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October 24, 2004 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Halton 1985 #1367168

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PerfectPicCompany:”I’d love to know from anyone who was based at Halton how on earth a Vulcan managed to get in? (and out again?)”

Amazingly,it was FLOWN in! A Vulcan attempting to emulate a Twin Pioneer must’ve been quite something to see! There was a thread about the Halton Vulcans on this forum quite a while back,perhaps as long as 2 years ago. Sadly,none ever flew out again,it was only ever intended to be a one-way trip 🙁

October 23, 2004 at 2:51 pm in reply to: Concorde Petition to Blair #1368900

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IIRC,BA and Air France were bound by the contractsthey had signed when purchasing the aircraft which stated that they could not be sold on. This is also a reason why BA/Air France retain ownership of the aircraft even though they are now in museums.

October 23, 2004 at 2:22 pm in reply to: Concorde Petition to Blair #1368926

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I have to agree that the Concorde petition is a waste of time,full stop. It does raise questions though about type support and under what conditions it’s needed.
I read a few months ago that the owners of DH Comet 4 Canopus have come to some sort of agreement with the CAA which will mean that she won’t need type support for a return to airworthiness. How have they managed this? My best guess is that Canopus will be granted a Permit to Fly rather than a full CofA-my understanding is that you don’t need type support under the PtoF.
It’s a very very long shot and I’m probably dreaming,but would it be possible to go down a similar path with Concorde??

October 18, 2004 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Your First Model Aeroplane #1380542

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My first kit was the Matchbox 1/72 BAe Strikemaster,which I finished in a ‘very attractive’ bright red and gloss dark brown scheme. Lovely it wasn’t! 😀 This would’ve been in the mid-80’s sometime.

October 14, 2004 at 2:11 pm in reply to: Spitfire F22 PK350 #1389074

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IIRC,the aircraft was returning from an air-air photo session when it flew into a freak hailstorm with hailstones the size of tennis balls. RIP 🙁

October 11, 2004 at 12:11 am in reply to: A Tony to fly ??!!??!! #1398912

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I’m not sure that this project is to airworthy standard.The same museum has a P38 recovered from the same source and this is being rebuilt to static condition only. If I remember rightly,all the Classic Jet Fighter Museum’s aircraft are non-airworthy.

October 10, 2004 at 1:40 pm in reply to: 2: I wonder how much this lot would fetch on ebay! #1400787

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Even before I saw the complete Sabre pictures a couple of posts above,my thinking was that the fuselage was from a Sabre. Seeing those two pics,I’m now convinced.

October 7, 2004 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Quiz of types #1406404

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First one is a Vultee P.66 Vanguard and the third is the Douglas Skyshark.Stumped on the other two though!

October 7, 2004 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Martin Seamaster #1406411

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I’m not sure it was the Neptune that killed the project off,more like 2 catastrauphic accidents and the advent of the Polaris missile system. There’s a page full of stats and info on the SeaMaster and the Convair SeaDart on the page below…

http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avcmast.html

October 6, 2004 at 12:47 pm in reply to: A-26s in Korea, 1951/52 #1407518

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Lovelly stuff,keep ’em coming Les. 🙂 Martin,thanks for your info on the roundals. The airworthy Meteor at Temora in Oz is painted up as a Korean War example and has the ‘meatball’ roundals now I come to think of it (like ‘616’ above).

October 6, 2004 at 12:45 am in reply to: A-26s in Korea, 1951/52 #1408128

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Wow! Thanks Les,and to your “E-aquaintence”,the pics are great. The quality is amazingly good considering thier age.Any more per chance???
I don’t mean to take this thread too far off the beaten track,but the pic of RAAF Mustangs got me wondering-when did the RAAF adopt the Kangaroo emblem for the centre of the roundal? I’d thought it had already been adopted by the time of Korea.

October 6, 2004 at 12:42 am in reply to: Top Five Historic Jet Fighters #1408137

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1) Hawker Hunter
2) MiG 21
3) Me262
4) Gloster Meteor
5) F4 Phantom

October 5, 2004 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Peter Vacher's Hurricane mk1 engine ran today #1409315

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JDK “What about the Science Museum’s, and the Battle of Britain Hall RAFM ones? (Just a guess)”

IIRC,the Science Museum’s example has a Dh prop with a pointy spinner while the RAFM example has the longer pointy spinner of a Mk.II.
Whatever spinner it flies with,’PW will be a fine sight to see in the air again. 🙂

October 3, 2004 at 1:54 pm in reply to: RAF (FEAF) 1960's #1413538

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Interesting pics Vicky,thanks.More please…:)

October 2, 2004 at 12:39 pm in reply to: spot the difference?? #1415596

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Do I get any points for pointing out that one picture is smaller than the other??? 😀
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