew at IAT Boscombe Down in 1990. They were operated out of the Charles Church strip near Popham for the added realism of arriving ‘out of nowhere’ to attack BD. The late Reg Hallam flew the CC machine and Walter Eichorn the Dittes one.

January 9, 2004 at 3:16 pm in reply to: Spitfire trainer #2081352

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Yes it is and yes it does!

January 8, 2004 at 12:01 pm in reply to: cockpit collection #2082425

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MJR,

I am sure there will be plenty of interest – maybe its that June is just too far away to think about in the first half of January?

January 8, 2004 at 11:58 am in reply to: A ride in Bill Greenwood's Spitfire? #2082428

Mark V
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Bill is pretty strict on the weight limit – anyway its a bit snowy for Spitfire flying in Aspen right now but he will probably be flying down to Florida in April – that would be a nice trip 🙂

January 8, 2004 at 9:48 am in reply to: BoB Video questions… #2082506

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It certainly would not be cheap, at least not compared with the simplest available option to cover the space. In planning and conservation terms though it would be the only solution. Perhaps in these times with Lottery funding, historic site grants etc it may be possible one day.

January 8, 2004 at 9:31 am in reply to: Mosquito Squadron #2082552

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OK – showing my age now. Who remembers the Hurricane in the opening titles of the ITV series ‘The Flaxton Boys’? Thats my earliest warbird memory, must have been around 1969/70. also remember ‘Flambards’ from the early 70’s, that’s on DVD now.

January 7, 2004 at 8:22 pm in reply to: BoB Video questions… #2082771

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It will be interesting to see what eventually gets built on that site as surely someday there will be a replacement hangar. The remaining hangars are listed building so the site of the destroyed hangar is ‘in the curtilage (spelling?) of a listed building(s)’ as the planners say and will require listed building consent as well as planning consent. Its difficult to imagine anything less than an exact replica of half of one of the existing buildings being approporiate.
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