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  • December 29, 2009 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Aircraft Instrument Panel Projects #1097438
    TwinOtter23
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    Re: Twinotter23
    I’ll think about that.

    Rijnko

    😀 That would be great but this is really pushing it I know; RAF Winthorpe (where Cockpit-Fest is held) was the home to 1661 HCU, which operated Stirlings for many years – now that Stirling panel would look great alongside the Spitfire section and I know that you’d be made very welcome! 🙂

    December 29, 2009 at 6:45 pm in reply to: Aircraft Instrument Panel Projects #1097693
    TwinOtter23
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    Re: Twinotter23: Alas it is to big to transport all the way to the UK.

    Rijnko

    That’s a pity – perhaps you could try to combine with some fellow ‘European Cockpitters’ and all come along together! 🙂

    Nice panel ian_ – will you be attending Cockpit-Fest in 2010?

    December 29, 2009 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Aircraft Instrument Panel Projects #1098048
    TwinOtter23
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    Now that would look nice at Cockpit-Fest 2010 – 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and all that!! 😀

    December 28, 2009 at 8:01 pm in reply to: The "Wot Plane" Thread. (Game rules in Post #1) #1098487
    TwinOtter23
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    😀 You could test your recognition skills if you visit here!

    December 28, 2009 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Aircraft Recognition – 2010 #1098633
    TwinOtter23
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    No problem – get some practice in with those cards! 😀

    There has been some debate about the date of the anniversary and whether to include the ‘Royal’ tag; mainly because the Corps didn’t get their warrant until the Second World War.

    Nevertheless from Saturday 2nd January it looks like being fun! 🙂

    December 28, 2009 at 4:23 pm in reply to: How Are Model Aircraft Accurate If Original Drawings Dont Exist? #1098637
    TwinOtter23
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    If the aircraft type exists people go out and physically measure them – several types at Newark have been ‘measured-up’ in this way.

    This type of work on the Canberra PR7 at Newark featured in the recent BBC2 documentary about Airfix.

    Not sure how they proceed when an example isn’t around.

    December 28, 2009 at 12:22 pm in reply to: Farmborough fire dump Pics please :) #1098750
    TwinOtter23
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    There might be some clues in here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=94538&highlight=Ashton

    December 27, 2009 at 10:23 pm in reply to: Heathrow 1970's Fire Dump #1098950
    TwinOtter23
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    Looking at the picture of it taken in 1977 (link posted earlier) its fate had long been sealed with the nose smashed off and extensive fire damage to the lower part of the fuselage. What a shame…..

    Jon

    From memory :confused: it wasn’t on its undercarriage when NAM enquired – I believe that it might even have been me that sent the enquiry letter (all my correspondence from that era is now in the museum archive!)

    On a plus note we did secure the Safir at about the same time – another one of my letters! 😀

    December 27, 2009 at 6:59 pm in reply to: Heathrow 1970's Fire Dump #1099309
    TwinOtter23
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    ….It does seem unbelievable that the Argonaut lasted so long at Heathrow and it is really sad that as late as 1982 no one felt able to offer her a good home.

    I believe that Newark might have made enquiries about the Argonaut but it was around the time that both the Gannet and Vulcan acquisitions were in the pipeline so I understand that sadly it went by the wayside.

    I guess it might also come under the thread “What has slipped through your fingers” 🙁

    December 27, 2009 at 3:43 pm in reply to: BEA Pionair Dakotas at London Airport 1956 #1099334
    TwinOtter23
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    Presumably when the Herons took over.

    :confused: NAM’s de Havilland Heron 1B G-ANXB flew its first Air Ambulance sortie with British European Airways on May 4, 1955 out of Renfrew – with its last flight with the BEA Scottish Division being noted as March 31, 1973. {Source NAM Guide Book}

    December 23, 2009 at 8:24 pm in reply to: Dzus Fasteners #1101490
    TwinOtter23
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    Have you mentioned the requirement to your contact at Newark? They might be able to help.

    December 23, 2009 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Airworthy Il-2 #1101652
    TwinOtter23
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    I would guess that the problem would not be with the airframe but the engine. Believe there are all the drawings at Ilyushin.

    The article in Aeroplane mentioned that the engine for the static project was being partially stripped to reduce weight.

    December 23, 2009 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Airworthy Il-2 #1101678
    TwinOtter23
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    There was an article (in either Flypast for Aeroplane) some time ago featuring an engineer who was working on one in Sandtoft (iirc) and he said the construction method was so primitive (because of the pressure of war) that it wouldn’t get past the CAA in order to fly it

    There was an article in Aeroplane in May 2005 but that only referred to a static IL-2 project that was ultimately destined for the RAFM; although the article did briefly compare the difference in Russian and British construction techniques.

    The project wasn’t at Sandtoft either! 😉

    December 23, 2009 at 6:59 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1101734
    TwinOtter23
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    I believe that ‘destination Duxford’ might have been part of the terms of the HLF grant. :confused:

    December 23, 2009 at 8:55 am in reply to: Would you buy a used airframe from these guys? #1102085
    TwinOtter23
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    In the New Year I’ll see what (who :diablo:) I can get set up for this summer’s ‘Special Fund Raiser’. 😉

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