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  • September 26, 2011 at 8:34 pm in reply to: Sqn Ldr Brian Lane DFC – memorial service and blue plaque #1068245
    D1566
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    Brilliant – (have just been re-reading his book), hopefully more of our heroes can be commemorated this way?

    September 25, 2011 at 11:42 am in reply to: Postwar British jet farm at Birlingham, UK #1071140
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    Controversial I’m sure, but I think there is something majestic and especially photogenic about derelict but non-vandalised old aircraft.
    Mark

    Am with you on that one – same goes for most ‘abandoned’ machines. Whether its because we see the potential for rescue I don’t know. The same feeling could be had wandering around an abandoned airfield (when such activities were possible!)

    September 24, 2011 at 2:04 pm in reply to: Avro Lincoln #1072420
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    Don’t forget the glider trailer made from the G-37-1 Tyne Linclon fuselarge at Dunstable.

    … and big bits of SX924 in a lake in Canada.

    September 24, 2011 at 1:42 pm in reply to: TSR2 thoughts #1072438
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    As a deterrent, 100%

    Which equals “It doesn’t have one”?

    Isn’t that, in theory, an ideal situation?

    September 20, 2011 at 11:43 am in reply to: RAF Museum New Arrival #1078409
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    I have it on impeccable authority that the new arrival is a BSAA Lancastrian complete with Kings Messenger 🙂

    September 17, 2011 at 6:27 am in reply to: I came across these amazing pictures in a book – tipping a V1 #1083562
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    A Spitfire IX, for instance, has a top speed (without tweaking) of around 400mph anyway

    Not at the sort of heights that V1s flew at …

    http://www.spitfireperformance.com/spitfire-IX.html

    August 18, 2011 at 11:26 am in reply to: Dornier 17 – RAF Museum Recovery From Goodwin Sands #1048953
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    Has there ever been a successfull restoration of an aircraft from salt water immersion?

    Grahm

    I seem to remember a Hellcat being brought up from very deep water off California – it looked immaculate on recovery (apart from the wheels having dissolved) but soon deteriorated once on dry land – can’t find which BuAer no it was – I think it was subsequently restored?

    August 17, 2011 at 11:40 am in reply to: Aircraft Digs In Cornwall #1050731
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    the Ventongimps Beaufighter dig in the early ’80s being perhaps the best known dig.

    I lived a mile or so from there in the ’70s! Any further info available on it? (have tried Googling!)

    August 1, 2011 at 4:31 pm in reply to: Favorite WWII Prototypes that never made it? #1074783
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    The proposed Hercules-engined Beaufort might have been interesting.

    August 1, 2011 at 4:27 pm in reply to: Vintage bomber flypast #1074789
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    Avro 504 (the first)
    Tornado (currently the last)
    :diablo:

    July 31, 2011 at 9:20 am in reply to: Vintage bomber flypast #1075964
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    It would probably be easier to list the ones that were not significant:
    Bisley
    Hereford
    … er ….
    🙂

    July 29, 2011 at 11:13 am in reply to: FJ Fury in the weeds at Oshkosh… #1079598
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    Isn’t it a little unusual to keep operating a runway that has an obstruction (The F16) adjacent to it?

    July 28, 2011 at 7:01 am in reply to: Third Vickers Wellington survivor, will we ever see it? #1081126
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    Would all those Stirling part owners get together to create a decent enough composite of our first four engined bomber?

    What, you mean build a Handley-Page V/1500? 🙂

    July 23, 2011 at 5:28 pm in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1085294
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    [ATTACH]197812[/ATTACH]

    Fascinating photos – please keep posting them.

    Interesting ancient looking fuselage frame behind the first Mossie hulk in this pic – what is/was it?

    July 10, 2011 at 8:16 am in reply to: Lockheed Hudson incident -Wakefield, Canada 1941 #1026749
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    Interesting – odd damage to the props though; bent but not as bent as you would expect if it had made a gear-up forced landing, no signs of damage to the underside either? I wonder if it hit water whilst low flying and made a gear-down forced landing?

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