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September 1, 2012 at 3:31 pm in reply to: Kermit Weeks is at Old Warden #1070409

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Sounds like a great idea – I wonder what all the homeowners around the lake think?

When I was in Florida a few years ago I had the pleasure of talking to KW about the Meteor F4 that left NAM and was in his off-site store; a true gentleman and aviation enthusiast.

I then spent the next 30 minutes explaining to American visitors on the ‘tour train’ to the airside hangar how I ‘knew’ KW! 😉

September 1, 2012 at 8:18 am in reply to: Tiffie/tempest cockpit section small project advice please #1070890

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Go for it – there’re a number of similar projects around to draw inspiration from and one is featured in the Cockpit-Fest 2012 – Outdoor 02 album in here one of the others was exhibited at the 2011 event! 🙂

Plus you could start looking for more parts at the Autumn Indoor Aeroboot next month!! 😉

August 31, 2012 at 12:39 pm in reply to: Avro 698 Vulcan 60th #1071686

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No problem – these were originally scanned up for the 2010 Farnborough Programme, which was produced by Key Publishing. 🙂

The original TIFFs gave slightly better image quality, but not bad when you consider the small size of the original black and white prints.

I believe that they (i.e. NAM) may be dipping into the Archive again very soon – this time looking for some old Lightning photos! 😉

August 31, 2012 at 11:02 am in reply to: Avro 698 Vulcan 60th #1071848

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Like many I’d missed the anniversary – so I’ve arranged for an album of images from the N Franklin Collection in the Newark Air Museum Photographic Archive to be uploaded in here to mark the event. It features VX770 and friends at Farnborough and whilst they have been online before I thought it may help mark the anniversary! 🙂

August 30, 2012 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire to continue #1072355

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Sorry I missed your reply Jim – when I looked last week Thorpe Camp was also surrounded by fields of produce; as is much of Lincolnshire!:diablo:

Nevertheless the museum is still well worth a visit!! 🙂

August 30, 2012 at 2:34 pm in reply to: CockpitFest 2012 #1072879

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PDF files of the August Dispersal have just been emailed out to Cockpiteers and supporters who I have current email addresses for – c/w an offer to post out printed copies on receipt of an up to date postal address.

Apologies for anyone I’ve not got contact details for – if you PM me an email address or postal address I will send off a copy!

August 29, 2012 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Talk on the Engineering of the Bouncing Bomb #1073648

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You could always check with http://www.barneswallistrust.org they’re very helpful on all matters Sir Barnes Wallis.

I’ve been dealing with them re the ‘trial’ Upkeep Mine at Newark.

They also have a lecture coming up on Wednesday 26th September, which I believe is at Ripley, Derbyshire – still waiting for details to come through!

August 29, 2012 at 7:30 pm in reply to: “Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies” #1073691

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NAM’s contract with the BBC excluded the use of ‘track and jibs’ but I suspect that it would be this type of equipment that was used – it’s use was discussed at one of the site meetings that I attended with the producer, for possible use behind XM594 but this was eventually ruled out!

Can we expect any cameo appearances tonight Blue_2? 😀

August 25, 2012 at 5:27 pm in reply to: Where could I get a small section of tail plane? #1077913

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The October event might be a good one to come to – depending on the progress on the new Object Storage Building the museum may be disposing of a few ‘non-accessed’ items from its own stores!

As for nose bleeds – North Wales beckons for me!! 😮

August 25, 2012 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Where could I get a small section of tail plane? #1077941

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Wet afternoon in this part of Notts and passing a few minutes before getting ready for a short break!! 😉

August 25, 2012 at 4:18 pm in reply to: Where could I get a small section of tail plane? #1078058

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Could you wait until October 27th and look here? 😀

August 25, 2012 at 12:53 pm in reply to: Slimy councillor eyes Coltishall runway #1078115

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WADR not all Councils should be viewed in such a way….

Lincolnshire County Council – http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=118925

Plus the excellent support that Newark Air Museum received from Nottinghamshire County Council for their Education DVD and the recent Aviation in Nottinghamshire booklets. (Cannot find the links to these for here – yes I’ve tried other search methods!) 😮

I’m not sure about all the aspects surrounding Coltishall but in my experience of dealing with planning matters (and several Planning Objections) – the key is work with them, not against them. The last government introduced legislation to re-classify airfields as Brownfield Sites and I for one lobbied against it and received a ‘stock-reply’ from John Prescott MP’s department.

Also don’t forget that former airfield runways being ‘recycled for roads’ is nothing new:

RAF Balderton’s runways ended up at the foundations when the A1 was duelled in the early 1960s

Some of RAF Winthorpe’s taxiways ended up in the foundations of the A17 bypass in the mid-1980s

Some of RAF Bircotes taxiways ended up in the Southfield Site hardstanding areas at NAM

August 24, 2012 at 11:31 pm in reply to: Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire to continue #1078531

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I’d heard a few whispers about your project and I’m pleased that they’ve been able to help.

In my view the more that the whole aviation sector pulls together then the better it is for raising everyone’s aviation profile to the general public!

I was at the AHL leaflet swap last night at Thorpe Camp and I must say how impressed I was with how the team down there has moved forward – another little gem!! 🙂

August 24, 2012 at 7:31 pm in reply to: Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire to continue #1078859

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🙂 Good news indeed for everyone involved and it reflects a lot of hard work – I understand that there may be some exciting new initiatives in the pipeline as well!! 😉

August 24, 2012 at 4:41 pm in reply to: “Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies” #1078901

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For me, one of the most visually interesting shots of the programme for me was the sequence introducing the Victor: starting off facing the aircraft at ground level, then “flying” vertically up while panning down, so that the distinctive planform of the aircraft spreads out to fill the screen. Perhaps one of the Lusty Lindy crew from Elvington can enlighten as to how they filmed it?

I would assume they used ‘track and jibs’ plus a special camera mount; they didn’t use them at the V-Force event because there were too many people on site. Hopefully Blue_2 will confirm! 😉

There was a nice mini-cam used in the Vulcan at Newark, which they nearly left in the aircraft!! 🙂
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