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February 2, 2004 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Look what we found #1824466

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I would think the main reason for using these supports is to reduce the strain on the tyres. Doesn’t seem unreasonable to me!

Elliott

February 2, 2004 at 3:21 pm in reply to: Arsonised Vickers Valetta #1824472

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I know! I’m not sure either – I just want to know if anything remains of the poor old valetta

January 15, 2004 at 11:11 pm in reply to: Whitley Project website #1827330

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Hi Ian

Thanks for the heads up on the whitley bits. Did you have an instructor by the name of Alistair Macfarlane by any chance? he went on some walks to Whitley wrecks in Yorkshire in the 70s and has some bits for me, but his email is now inactive.

January 15, 2004 at 11:04 pm in reply to: Whitley Project website #1827333

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Hi Dave

Yes, the CAD drawings will be very useful. The reason for the delay is that I am still waiting to get a quote for the copying of the repair manual, but it will come in time. I’ll definately be in touch then.

Speak soon

Elliott

November 25, 2003 at 4:51 pm in reply to: Can you name this airfield please?!! #2102590

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Looks like Kallang to me!

Have a look at this link, about halfway down the page….

http://www.southeastcdc.org.sg/useful_tips-south_east_living.html

November 7, 2003 at 1:40 pm in reply to: Secret Weapons Over Normandy #2107164

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Yup – MCFS is okay I suppose, i did a multiplayer on it once and it was great but my friend wasn’t too experienced so it was a bit one sided – you can use a lead to connect ur PCs up.

I find the flight model isn’t as nice as that in euro air war, and the aircraft don’t look as good – generally it doesn’t have the playability to match european air war, but the fact u can choose from so many different aircraft is fanstastic!

Once I took on a bunch of fw190s with a vulcan armed with 20 mm cannon – takes dive and zoom to a new level 🙂

I love flying the Oscar in MCFS – it’s amazingly agile.

Be nice if someone did a Whitley!

November 7, 2003 at 1:05 pm in reply to: Secret Weapons Over Normandy #2107179

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Hi Daz

Shame about the consoles! Guess i’ll just have to fix my pc up 🙂

I still run A10 Cuba on my machine – I have a thing about bombers as you might have guessed….
So far, the best flight sim Ihave ever played – a mixture of authenticity and sheer fun is European Air War – what a great game!

I hear that Sturmovik is even better!

One of the things that really appeals to me is getting involved with some of the multiplayer PC games – they look like great fun and surely geting involved in a dogfight online with a human opponent must be as close to the real thing as most of us will ever get. Hopefully one day soon!

Isn’t it a pity that MCFS is so dire ; )

November 7, 2003 at 12:46 pm in reply to: Secret Weapons Over Normandy #2107189

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I love flight sims but my old PC is on its last legs these days. Can you get good flight sims for consoles? Still itching to try out Sturmovik, but there is no way my old computer could handle it (it has the PC equivalent of Alzheimer’s)

October 26, 2003 at 4:09 pm in reply to: Time to Dispose of my Old Flypasts? #2111659

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Keep them!!!!!

Once they are gone it will be too late 🙂

Can’t you stick them up in the lft and forget about them for a few years?

October 25, 2003 at 3:59 pm in reply to: Stirling N3564 #2112132

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It’s the MoD Cees 🙂

October 25, 2003 at 3:57 pm in reply to: Flt Lt William John Scafe #2112136

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Sue, there are 16 Scafe’s in London – it would probably be worthwhile making a few calls….

Probably better if you do it

would you like the details?

Elliott

October 25, 2003 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Stirling N3564 #2112171

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Hi Sue

Do you have any more information? What were their home towns? Just the names is a bit of a longshot.

Elliott

October 7, 2003 at 7:18 pm in reply to: Underwater Aircraft #2120636

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I totally agree with you generally though – seems to me a lot of damage that occurs to aircraft wrecks in the sea is exacerbated by fishermans nets.

One of the best preserved chunks of aircraft i ever saw was on some mudflats in the pacific – it was either a beaufighter or beaufort centre section (must have been aussie and the engines were nearby). For an esturine wreck in the tropics the metal was pristine – not a single bit of corrosion.

October 7, 2003 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Underwater Aircraft #2120652

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Freshwater isn’t always kind to aluminium – I have seen several wrecks that came out of freashwater that are quite badly corroded – the Loch Ness Wellington had – to quote Robin Holmes ‘Geodetics like swiss-cheese!’ (You have to read it in a Scottish accent for full effect 🙂

I have also seen some amazingly well preserved aircraft and parts come out of the sea – corrosion is a funny thing.

October 7, 2003 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Help save the Beverley #2120759

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Looks like the YAM have matters in hand for the time being but if and when the aircraft is moved i’ll be happy to lend a hand.

Regarding transport – there are ALWAYS opportunities for cheap transport. It just takes some persuasion and the threat of good publicity in the right ear.

We got an entire (well almost!) starboard wing from a Whitley moved down from Scotland to Norfolk in an artic for nothing (thanks to Ian Foster at 57 Rescue who is good at pulling strings).
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