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July 31, 2008 at 10:11 am in reply to: Steiglitz over Detling #1180952

DOUGHNUT
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Will any of these visitors be flying on Sunday ??

July 16, 2008 at 8:00 pm in reply to: Lowestoft Airshow #1195369

DOUGHNUT
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Taken from Mil Spotters, credit to Roger Smith

Hi all,

Here’s what will be at the *Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival 2008* (Subject
to Operations, Serviceability and Weather)
**
*Lowestoft Seafront** Air Festival 24-25 July 2008***

*DISPLAY PARTICIPANTS *(MILITARY/QUASI MILITARY AIRCRAFT ONLY) in
alphabetical order;

*Thursday 24th July*

WAH-64D Apache AH.1 Army Air Corp
Hurri, Lanc & Spit BofB Mem Flt
*Blue Eagles* Army Air Corps
Hawk T.1 208(R) Sqn/4 FTS RAF
Hawk T.1 x 9 RAFAT *Red Arrows*
Hunter Heritage Aviation J Whaley
P-40 Kittyhawk Hanger 11 Collection
Sea King HAR.3 & Lifeboat 22 Sqn ‘B’ Flt RAF/RNLI Flt Lt
Supermarine Spitfire IX Caroline Grace
Swordfish II Royal Navy Historical Flt.
Tornado GR.4 x 2 Royal Air Force Marham (Flypast)
Tucano T.1 1 FTS RAF
Typhoon F.2 29(R) Sqn RAF
Vulcan B.2 Vulcan Operating Co.

**

*Friday 25 July*

Hurri, Lanc & Spit BofB Mem Fl
*Blue Eagles* Army Air Corps
DHC Chipmunk T.10 x 4 Sparrows Team
Hawk T.1 208 Sqn/4 FTS RAF
Hawk T.1 x 9 RAFAT *Red Arrows*
Hunter Heritage Aviation J Whaley
P-40 Kittyhawk Hangar 11 Collection P Teichman
Supermarine Spitfire IX Caroline Grace
Swordfish II RN Historic Flt
Tucano T.1 1 FTS RAF
Typhoon F.2 29(R) Sqn RAF
Vulcan B.2 Vulcan Operating Co.

Note : *RED 10* arr/dep Radar Lodge, Hopton-on-Sea, both days.

Correct as at 14/07/08
Regards Roger Smith
Lowestoft Aviation Society – Suffolk’s Eyes on the Skies
**http://www.lowestoftaviationsociety.org

July 12, 2008 at 5:17 pm in reply to: March Field Air Museum – March '08 #1201219

DOUGHNUT
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The Gnat F1 is actually an Indian built Ajeet, I think it came from David Tallichet at Chino who imported a load of them. I remember a few years questioning the gentelman who was happily painting it red and comparing it too a small colour photo of a Red Arrows Gnat. I tried to explain the error he was making and was told to speak the the museum director. Later when leaving the museum I managed to speak to a young woman, who dispite claiming to be in charge of PR was totally unaware that they had a Indian Air Force jet in the collection, I was assured that the error would be corrected.

July 5, 2008 at 8:53 am in reply to: Jaguars at Cosford. #1211294

DOUGHNUT
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From a base visit on 22nd May 2008 th efollowing Jaguars were noted.

COSFORD DCEA 22nd MAY 2008

Av+MTS HANGAR

XZ112 GW JAGUAR GR3
XZ377 EP JAGUAR GR3
XZ391 ET JAGUAR GR3
XZ368 E JAGUAR GR1
XX756 W JAGUAR GR1
XX726 EB JAGUAR GR1
XX746 S JAGUAR GR1
XX117 ES JAGUAR GR3
XZ104 FM JAGUAR GR1
XX766 EF JAGUAR GR1
XX767 FK JAGUAR GR3
XZ115 ER JAGUAR GR3
XX723 EU JAGUAR GR3
XZ114 EO JAGUAR GR3
XX738 ED JAGUAR GR3
XZ399 EJ JAGUAR GR3

Av+WEAPONS HANGAR

XZ398 EQ JAGUAR GR3
XZ109 EN JAGUAR GR3
XX729 EL JAGUAR GR3
XX112 EA JAGUAR GR3
XZ103 EF JAGUAR GR3
XZ392 EM JAGUAR GR3
XX970 EH JAGUAR GR3
XX752 EK JAGUAR GR3
XZ371 AP JAGUAR GR1

HANGAR 4

XX835 EX JAGUAR T4
XX840 EY JAGUAR T4
XX725 T JAGUAR GR3 PINK
XX847 EZ JAGUAR T4
XX748 EG JAGUAR GR3
XX724 EC JAGUAR GR3
XX958 BK JAGUAR GR1
XX119 JAGUAR GR3 TIGER

