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  • July 21, 2004 at 4:06 pm in reply to: Some Historic Pictures #1552110
    planejunky
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    In which case I will most humbly apologise most profusely! 😀 😀

    July 21, 2004 at 3:51 pm in reply to: Some Historic Pictures #1552117
    planejunky
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    Thanks guys!
    Heres one or two more. These are simply described as “Practice delayed drop – John Trainham 15000-2000 feet from a Hart” Sadly the name will probably be edited out by the moderator, but if anyone want’s to know, you can always PM me! 😉

    I am estounded that the aircraft involved in this sequence still survives, what a turn up! 🙂

    Enjoy!

    July 21, 2004 at 12:02 pm in reply to: Woodchurch 'Wings and Things' 1st August #1552275
    planejunky
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    Planejunky, there always seems to be people camping at Headcorn, might be worth a try, some of Woodchurch’s display Aircraft might even be operating from there. If not, all I can think of is some sites on the coast, New romney, Dymchurch etc.

    Good Luck

    Time to find the “AA” book and see what’s down there, it maybe just as easy (and cheaper) to drive there and back, but camping’s always a bit of a laugh if anyone else is up for it! 😀

    July 20, 2004 at 8:40 pm in reply to: A couple of Spit profiles #1552743
    planejunky
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    I’m sure many of you will already know, but there is a great section on the RAF website about the history of RAF roundels at http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/hrafround.html

    Dan, your work is wonderful! Do you fancy doing some work for our website at http://www.ukwarbirds.net? We could really use talent like yours! 😉

    Cheers

    Justyn

    July 20, 2004 at 8:18 pm in reply to: spitfire ? #1552794
    planejunky
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    Spitfire; P51D – dead common these days

    Now a Cessna 170…

    Indeed they are, ain’t it great! 😀

    July 20, 2004 at 8:15 pm in reply to: Miss Helen thread #1552800
    planejunky
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    Thanks for that, Justyn. Nice site! 🙂

    Aw shucks! 😮

    July 20, 2004 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Woodchurch 'Wings and Things' 1st August #1552911
    planejunky
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    Yep we’re thinking about going. Anyone know of any basic campsites in the area?

    July 20, 2004 at 4:05 pm in reply to: Miss Helen thread #1552949
    planejunky
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    Thought I might get asked about the URL, the site is at http://www.ukwarbirds.net

    I didn’t want to use this forum as an advertising tool, so I have refrained from posting the URL until now. Sadly most if the pics are ground based shots as up until now we have not had the camera gear to get anything better. Even so, the shots we have are reasonable and to the point! 😀

    On Tuesday next week our new Minolta Dimage Z1 will arrive, and we can get down to producing some better ground to air photography especially at Old Warden. Shots like some that appear on this forum are the aim, but it will take some time to perfect, so any advice from you pucker photographers is gratefully received! 😀 I’m off to Chicago in four weeks time, and will see the Blue Angels while I’m there, so if the shots with the new gear are any good, I’ll post’em here!

    Cheers

    Justyn

    July 20, 2004 at 3:09 pm in reply to: Miss Helen thread #1553039
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    I’ve noticed the tendency for threads to desend into all out dogfights too. Although a life long aircraft enthusiast and avid reader of Flypast, I’m new to this forum and quite frankly I’ve been put off posting for fear of the “Know it all’s” having a pop at me! My wife and I run a reasonably successful warbird website of our own, and have considered the possibility of a forum there. My fears over the level of moderation needed appear to be well founded, and that’s why it will remain “forumless”!

    I was pleased to see the Miss Helen thread removed. Thankfully Robs is OK, and with a bit of TLC Miss Helen will return to the sky shortly (hopefully). What more needs to be said?

    OK I’ve said my piece, you can shoot me down on one, two………

    July 20, 2004 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Charles E Brown #1553047
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    The books you refer to are called “Camera Above The Clouds” and were released in three volumes. They are wonderful books and if you haven’t got them, then I would thoroughly recommend them to any historic aeroplane enthusiast.

    Mark is right is saying that the negs are now kept at the RAF Museum, hopefully they will all be catalogued one day!

    Cheers

    July 19, 2004 at 9:02 pm in reply to: Fairford 2004 (Saturday photos) #1553613
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    good shots andrew they are quite good but no flying photos a dissapointment

    Why the dissapointment because it’s not a flying pic? :confused:
    Good ground pics offer more detail if taken right, and can offer a different perspective.
    Not all of us have a zillion pounds worth of camera gear, and lenses the size of the Hubble space telescope to take great airborne shots. Up until today we have only had a small Olympus digicam to play with, but we get reasonable shots with it certainly good enough for our website. Today we have ordered an Minolta Dimage Z1 with 10x zoom which will hopefully allow for some better air photos, certainly at places such as Old Warden. We would be interested to hear from anyone else that uses the same or a similar camera, as well as some advice on taking pics at DX please!

    Keep’em coming mate, BTW loved the pics of the Red Arrows! 😀

    Cheers

    July 18, 2004 at 1:00 pm in reply to: Shuttleworth Sat 17th #1554645
    planejunky
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    I hadn’t been to Old Warden since 1989 and my wife had never been, so we chose to settle this little misdemeanour by going the last night’s display.

    We thought twice about going as the weather around Ipswich was appalling yesterday morning, but we pleased to hear that the conditions around Old Warden had been pretty good all day. It was a truly wonderful evening of flying, and we both thoroughly enjoyed the proceedings!

    As WWII era fans it was great to see the Sea Hurricane and Spit strut their stuff, always much closer to the crowd than other shows. The PT-22 was a real highlight, along with the strange engine note. 🙂

    As usual the standard of the photo’s on this forum is superb, but despite lacking a zillion pounds worth of camera gear we managed to get some quite nice photos. It’s been decided that we really should invest in another camera as soon as the pennies will allow! 😀

    Again a great evening and we promise not to leave it so long between visits in the future! 😉

    Cheers

    Justyn

    July 17, 2004 at 11:23 am in reply to: Chipmunks #1555071
    planejunky
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    Like many on this forum, I was in the ATC many years ago. I now really treasure the fact that I got the chance to fly a tail dragger!

    The Sqn took air experience flights with with 5 AEF at Cambridge, and I always seemed to fly WB652 “V”. Apparently she is still in the country (Wales I think) it would be great to have a picture of her though purely for posterity! 😀

    July 17, 2004 at 11:11 am in reply to: Historic RIAT (Friday) #1555082
    planejunky
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    nice pics by the way, im noticing a quite disturbing trend on this forum of poor young ladies being snapped unawares by drooling aviation enthusiasts. Deary me. 🙂
    steve

    Your problem being? 😀 😀

    July 16, 2004 at 10:09 pm in reply to: Spitfire Tr9 PV202, anyone have any info? #1555222
    planejunky
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    Ouch! Sounds like it’ll be a while longer then! 🙁

    Cheers for the update J.V.

    Justyn

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