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March 26, 2004 at 10:38 pm in reply to: New Hangar For Brooklands? #1828321

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Thanks for your reply Steve,
I was going to ask the same thing as Robbelc,ie “Where would it go?”. I also have reservations about this ‘Eden project’ type of building.Surely the whole point of that building is to create a moist,tropical,greenhouse like environment for the plants??Not good for aeroplanes at all!I’ve also been lead to understand that it’s best to only let in moderate amounts of light due to the damage that UV can do to the perspex and paintwork.Leave an aircraft out in the sun and you’ll soon have fading paintwork and clouded canopies.
On the face of it,it sounds like another of those projects where the architecture takes precedence over the aeroplanes.I’d be happy to be proved wrong,but it just doesn’t seem like a sensible idea.What’s wrong with a conventional hangar??

March 26, 2004 at 10:25 pm in reply to: Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 lying in the desert #1828328

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The wrecked machine in the desert has what looks like a machine gun sticking out of the dorsal position. IIRC,all the Lebanese machines were unarmed transports,so might the presence of armament suggests a WW2 bomber version?

March 26, 2004 at 1:14 am in reply to: RNHF Sea Fury #1829390

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Hi Steve,
Yes,I’m glad to say the RNHF are still very much a feature of the UK preservation scene.They currently have three Swordfish (one flying,one under long term maintenance and the third under restoration to fly),a SeaHawk (which should be active again this year having been undergoing repairs for the last few years) and a SeaFury FB.11, complete with Centaurus.
The Firefly that crashed at Duxford last year was theirs-it had only just come back from a 5 year overhaul by British Aerospace,but had been active on the UK display scene since the 70’s.I regret to say I witnessed the accident. 🙁
Click below for more details on the flight and thier aircraft…

http://www.flynavyheritage.org.uk/

http://www.stringbag.flyer.co.uk/rnhf/index.htm

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3755.html

March 26, 2004 at 12:53 am in reply to: Operating a Warbird #1829397

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All I can say is thanks to those of you who’ve tried to steer this thread back on track.I’d also like to join in the disapproval of Kittyhawk’s attitude,I appreciate the effort and money etc that goes into all this,that’s what this post was all about in the first place after all!Just look at somebody like Eddie Kurdziel and his Firefly;a guy more dedicated to historic aircraft you’d be hard pressed to find, and there seem to be plenty more like him. Look at what Steve has just posted;yes,he gets great pleasure out of flying his SeaFury,but at the end of the day he prefers to share it with others,particularly the younger generation.Surely that can only be applauded??
Many,many thanks for your reply Steve,I just put this post up with a line at the end saying ‘Let’s get back to main subject shall we?” and then I found you already had! 😀
I’ll digest the facts and figures and come up with something intelligent to say tomorrow after a night’s sleep,thanks again for the reply. 🙂

March 25, 2004 at 8:53 pm in reply to: Are there any…..? #1829586

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“As to the complete Brewster Corsair, isnt this the one sitting on the bottom of Lake Michigan , that the US Navy will not allow to be recovered
Any way just a guess !!

MRP”

Even if this story is true,being a Brewster-built example it’s doubtful whether it would be WORTH recovering! A large proportion of the Brewster-built machines (called F3A’s) were allegedly of very poor build quality and were unreliable in service. IIRC,very few or perhaps even none served with the USN/USMC and all were passed on to the Royal Navy. Brewster were also failing to meet production targets and Brewster’s Corsair production was wound up after only a year or so (did the company come to an end at the same time??).
It’s been said that an investigation into Brewster’s problems was launched by the FBI as there were rumours of spies and fifth columnists being involved in sabotage and other ‘dirty tricks’ to disrupt production.

March 25, 2004 at 8:19 pm in reply to: Beaufighters #1829603

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The USAAF used Beau’s as night fighters in North Africa,Italy and the South of France until they were replaced by P61 Black Widows in the summer of 1944.The Beau was probably the best Night fighter the Americans had for a while as thier only other night fighter type was the Havoc,which was often found wanting.There was a feature on a Beau-equipped USAAF night fighter squadron in Flypast around this time last year.

March 24, 2004 at 7:48 pm in reply to: Schneider Trophy #1830635

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The S6 used in ‘First of the Few’ was S.6A N248,which is now on display at the Hall of Aviation in Southampton.There was some confusion up until recently as to the exact identity of the Southampton machine as it had been painted as ‘S1596’ for the film,an identity which stuck for many years.It took alot of detective work during restoration to discover its true identity.

March 23, 2004 at 11:14 pm in reply to: RR Merlin #1830926

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“But does the R Engine count that was used in the S6B?”

I could be completely wrong here (I often am at this time of night!) but I’ve always thought the Rolls-Royce R was more closely related to the Griffon than the Merlin.IIRC, the Merlin was almost a scaled-up Kestrel.

March 23, 2004 at 8:50 pm in reply to: One more flying Spitfire #1830999

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MK959

Has anyone heard how the flight testing is going?

March 23, 2004 at 8:33 pm in reply to: Vickers Vimy and other bombers #1831025

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…one of the rather beautiful (and ratehr large!)propellors.Note the wind-driven fuel pump at the bottom of the pic.Amy Johnson’s Moth G-AAAH is in the background of both shots.

March 23, 2004 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Vickers Vimy and other bombers #1831031

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A couple of pics of the Science Museum’s Vimy,taken late last year…

March 23, 2004 at 8:06 pm in reply to: My First Spitfire #1831056

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The first Spit I saw fly was the Mk.VIII MT719/I-SPIT at Abingdon in 1990,not long before she was snapped up by Jim Cavanaugh and shipped off to Texas.It was also the first time i’d heard a Merlin “in the flesh”.Saw P7350 later in the same day when the BBMF displayed and landed,luuurvelly. 😀
First time I saw a Spit in any condition was K9994 at the Science Museum,South Kensington sometime in the 80’s,complete with bent prop (!) when I were but a mere whippersnapper. 🙂

March 22, 2004 at 11:38 pm in reply to: OFMC Heinkel? #1831461

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To be somewhat pedantic…

“It was reputed to have been one of the aircraft Heinkel sent down to Spain before production was started there, complete with the original Jumos!”

If this is the same discovery that was reported in Aeroplane a year or two ago,then I think it is an early Spanish-built machine fitted with Jumo engines supplied from Germany,making it a Jumo-powered CASA rather than a Heinkel airframe.

March 22, 2004 at 11:26 pm in reply to: Wartime License Builds Outside UK #1831472

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I’d forgotten about the Canadian Lincoln.How many Lincolns did the Aussies build?

March 22, 2004 at 7:43 pm in reply to: WHEEEEE-Spitfires been airtesting over my house today #1831601

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I agree Snapper,those looping Lancasters are particularly disruptive. 😀 😉
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