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  • in reply to: Spitfire Hanging on my Garage Door #1087274
    Mark V
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    Nice work! How large is your drawing (100Mb++)? And what software do you use?
    You must have a 3D drawing as well with this as a projection?
    Mike

    2D .DXF files are never very large – even for complex drawings – prob only a couple of meg or so….

    in reply to: Posted on pprune… Fascinating archive #1087461
    Mark V
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    fascinating stuff – it always amazes me how time seems somehow distorted in those immediate post-war years. The announcer said, with hint of amazement, that there are still people who actually remember those dark days in 1940! Thats like talking about the Gulf War of 1991 today!

    in reply to: Bob Jen's Mosquito VR796 Update #1019760
    Mark V
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    Ardmore NZ or Vancouver Mosquito to fly first.

    Very close – what one seems to lack, the other has (engines for one thing!) and even then the Jens machine has them waiting to be fitted. It looks like they could fly within weeks of each other but I would bet on the Avspecs machine if I had to go one way or the other! They are both beautiful aircraft ๐Ÿ™‚

    in reply to: Bob Jen's Mosquito VR796 Update #1028712
    Mark V
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    Ardmore NZ or Vancouver Mosquito to fly first.

    Very close – what one seems to lack, the other has (engines for one thing!) and even then the Jens machine has them waiting to be fitted. It looks like they could fly within weeks of each other but I would bet on the Avspecs machine if I had to go one way or the other! They are both beautiful aircraft ๐Ÿ™‚

    in reply to: Duxford visit #1038944
    Mark V
    Participant

    or is it just me?

    See what you mean! ๐Ÿ˜€

    in reply to: Rolls Royce Spitfire PS853 #1043296
    Mark V
    Participant

    There is already a thread going on this topic at http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=113821&highlight=ps853

    in reply to: Airworthy European FW190s #1043998
    Mark V
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    The airframe and engine(s) are stored with their owner in the US.

    Sorry – my previous post was confusing – when i said ‘but no more’, I meant the project had not advanced beyond planning stage so far.

    in reply to: Just Jane, is it going to fly? #1044004
    Mark V
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    Any idea when it was. From the cars im guessing mid 60s

    She arrived in the UK in 1965. I think the last flight (up to Blackpool) was in 1970.

    in reply to: Just Jane, is it going to fly? #1044177
    Mark V
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    Indeed – by ‘push the button’ they are referring to physically commencing the work, which will obviously prevent the aircraft carrying out its current taxiing role – so its quite understandable that in order to minimise the ‘down-time’ between being a ‘taxiing exhibit’ and an airworthy display aircraft they are trying to get as much in place as possible, whether its spares, overhauled engines or AP’s. They are all needed and some are difficult and time consuming to obtain (let alone expensive). So while this preparatory is undertaken in the background she can continue in her current role.

    in reply to: Just Jane, is it going to fly? #1044296
    Mark V
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    Isn’t the ground footage of the Lancaster shot at Lavenham?

    I believe so Chris.

    I don’t know if anyone has heard off it but I own a book called story of a Lanc from 1974?

    I suspect lots of people have ‘heard’ of the book and read it too as its been re-published several times since the 70’s…. I think I have a few different versions of it.

    in reply to: Airworthy European FW190s #1044300
    Mark V
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    Werenยดt Meier working on putting a Jumo into one of the new build long nose AC too?

    That was a concept under discussion, but no more.

    in reply to: Old Warden from the early 1990s #1044776
    Mark V
    Participant

    – but if not, at least I was fortunate enough to see them daily when in service…

    Moggy

    How old are you ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    in reply to: MH434 And Her Many Guises #1047977
    Mark V
    Participant

    Is her current scheme the longest one she has retained in recent decades?

    in reply to: OFMC secret talks #1055169
    Mark V
    Participant

    What’s wrong with (new build) Yak-3’s with Allison engines ?

    Nothing.

    in reply to: Duxford Diary 2012 #1057549
    Mark V
    Participant

    1988?

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