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January 16, 2019 at 9:32 pm in reply to: Montrose Air Museum leases 1913 Burke's Shed #824168

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Excellent news. Montrose is a great little museum. Interesting to note Major Burke was killed at Arras on the first day of the battle, 9 April 1917. One of my great uncles was killed the same day in the same battle while serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

November 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Aircraft ID ? #767364

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Designed and built in three weeks apparently and relying heavily on parts of the Nieuport Nighthawk (Gloster bought Nieuport in 1920).

March 26, 2018 at 12:28 pm in reply to: Liberator ID #819818

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Possibly Otis Air National Guard base which is adjacent to the Massachusetts National Guard Camp Edwards training base on Cape Cod.

January 17, 2018 at 1:03 pm in reply to: Spitfire SL721 #776116

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Photos of LA198 at Kelvingrove Art Galleries in February 2009.

January 4, 2018 at 8:08 am in reply to: APSS Strutter #783174

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Updates here. https://www.facebook.com/strutterapss/

January 4, 2018 at 7:54 am in reply to: Beaver Down In Australia 31/12/2017 #783178

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According to the Daily Fail, the aircraft has previously been involved in another fatal accident in 1996 when being used as a crop duster in the USA. It was allegedly ‘destroyed’ but subsequently rebuilt. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5232143/Seaplane-Sydney-crash-destroyed-previously.html

December 7, 2017 at 4:11 pm in reply to: So what is it? #795559

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Thanks for the info. I’m not sure who Winifred S Slack was. Bill Slack was married to Christina Winifred Rollafson. Bill, along with his son Harry, ran Waldorf Aero & Auto. So this definitely places the photo in the early 1930’s. Bill Slack and his wife were killed in an air raid on Glasgow on 13 March 1941 – first night of the Clydebank Blitz.

December 7, 2017 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Derwent parts in Star Wars #795656

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Princess Leia’s blaster is not a Luger. It is a Russian Margolin MTS .22 calibre target pistol.

November 30, 2017 at 2:40 pm in reply to: So what is it? #799418

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Thanks! That’s what it appears to be – a Bluebird IV. Had me a little confused as other versions had a more rounded empennage. As an aside, Blackburn built a shadow factory in Dumbarton near Glasgow in 1937 but it didn’t start production until 1938. It’s most famous product was the Short Sunderland – building 250 of the 749 produced, including I believe ML814 currently residing with Kermit Weeks.

October 25, 2017 at 7:23 am in reply to: Chance brothers glass. #817663

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Chance Brothers did indeed produce the Chance Light http://www.milweb.net/webvert/a1932

The company still exists, having demerged from Pilkington Glass in 1992. Their current factory is located in Malvern.

September 11, 2017 at 8:44 am in reply to: Scale model of Mohne Dam in Hertfordshire #835473

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I used to work at BRE many moons ago. I have some photos I took of the dam circa 2004. Just need to find them!

August 29, 2017 at 7:41 am in reply to: Pilatus is to stop PC-6 production after 60 years… #840118

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Initial production from 1959 was piston powered. The Turbo Porter was introduced in 1961.

August 21, 2017 at 2:18 pm in reply to: A village stuffed with aviation related names #772823

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The access road to the Heathfield Retail Park in Ayr is called Liberator Drive. The park is located on the site of the former RAF Heathfield.

August 5, 2017 at 11:16 am in reply to: Anyone have leads on a Heron spinner? #782264

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Just curious. Which G46 is this? I thought there were only three survivors – one in Argentina and two in the US. So which one is this or is it surviving bits being rebuilt?

July 27, 2017 at 12:13 pm in reply to: Firebird Lightning re created…pic link #787852

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Superb. I remember watching the Lightnings take off and land at Leuchars back in the day. Dusk takeoffs with full afterburner were a sight to behold!
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