HANGAR 3

XX976 BD JAGUAR GR1
XX968 AJ JAGUAR GR1
XX743 EG JAGUAR GR1
XX969 01 JAGUAR GR1
XZ374 JC JAGUAR GR1
XX967 AC JAGUAR GR1
XZ389 BL JAGUAR GR1
XX819 CE JAGUAR GR1
XX959 CJ JAGUAR GR1
XZ370 JB JAGUAR GR1
XX825 BN JAGUAR GR1
XX818 DE JAGUAR GR1
XZ390 DM JAGUAR GR1
XX110 EP JAGUAR GR1 PINK
XZ384 BC JAGUAR GR1
8905M 07 JAGUAR GR1 (XX975)
XX727 ER JAGUAR GR1

HANGAR 2

XX730 EC JAGUAR GR1
XX956 BE JAGUAR GR1
XX757 CU JAGUAR GR1
XX824 AD JAGUAR GR1

For those who are unfamilar will the layout of Cosford, Hangars 2, 3 and 4 are the big ones on the airfield, adjacent to the museum. Hangar 4 contains the aircraft maintained in ground running condition, this allows students to practise on ‘live’ aircraft.

The other two Hangars are on the opposite side of the railway line, therefore have no access to the airfield, they are used a for basic airframes trade training.

June 19, 2008 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Schneider Trophy. #1228189

DOUGHNUT
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Planes of Fame at Chino have listed on their web site Supermarine S6B, Macchi M39, Curtiss R3C and Deperdussen 1913, all repilcas, are these anything to do with the old Thorpe Park collection ? I seem to remember seeing these on my first visit to Chine in the early 1990’s, but dont recall them being on display couple of years ago. Are they in stoarge or on display at another location ?

June 16, 2008 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Newark Cockpit Fest #1231639

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June 16, 2008 at 4:10 pm in reply to: Newark Cockpit Fest #1231682

DOUGHNUT
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Just a few photos from Saturday morning, well done every body for making th effort toturn up.

doughnut

June 10, 2008 at 10:40 am in reply to: Athens Dakotas #1237192

DOUGHNUT
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SX-ECF was noted as preserved on 14/04/95 in the white / orange scheme shown above.

June 9, 2008 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Athens Dakotas #1237930

DOUGHNUT
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When I last visited the old Athens airport a civil registered DC-3 in a white / silver colour scheme with large areas of orange was parked under trees outside some offices (either the Greek Civil Aviation Authority or Air Traffic Control HQ) I would guess that it was previously used as a flight checker type by the civil authorities. I will try to dig out a picture.

April 9, 2008 at 1:01 pm in reply to: AeroVenture, Doncaster – 30 Mar 08 #1218391

DOUGHNUT
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Only been to this museum once and it is truely remarkable what can be done with a deicated team and most importantly safe and secure storage. The large hangar is surely the most usefull item in the collection and the I would guess many other groups would love to have such a place to store, restore and display there collection. Maybe it was just me but access and directions to the site seemed rather poor and I certainly got lost get there.

Doughnut

April 9, 2008 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Bungay/Flixton? #1218400

DOUGHNUT
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A great museum, unsual exhibits, well laid out and looked after as well as can be expected given the number of aircraft and volunteers available. Keep up the good work. The location next to a pub is an additional bonus. If you like your beer do forget to visit the village of St Peters, about 2 miles away, where there is an excellent brewery and shop, check them out at http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk. When I last visited brewery tours were available, well worth it and it makes an interesting day out for the ‘other half’

dougnhut

March 14, 2008 at 9:28 am in reply to: Percival EP 9 Photo Req #1243395

DOUGHNUT
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Couple of photos of N747JC ex G-ARTV taken at Oskhosh in 1994, was then ‘for sale’.

DOUGHNUT

January 31, 2008 at 1:21 pm in reply to: Aircraft collection Lasham #1284439

DOUGHNUT
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Hope the set of photos taken last year are of interest. The aircraft are certainly not in the best of condition, but I dont think they are ready to the scraped. The Drover is unusual and deserves better, the rarest is probably the Prince being an early short nose version. The collection British jets Sea Hawk, Hunter and Meteors could be made to look much better, however I know nothing of their internal condition. The F104 is a much rarer thing in the UK and it would be sad to see it deteriorate any further

January 25, 2008 at 11:50 am in reply to: After the Vulcan.. What's next? #1292723

DOUGHNUT
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Mention has been made of adding an airworthy Viscount to the UK. How many and where are any Viscount still in service ? Obviously any still working today will be rather tried, but surely easier to obtain an aircraft type still in working order, with a suitable spares supply than to start from scratch. Other British transports to consider would be the Carvair and Bristol Freighter still around in Canada.

January 22, 2008 at 10:34 am in reply to: What happened to XF703? #1296402

DOUGHNUT
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Did the two Skackletons at Gatwick not come from the Tech School at Cosford ? They must have been moved in the 1980’s. Surely the RAF museum should have been given first chance to save one. Just goes to show that you can never trust a national collection to take care of their exhibits. Thank god for private collectors !!
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