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  • in reply to: The name of the AH-1 Cobra #1154999
    PaulR
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    Going back to my answer , for what it’s worth here’s a link to the Helicopter History website which is not dead, 8th question down; http://www.helis.com/faq/

    Make of it as you will.

    in reply to: Spitfire Clock? Discuss #1139257
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    in reply to: Bob Stanford Tuck #1139259
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    FarlamAirframes photo features the same blackboard that was in a shot posted about a week ago, doesn’t it? I tried a search but couldn’t find it.

    in reply to: BBC4 tonight 9 'Shooting the War" #1139268
    PaulR
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    I take it your Dad was the landing craft skipper so, e4w? His footage was amongst the best. I didn’t know such craft serviced two landing beaches either.

    I found a lot of the rest of it quite interesting but with some hohum, I’m afraid. A bit too like many propaganda films of the time. Although I understood why when the searchlight bloke said he was careful not to film his ‘workplace’ or anything that might be of use to the enemy.

    And the quotes from letters home from the German artillery spotter were more interesting than his footage for the most part imho.

    But the air-to-air Luftwaffe footage was very interesting.

    in reply to: Historical Aeronautics Photos #1138344
    PaulR
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    Suggest you look at `specials` as well..!

    😮 You naughty boy!

    in reply to: WW2? Seat Identification #1126849
    PaulR
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    Look like Airspeed Oxford?

    Hmmmm…. http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircraft/saaf/interior.JPG

    From here.

    in reply to: Photograph Copyright #1103309
    PaulR
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    Not old news at all as far as I’m concerned, I raised just this question a few weeks back.

    in reply to: Question re bit that fell off a German bomber #1103310
    PaulR
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    Good question, I was wondering about enamelled nameplates because of the weight factor. But seeing as how the bombers circled the city for about an hour and a half prior to dropping their loads (the first bomb and last were about half an hour apart) it’s hard to say which aircraft it came from.

    Another oddity – the first two bombs were released together, then there were three single bombs and finally the massive mine which devastated a large area and caused all the fatalities. And there were about ten to twenty planes flying around at the time.

    I thought (in my own innocent way) that if you press the bomb button all your ordnance dropped, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Or am I wrong?

    Oh, and thanks to whomever corrected my thread title spelling mishap!

    This is the book, btw.

    in reply to: What Is The Ugliest Plane? #1101241
    PaulR
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    The Blackburn Blackburn gets my vote every time.

    in reply to: Camo Mats… #1093668
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    in reply to: Catalina flying boats, RAF Fermanagh #1071506
    PaulR
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    Cheers, hiflyer, enjoyed the report. A little searching, and Voila!.

    My Dad may have been one of the builders of the Sunderland the American (89? Wow, he looks much younger!) flew in.

    in reply to: Catalina flying boats, RAF Fermanagh #1072303
    PaulR
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    There’s a nice long report on two vets getting a jolly in one of them running this afternoon on the BBC News channel. Includes plenty of inside and out Cat pr0n.

    in reply to: A Wet One at Duxford – 26/27Aug11 #1027285
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    The first shot of the Cat is lovely, the dark colours contrasting with the paint scheme serves to highlight the wings and fuselage. And that’s a cracking shot of the raindrops on the B17 cockpit. And the rest aren’t too shabby either – particularly the rain-sodden couple passing in front of the second Cat photo contrasting with the plane’s brighter light. Not a wasted day at all in my opinion.

    in reply to: A Wet One at Duxford – 26/27Aug11 #1035440
    PaulR
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    The first shot of the Cat is lovely, the dark colours contrasting with the paint scheme serves to highlight the wings and fuselage. And that’s a cracking shot of the raindrops on the B17 cockpit. And the rest aren’t too shabby either – particularly the rain-sodden couple passing in front of the second Cat photo contrasting with the plane’s brighter light. Not a wasted day at all in my opinion.

    in reply to: Identity of Prop #1035558
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    Possibly the one you’re looking for, about halfway down the page ‘Reply #6’. Mentions a prop being recovered.

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