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  • in reply to: 404 Sqdn Beaufighter "Eightball" info reqd please. #1314473
    PaulR
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    There’s more on that crash in this thread plus an offer to send a higher res copy of that article, miniman.

    in reply to: New War Movie in the Pipeline! #1315960
    PaulR
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    A little more detail here but not much more.

    in reply to: Old jet at South Wales factory #1316165
    PaulR
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    Google Earth: 51 34 44.51 N 3 34 14.55 W

    in reply to: Flea bay – another oddity #1317685
    PaulR
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    Late answer…. because Noddy wouldn’t pay the ransom!

    Ba dum, tish!

    in reply to: Floatplane gliders #1326373
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    in reply to: Identifying old cine film…. .. #1327321
    PaulR
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    The Red Arrows performed over the sea at the Salthill Airshow, Galway here in Ireland last year.

    Anyone with a yearning for airshows is strongly urged to come over for this year’s show on Sunday, June the 24th, details here. Best of all, it’s free!

    in reply to: Deelen Airfield #1332228
    PaulR
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    Google Earthed to have a look and it’s pixellated out! Boo!

    in reply to: Another "What if?" RAF/RN in Vietnam. #1332234
    PaulR
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    Hmmm, you’ve raised doubts in my mind now! I’ll have to look up the article when I get home.

    in reply to: Another "What if?" RAF/RN in Vietnam. #1332369
    PaulR
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    The B57, the US version of the Canberra with the tandem cockpit, was heavily involved. But although it was originally a British design, it had been heavily modified by Martin by that time. Started off in the bomber role but was susceptible to SAMs and so was mostly used in the high altitude recce role. There was an article that detailed B57s in SE Asia in last month’s Airforces Monthly, I think, and there’s an article here.
    http://www.b-57canberra.org/images/patlynnwith_shrapnel.jpg

    in reply to: The New Comet paint scheme #1245901
    PaulR
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    Oh that is sooooo gorgeous!

    My memento of the Comet;
    http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a346/AVRoe/Beermat.jpg

    in reply to: Bomber Video #1245948
    PaulR
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    Well spotted cdp, it’s Tom Petty’s Saving Grace, the opening couple of verses being very appropriate to the video subject;

    I’m passing sleeping cities
    Fading by degrees
    Not believing all I see to be so

    I’m flyin’ over backyards
    Country homes and ranches
    Watching life between the branches below

    And it’s hard to say
    Who you are these days
    But you run on anyway
    Don’t you baby?

    You keep running for another place
    To find that saving grace

    I’m moving on alone over ground that no one owns
    Past statues that atone for my sins
    There’s a guard on every door
    And a drink on every floor
    Overflowing with a thousand amens

    in reply to: Cine film clips #1253167
    PaulR
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    Thanks for doing that, the 707 clip brings back fond memories of my young days abroad as we flew BOAC a lot, VC10s and 707s. Very nostalgic.

    in reply to: Unidentified lumberer into Stansted #1254213
    PaulR
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    Universal Time Coordinate, a fancy name for GMT.

    in reply to: PBY N5593V #1266826
    PaulR
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    Hmm, looks like GE is more recent than those photos, the plane looks half buried and broken.

    Any links to somewhere for an explanation of why she was abandoned like that?

    in reply to: Boeing 747 on Fifth Gear ? #1282710
    PaulR
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    Here she is from topside.
    Details on the conversion are available at flightglobal.com.

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