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  • December 10, 2015 at 3:59 pm in reply to: New home for restored HP Hampden — Canadian Museum of Flight #890901
    TonyL1962
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    What a gem! A scratch round the internet suggests this is the Stranraer now at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, having gone from west to east across Canada. And there are only two – this one and the RAF museum example.

    December 10, 2015 at 8:11 am in reply to: New home for restored HP Hampden — Canadian Museum of Flight #891365
    TonyL1962
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    Mark – is that the Stranraer that is now in the RAF museum in the background in your first shot?

    November 23, 2015 at 8:51 pm in reply to: 206 Sqn Operations Record Book coastal command sortie query #904256
    TonyL1962
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    Thanks Ross – that explains it precisely!

    I knew there would be someone on the forum who knew!

    November 22, 2015 at 3:32 pm in reply to: 206 Sqn Operations Record Book coastal command sortie query #905045
    TonyL1962
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    Thanks Ian, that’s possible. Will check whether the summary for the respective days make reference to search operations too. I’m sure I’ve seen a wartime map of the North Sea somewhere too with a grid overlaid, which might help make sense.

    Another sortie detail listed (though I’ve only noted it once now) appears to be EMRO, if I’m reading the first letter right. Any thoughts on that one?

    April 30, 2015 at 9:02 am in reply to: Stirling Project Update #923294
    TonyL1962
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    What you are doing is an amazing undertaking – congratulations on the patience and perseverance! It’s really good to see it all starting to come together.

    April 29, 2015 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Stirling Project Update #924071
    TonyL1962
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    Is this how these parts were made originally for the Stirling?

    March 9, 2015 at 12:40 pm in reply to: Hurricane LF363 painted as "GN-A", 1990-91 #883899
    TonyL1962
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    A little googling shows a pic posted in a previous thread:
    http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?90512-F-Lt-James-Nicolson-VC
    last post on the page.

    March 8, 2015 at 7:08 am in reply to: Hart Hind Bulldog Wapiti Atlas Siskin Hurricane & others steel testing #884783
    TonyL1962
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    When the RAF museum Bulldog was rebuilt did they re-manufacture this tubing? Or did they create a simpler ‘look-alike’ structure where the original structure was too damaged for repair?

    November 25, 2014 at 2:18 pm in reply to: SAAF WW2 Heritage #891692
    TonyL1962
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    Great information and records! It’s going to take a while to go through this!

    November 15, 2014 at 8:39 am in reply to: Airco DH6 #900094
    TonyL1962
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    He would have flown over my grandfather there – S Battery, RHA.

    November 13, 2014 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Airco DH6 #901825
    TonyL1962
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    I will ask them if there is more – I should get an opportunity to drop by there in the not too distant future! There’s also a large collection of Boxkite parts in the adjacent cabinet.

    November 8, 2014 at 1:05 pm in reply to: Airco DH6 #906575
    TonyL1962
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    Meant to add – I think it’s a great type to reproduce, and good luck with the project!

    November 8, 2014 at 1:02 pm in reply to: Airco DH6 #906578
    TonyL1962
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    In the pics above, the metal elevator and fuselage frame and struts all belong to a 1930’s homebuilt – an Erasmus NA 40, which was a Heath Parasol derivative – and are not DH6!

    November 8, 2014 at 12:59 pm in reply to: Airco DH6 #906583
    TonyL1962
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    Here’s a couple of rather poor pics of the SAAF museum remains. Currently displayed in a glass case along with parts of a later homebuilt type. Reflections off the glass make photography a tad hard! These were taken about a year ago. The fin and rudder, long aileron on left and wing structure, and fabric on the wall are the DH6 remains. Don’t think there are other bits in store – though may be wrong. The wing structure seems smaller than what appears to have been found according to the news paper cutting on the display case. [ATTACH=CONFIG]23[ATTACH=CONFIG]233089[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]233090[/ATTACH]3088[/ATTACH]

    November 7, 2014 at 12:24 pm in reply to: Undated gloves #907625
    TonyL1962
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    We had a sheepskin pair that looked exactly like that when I was a kid – they must have finally fallen apart and got thrown out in the mid 1980’s. They were not military or particularly aviation related. My Dad had got them as a teenager when he had a motor bike in 1937/38 or so. No doubt sold commercially for anything where your hands got cold – bikes, driving, flying, etc.

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