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May 11, 2005 at 8:13 pm in reply to: supersonic turboprop plane, possible? #2604858

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There was a spitfire that hit Mach 0.92 in a dive? story is there in the historic forum. , and doesn’t the Bear fly at a top speed of Mach 0.85? so close….

May 10, 2005 at 5:32 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1406540

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The pictures are great.

I got this little resolution picture off an Ebay auction (which was for some advertisement torn out of a magazine). The hangar is the same, and the tiggies I believe are from the No. 2 EFTS

May 10, 2005 at 12:56 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1407147

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Thanks for that Mark, thats more information there than what i can find in a dozen books on indian aviation!

May 9, 2005 at 10:50 pm in reply to: Where is this Hurricane? #1407994

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New Zealand or Malta is my guess

May 9, 2005 at 9:07 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1408446

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Thanks mark for the info.

I believe the Maharaja of Jodhpur was also made a Hony Air Vice Marshal of the RAF (as most of the rajas /nawabs etc held some sort of Hony ranks in the Army or RAF ) – that could be the interest.

May 9, 2005 at 6:14 pm in reply to: IAF- news & discussions- MAY 2005 #2605566

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A report on Ex Golden Eagle 2004 in South Africa, in which IAF Mirage-2000s took part.

http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/exercise-golden-eagle.html

This page also has the only IAF Mirage-2000 cockpit photo available on the net. + Mauritius Chetak and HAL Do-228 photos should be of interest too.

Niccceeeee!

There was a picture (a video capture) of the Mirage landing gears up in AFM, It was put up by someone on BR too sometime back.

There is also a video of the Mirage screeching on the runway on its belly tank and smoke coming up, but that video is not in circulation.

Also, no one seems to have got the Serial Number of that bird.

May 8, 2005 at 12:40 am in reply to: YF-12/A-12/SR-71/MIG 25/MiG 31 thread #2606074

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Interestingly, we are yet to hear of any news of Canberra retirement in the IAF.

Harry, “KP-3106” and “KP-312” look out of place. Any idea when these was acquired.

Jagan, about from the Lynxes which are the other designated recce squadrons?

Aditya, These two are the Photo REcce Units. thats it. Couple of Elint units too, but you will have to go searching for the info.

KP3106 is an acquisition from later years. hence four digits. Remember that some MiG-29s have KB-3XXX numbers while the first lot were KB-7xx ? Same case there too.

May 5, 2005 at 7:32 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1415305

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Indeed the DH-9 at Bikaner was featured heavily in the house magazine of one of the internal flight airlines we used, with a photograph that looks suspiciously like the one you have posted on this thread. 🙂

🙂

Ofcourse, the Jet Wings Magazine (that I mentioned in the first post) is the magazine for Jet Airways – which is probably the airline that you used

May 5, 2005 at 3:34 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1415701

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Elaborating further on my initial post and query

1. How did the three DH9s end up with the Bikaner Royal Family? When (which year) were they donated or given to them?
2. What is the Identity of the survivor on display? We know the identity of the two that came to UK. But what about the survivor in india? Any description of its condition by someone who has seen it upclose is appreciated.

Mark12, I remember reading that you have done the obligatory delhi-rajasthan trip in india., did you get to see this aircraft on display up close before?

May 3, 2005 at 10:09 pm in reply to: De Havilland DH-9 Survivor from India #1418980

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I checked up site and News and photos appeared in the Other Av Mag’s October 2003 issue.

The following was reported in a local magazine:

Some years ago, Black snapped up one of two De Havilland DH-9s, …..[some fantastic exaggerated cost estimates by the reporter snipped]……..

A spokesperson for the Royal Palace of Bikaner says they sold the termite-eaten DH-9 airframes to Black because time was running out. “There were no facilities in India to undertake their specialist conservation work,” he adds. Money may have been a great persuasion-they were paid between £15,000 and £20,000 per aircraft.

Having seen the photographs in the TOAM, I have to agree that the proper restoration is beyond local resources. While the local authorities might not feel great at vintage artificacts making it wast, at least in this case, the relics appear to be beyond local help.

However, how much of the original stuff can be saved after the restoraiton in UK is a topic for another thread. Knowing it was a wood and string ac, I dont think much of the original stuff will survive after a proper restoration.

May 3, 2005 at 5:23 pm in reply to: IAF- news & discussions- MAY 2005 #2608195

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btw I saw a Sri Lankan AN-12 cargo hauler at bangalore airport last night. I believe they now run cargo flights from bangalore, chennai and southern tamil nadu to lanka every night. nice to see the ageless old dawg still in action.

Harry has a picture of one of those in his chennai display report

April 28, 2005 at 6:16 pm in reply to: 20 squadron RAF 1930s #1428722

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A few (2 or 3) IAF WW2 Veterans mentioned that the first posting they got (on graduating out of SFTS) was a posting to 20 Squadron flying Lysanders. It probably had an OCU role in India. After a few weeks on strength they got to move to a regular Op Posting with IAF Squadrons. The time frame for this was early 1940-41

I remember quite clearly there was a book on 20 Squadron’s History that was sold recently on Ebay.

April 20, 2005 at 12:19 am in reply to: WW2 "piggy-back" pick-ups? #1346246

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bejeesus, is that photograph real, was that staged?

April 19, 2005 at 7:06 pm in reply to: WW2 "piggy-back" pick-ups? #1346644

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Not really an escape story – but I know an Indian Pilot who gave a joyride to a lady friend in a Hurricane – ala ‘Pearl Harbour’ (ok ok.. Harbor)

April 19, 2005 at 3:58 pm in reply to: YF-12/A-12/SR-71/MIG 25/MiG 31 thread #2614458

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there is a IAF VCD named “Salt of the earth” containing good footage from the 1980s. its available at the BR webstore. the highlight is footage of the Mig25 taking off on afterburner in the red evening sky and then a head-on segment where the huge plane takes off and undercarriages retract into its ample belly. also great footage of the gwalior mirages and the manual control room used then with chalk and glassboard.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/videos/sote/index.html

I think thats the only public video of iaf foxbats. they have never appeared in
any flying or static display in india.

Peter Stienmann did get unprecedented access to the Foxbats and i think his visit preceded the making of “Salt of the Earth”.
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