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September 12, 2004 at 6:24 pm in reply to: Hendon's Supermarine Stranraer #1555802

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For the full info buy the book: Walrus & Stranraer by one Roger Wallsgrove & yours truly MMP Books (http://mmpbooks.biz/books/8391717895/8391717895p.htm)

Cheers!

Funny, following the link I found “Release date: September/October 2004”, so I looked on amazon.de for the book. Result: “Sorry, all sold out. Try to get an used one…” 😮

September 12, 2004 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Hendon's Supermarine Stranraer #1555989

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Hmmmm … good reason for digging out my matchbox stranraer kits. 🙂

September 11, 2004 at 8:52 pm in reply to: What Film would you like to see made ? #1556457

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Alistair McLean´s HMS Ulysses

Sorry, not an aviation one, but one of the best books I ever read.

September 11, 2004 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Who's selling on E-Bay? #1556463

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Why can´t I see it???

Gentlemen,

ebay tries to “protect” me from the mentioned auction and denies access.

WHY? What evil things does that guy sell?

September 4, 2004 at 7:50 pm in reply to: Complete Aircraft In Bunker – Or Complete Bunkum? #1563375

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I note it’s a year old, did they find a squadron of Fw190’s or anything of interest?

About a year or two ago, they found one mainly complete FW190 inside an hangar (in East Berlin?), the Sovjets once blew up. It was left inside the hangar for nearly 15 years, but at one point in the 1960s, they decided to destroy this evil aeroplane by destroying the whole hangar … I have to look through my collection of “Flugzeug Classic” magazines.
I also remember an advert about the recovery of several intact Japanese airplanes inside an ancient bunker somewhere on a Pacific island. Highly classified – no more details given. You could give the people your money and they would go digging the planes out. I haven´t heard about it any more.

I will look for those issues, wait until tomorrow morning…

September 2, 2004 at 6:23 pm in reply to: B-17 raised from Canadian fresh water lake? #1565234

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It made my day….
If you read Ernest K. Gann’s book “Fate is the Hunter” he writes about a C-87 that made a similar landing in the Canadian wilderness. But because of the plane’s value, they flew in a bulldozer, cleared a runway and flew it off before spring.

The last time someone tried to fly a 50 year old bomber off the ice (the B-29 in Greenland), the whole plane burnt down …

September 1, 2004 at 6:14 pm in reply to: Battle of Barking Creek #1566823

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Yep, got my copy of “Aircraft of the Aces, Spitfire Mk.I/II” yesterday. Shall I scan the text for you?

August 30, 2004 at 1:37 pm in reply to: German Jasta #1593243

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Jasta is the abbreviation of Jagdstaffel (literally translated hunting squadron -> fighter squadron).

The combination of several Jastas were called Jagdgeschwader (fighter wing). The most famous one was Richthofen´s Flying Circus JG1 (4 Jastas).

August 29, 2004 at 5:55 pm in reply to: How many Ju52s are flying in Germany? #1600847

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Ju-Air operates 3 or 4 ex-Swiss-Air-Force Ju-52s. I think during the summer months one example is based at Mönchengladbach for sightseeing tours.

http://www.ju52rundflug.de

August 29, 2004 at 5:33 pm in reply to: How many Ju52s are flying in Germany? #1600877

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AFAIK, there´s just the “D-AQUI” (= D-CDLH) flying. And the planes of Swiss Ju-Air have blue cowlings.
But I´m not sure, whether Cologne airport hasn´t got a Ju-52 on static display. I will find out.

August 28, 2004 at 10:44 am in reply to: 28th August 1940 We Remember #1601949

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Following the link below, I found out the Luftwaffe lost a “Gotha” (trainer?) on Lewes racecourse due to pilot being lost and a “Curtis Hawk” was claimed damaged – or maybe an Italian airplane? I know that Italy sent a small force to support the Luftwaffe.

August 23, 2004 at 9:02 pm in reply to: A few More to work out, Have Fun Gents #1607797

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No. 2 Boeing XB-15 / XC-105

August 23, 2004 at 8:45 pm in reply to: A few More to work out, Have Fun Gents #1607843

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No.4 could be my old girlfriend Grace (also called Aichi B7A1/2) … 🙂

August 23, 2004 at 8:26 pm in reply to: A few More to work out, Have Fun Gents #1607879

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The one that is not a P-35 I think to be a Republic P-43 Lancer.

August 22, 2004 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Elvington photos, Saturday #1609213

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Great pics, guess which one is now on my desktop … 🙂
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