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May 4, 2012 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Hawker Typhoon parts. #1044551

GrahamF
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As I mentioned earlier, I’ve heard rumors of some substantial wing components in France but never heard any details or location mentioned in connection.

Let me reformat this…

Other:
BR369; The rear fuselage Cees has been talking about.

Actually it is RB396

cees

Any photos of this? and is it complete? I have only seen one not very clear picture of this in a magazine.

May 4, 2012 at 1:23 pm in reply to: Hawker Typhoon parts. #1044689

GrahamF
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Thinking about the wings, none are likely to turn up, so what about building some with a sub-structure of wood and then clad in aluminium? as has been done before on some projects, with its relatively straight lines it wouldn’t be too complex, and murphys law the real things will turn up!

May 2, 2012 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Hawker Typhoon parts. #1047435

GrahamF
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Just to remind you all.

The rear fuselage we have on display at our museum is on loan from a museum at Twente Air Force Base that went belly up years ago. We just provided much needed space to house the privately owned collection.

The museum I work for as a volunteen doesn’t own it.

Just to set the record straight.

The owners have had some interested parties among which some well known names. And it was said it was sold and would soon be moving.
Cees

How complete is this section? wasn’t it in use as some sort of outside shower cubicle?!

May 2, 2012 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Hawker Typhoon parts. #1047697

GrahamF
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You will never see one fly as the engine has now been discredited despite successful development afterwards.

April 26, 2012 at 7:18 pm in reply to: New P-38 recovery project! #1054317

GrahamF
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Wot, no crate!

April 24, 2012 at 6:51 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1058042

GrahamF
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Looks like battle damage on the aircraft to me, but there may be a different cause.

Bruce

I fear you missed my joke!

April 24, 2012 at 6:28 pm in reply to: Flt Sgt Copping's P-40 From The Egyptian Desert #1058175

GrahamF
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Someone has nicked the ID plate out of the cockpit!

Just four holes remain.

Bruce

So does that now make it a replica or a recreation?

April 17, 2012 at 4:47 pm in reply to: It's the summer of 1968: I hear they are making a film of the Battle of Britain… #1069877

GrahamF
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I have often wondered whether the ruts we all stumble over in the traders tents at Duxford are the remnants of the slit trench dug for the film?

April 17, 2012 at 3:39 pm in reply to: Prototype Survivors #1069892

GrahamF
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I’m sure the Prototype E.E Lightning survives in the UK somewhere, I forget where I saw it, The engine intake shape is quite different to the production examples.

April 16, 2012 at 6:33 pm in reply to: The Stirling – a BIG aeroplane #1071079

GrahamF
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Did LK488 serve with the Chines AF:eek:

:):D

A fully restored tail section put on display at Hendon would at least
give people a chance to see the size of only part of the aircaft. A large sized photograph (as did used to have on the wall) would give an idea of the whole of the airframe.

Would be nice to source such a project out to MAPS for instance after they finished the Defiant.

Nudge nudge wink wink

Cees

And if they built it in the Shorts Tunnels [ still there ][ see youtube] it might
count as original!

April 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Yatesbury WW1 Hangar Demolition #1071299

GrahamF
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Its a common planning ploy where there is a potentially sensitive historic issue with building a housing estate, they give out all the positive vibes about restoration etc so everybody gets used to the idea of actually building on the site, then it tails off after a few months and then the focus is just on building the houses. It happened to Fort Clarence in Rochester in Kent, although it wasn’t knocked down a great opportunity to restore it to its original setting was lost as it was surrounded by housing so the moats couldn’t be dug out and then horror of horrors they actually built on top of the Historic Gun Tower! And by the way EH were hand in glove to this vandalism.

April 16, 2012 at 12:48 pm in reply to: Yatesbury WW1 Hangar Demolition #1071318

GrahamF
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Don’t rely on EH to be that diligent they ain’t that good.

April 15, 2012 at 1:12 pm in reply to: SPOTTED – Thread Part Deux #1072193

GrahamF
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Spitfire [ looked like a baby Spit] heading NW over Friston Suffolk on Saturday
14th April at about 14:45.

April 10, 2012 at 11:31 am in reply to: New Spitfire #1076894

GrahamF
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🙂 will it be at *******:)

How much of it remains,is there enough for a genuine rebuild.

Quite a lot, they managed to recover a cigarette butt from the bottom of the cockpit which reputedly fell from the lips of the chap at Supermarine who fitted the wings.
It will be encapsulated in resin and bolted to the inside of the cockpit to insure
originality with the real aircraft.

March 13, 2012 at 2:45 pm in reply to: Tempest II in NZ #1021798

GrahamF
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Let’s hope that don’t send the engine away to the same people as the uk based example! That’s been awaiting its engine for about 5 years!

Good luck to them!

Its more like 15 years isn’t it?
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