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  • in reply to: Look what flew over my house today! #2082802
    Mark V
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    Cheers Chris! I see how its done now 🙂

    in reply to: Look what flew over my house today! #2083014
    Mark V
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    Pretty please Chris…..

    in reply to: Spitfire Ace #2083785
    Mark V
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    Spitfire prog should be worth watching if only for the interesting in-flight camera angles that were dreamed up (and hopefully not edited out)

    in reply to: For Gannet lovers #2084056
    Mark V
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    Hi Grimshaw,

    As I understand it one engine (or rather one half of the engine) was started by an external starter and the other half was started by the slipstream of the first prop. The number of external starts was a contributing factor to engine life so it was established procedure to alternate the half of the engine receiving the ‘external’ start. This info applies to the Mamba 100 of the AEW.3 which had an external air start facility, earlier engines used the Coffman cartridge system.

    You should get yourself a copy of Warpaint No. 23 by Steve Hazell, as this is where this info comes from and is a very detailed account of the history of the Gannet.

    in reply to: Eating at RAF Museum #2084119
    Mark V
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    I agree Ashley. With any national museum the quality and size of the food facility should be proportional to the size of the museum. Visitors to Duxford and Hendon often spend the whole day there as they are so big and deserve to expect some decent value grub on site. Ironically one of the smallest museums (Manston) provides better food than the nationals.

    in reply to: We don't know what we've got… #2084340
    Mark V
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    Does not matter to me where an aircraft is. To me the important thing is how well it is being operated and looked after. AE977 is in very good hands in sunny Ca.

    in reply to: Lancaster canopy side blisters #2084641
    Mark V
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    Welcome Lancasterman,

    This kind of thing has been done in the past, the method being to construct a mould from an existing item. The tricky part is often finding the original item but as you have one side it should not be too difficult a task to have an opposite handed item made.

    On the other hand if someone out there has one that may solve your problem.

    in reply to: Candyman Moose picture #2084736
    Mark V
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    Try Chris Broad on this forum!!!!!

    in reply to: We don't know what we've got… #2084793
    Mark V
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    A lethal combination of alcohol, curry and caffeine 🙁

    in reply to: Bob Jen's Mossie VR 796 #2085183
    Mark V
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    Perhaps the long term future of such aircraft – if they are to be airworthy, is new build airframes using as many original metal components as possible?

    in reply to: Eating at RAF Museum #2085186
    Mark V
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    Mrs V and I eat at the RAF Museum restaurant yesterday lunchtime (still alive to tell you all about it). We arrived at about 12.30 and there were just a few people in the line for the servery. All the tables were full though. We were served politely and quite quickly. I had a baked spud with cheese and tuna in it and Mrs V had fish and chips. With a canned drink and a hot drink the price was £12.10.

    My spud was worse than luke warm but tasted OKish, the hot drink was hot and the cold drink was chilled. Mrs V did not complain about her food and I did not have the good manners at the time to ask her how it was so I guess it must have been OK.

    A young couple were kind enough to ask us to sit at their table as there were no others available. Looking back to the servery there was a huge line of people waiting and still only one person to assist them so I could not be bothered going back and asking for my spud to put in the microwave.

    The decor is awful now. Totally minimal and very bare looking with a horrible ceiling with pipes and conduits all over it. there has been some attempt to paint stencilled aircraft on the walls but they are lost. The whole effect is of a cheap works canteen with prices far from cheap. If this was anywhere else and had to stand on its own merit it would have gone out of business years ago.

    Overall 6 out of 10

    in reply to: Itchy Trigger Finger #2086301
    Mark V
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    ‘Warbirds (including OFMC 🙂 ) over Wanaka’ in April! Long way to travel though.

    in reply to: Look what flew over my house today! #2086305
    Mark V
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    Very interesting Chris,

    What I do not understand (and the reason is probably something to do with the fact that everything I know about computer games can be written on a postage stamp) is what is the link between being able to create (or reproduce?) images of the aircraft and actually playing the game :confused:

    Can you explain please?

    Cheers – and happy new year!

    in reply to: Raf Museum 2.1.2004 #2086313
    Mark V
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    No thats what I will be doing – you will have a few more to blow out 😉 Many happy returns 🙂

    in reply to: & one for the Spitfire fans #2087110
    Mark V
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    Thats a legitimate possibility BWB! (thanks for the second pic Mark 12)

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