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January 27, 2009 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Tempest MW376 for sale #1227457

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Can’t help thinking that if the Tempest/Centaurus airframe represented a potentially reliable and cost effective restoration project, that Stephen Grey/The Fighter Collection would have been one of the first to put one back into the air.

But as they seem to be swaying more and more towards Spiffires and american types is it perhaps more of a lack of spares for more obscure aircraft types that has put them off in the past – or maybe a potentially low residual resale value – or both.?

January 25, 2009 at 10:03 pm in reply to: Aircraft names and places (Merged with a zombie) #1229528

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Just up the road from Bassingbourn airfield, Cambs there is a Canberra Close and Wellington Place, both types i think were operated from nearby RAF Bassingbourn.!

January 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Auster shot down by Royal Navy pilot. #1229641

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What an interesting story.. trust the Navy to save the day.;)

January 25, 2009 at 7:33 pm in reply to: Cold War intercepts #1229709

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May I suggest that you take a look here. After entering the site, select “Operations”, then “Radio Proving Flights” and afterwards a “Spec Operator Remembers”

exmpa

Fascinating website thank you.

But it still leaves me wondering ‘what would happen if’ a soviet (russian) aircraft entered british airspace or territorial waters and, after an interception had taken place by RAF fighters, refused to turn back or change course..
Would the British act in the same way as the Russians?

January 25, 2009 at 5:17 pm in reply to: Gatwick Fairey Gannet AEW.3 #1229874

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Thanks Peter, i thought that was the case but just needed confirmation.

Also am i right in thinking that your Buccaneer S.1 is the only remaining example with working Dehavilland Gyron Junior engines.?
Also could it be made taxiable or is that not feasable given the limited space you have to move aircraft in.?!

January 25, 2009 at 5:08 pm in reply to: Cold War intercepts #1229885

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No i was not responding directly to you.. just stating a confused interest into what seems an unclear policy.

First of all, the issue is not airspace, but territorial waters.

exmpa

Be interesting to know the position of the British aircraft before they were shot down or fired upon by the Russians..

January 25, 2009 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1229893

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Excellent, not as exciting as a dig story to some, but what a find in unused condition. I assume it’s unique?

Well not quite.. there is an identical early S.4 Canopy with the Robertsbridge Aviation Museum near Hastings, but thats it as far as i know.

I would love to find the later type canopy somewhere with the metal reinforced frame as opposed to the early all perspex version, but as yet have drawn a blank.

Unfortunately most Wyvern crashes/ejections happened over water, so the chances of one turning up in a wood somewhere are slim to say the least.. but you never know.!

January 25, 2009 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1229944

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Wyvernfan, can you tell us the story behind your Canopy?

Sure, although not a particularly exciting story.. it came from a fellow collector near Hurstpierpoint Sussex, and when he acquired it it still had the remains of a brown paper wrapper around it and the thick rubber seal on the leading edge, having come straight from Westlands stores during a mass clearout. Hence it has apparently never been used/fitted.

I dread to think what else was ‘disposed of’ as well.

January 25, 2009 at 4:20 pm in reply to: Cold War intercepts #1229954

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So if Russian military aircraft are allowed to enter British airspace without the threat of being shot down, what is the point of the intercept in the first place.. apart from showing that we are alert and ‘on the ball’.?!
I always assumed that any non friendly aircraft were expected to comply and turn around as soon as an intercept had taken place or as they entered British skies.. or are they free to roam at will without the fear of actual engagement.?:confused:

January 25, 2009 at 3:15 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1230046

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pm sent Bill..

January 25, 2009 at 1:16 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1230331

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Nice find Bill.. I too came across a Hunter canopy, still fixed to its wooden transport frame and with the same green paint on as those in the picture. It could quite possibly have come from the same location originally.
It was subsequently sold on to the owner of the Hunter at Brooklands.!

I also collected a canopy from near Eastleigh for a Jet Provost that was due to be destroyed, and i think that one found a home up at Bruntingthorpe.

January 25, 2009 at 11:44 am in reply to: Found some pictures of abandoned planes #1230468

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Good grief.. when was the pic of the B29 taken.?:eek:

January 25, 2009 at 11:08 am in reply to: Ugliest Warplane #1230562

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I can’t be the only one that thinks the Gannet is actually quite good looking.

Well there’s two of us at least..

January 23, 2009 at 6:02 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1232039

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It was a from a Typhoon which crashed near Chepstow and was recovered by the Severnside Aviation Society. No idea where it is now. The pilot had managed to jettison it but didn’t manage to get out in time. Like a lot of Typhoons it was very well recovered at the time.

Yes and here’s a pic of it as well. It came from Typhoon 1B MP127 from 55 OTU Aston Down, which collided with another Typhoon (RB486) on April 7th 1945. The pilot of MP127 was Sergeant Clifford Lattimer, who was sadly killed. Ever since the crash the canopy had lain in an orchard and had been used for hatching chicks underneath. A very nice find indeed..

January 23, 2009 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Cockpit Canopies, have you found one? #1232210

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I don’t remember reading about the Typhoon canopy…could this be confused with a typhoon cowling that was lost in flight and found in some woods? currently part of Roger Marley’s cockpit. If it was a canopy from a typhoon (assuming it is a bubble one and not one of the car doors) it would be interesting to know where this is now…

It was definately a bubble Typhoon canopy, pictured in the magazine around the early 80’s. Don’t remember hearing or seeing anymore about it.!
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