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  • in reply to: HILARIOUS video – sorry 56kers #1935306
    Rlangham
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    Yeah been on the forum before, didn’t it have japanese crew last time though? Very good!

    in reply to: historic aviation #1347608
    Rlangham
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    I wouldn’t be able to with money as i have none at the moment (poor student) but if they want any help with a website etc or spreading the word just let me know

    in reply to: Unusual Auster #1347782
    Rlangham
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    Ah very nice, the one on the register was at Oakham, so technically now Rutland. Would be nice to see her finished, if i win the lottery she’ll be mine!

    in reply to: What aircraft would you like to fly in formation with #1348692
    Rlangham
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    Lucky so-and-so, this morning i’ll be stacking shelves at Morrisons!

    in reply to: What aircraft would you like to fly in formation with #1348704
    Rlangham
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    Oops, really should read the first post. As for already airworthy aircraft, i’d like to be in an Auster III, with the other two airworthy Auster III’s on each side of me. Not a glamorous aircraft, but played a vital role in WW2, have local interest for me (they were made in Leicester) and they look and sound nice to boot!

    in reply to: BofB Locos #1348711
    Rlangham
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    Don’t forget the lovely old WW2 Watson class Lifeboat ‘Jesse Lumb’!

    in reply to: What aircraft would you like to fly in formation with #1348730
    Rlangham
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    Well i’d like to have a Hawker Typhoon in formation with me, me in a Hawker Typhoon as well, sweeping over France looking for tanks, trucks and trains to shoot up and rocket

    in reply to: Oxfords and Magisters #1348748
    Rlangham
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    Good choice, the Magister is very nice – you may want to contact Hairyplane on this forum, he owns one! Off the top of my head, there are three airworthy Maggies;

    V1075 – Hairyplanes, at the Shuttleworth Collection (yellow with wheel fairings)

    P6382 – Shuttleworth Collections own (earth/green over yellow without wheel fairings)

    T9378 – Real Aircraft Company’s, at Breighton (Same as hairyplanes)

    As for static, there are;

    L6906 at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation, this is is in yellow with wheel fairings, but i believe the wings are removed

    T9707 (not real identity) at the Museum of Army Flying, same colours as the Shuttleworth one, and without wheel fairings

    As for Oxfords, only three are around in the UK;

    MP425 – RAF Museum, Hendon

    V3388 – IWM Duxford

    There are also the remains of one at Solent Sky, Southampton

    Thats just the ones in the UK by the way, may be more elsewhere

    Edit – if your interested in Magisters, you’ll probably like the civilian version, the Miles Hawk. Heres a UK Survivor listing for them;

    G-ADWT – Hawk Major, airworthy, Newbury Aeroplane Company, Berkshire

    G-AFBS – Hawk trainer, IWM Duxford (painted in RAF colours)

    Cheers, Rob

    Rlangham
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    Don’t think i’ve ever paid full price for a Corgi model, i remember getting my first one, a lovely 1/144 Avro Lancastrian, bought for a tenner!

    in reply to: Making headway… #1349625
    Rlangham
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    Nice to know, wasn’t familiar with this attempt but had a look at a thread about it. What are your plans for the Lanc if she does come back to the UK?

    in reply to: 'Red Baron' to fly again #1349639
    Rlangham
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    I thought the pilot was in love with an Italian prostitute? I remember a scene with them both in bed and him talking about being the best fish killer in the USAAF or something

    in reply to: 'Red Baron' to fly again #1349660
    Rlangham
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    Blimey! Mind you, would it be too surprising if he was gay? That kind of thing wasn’t exactly popular ‘back in the day’!

    Well it seems to be the trend nowadays for historians to claim famous people from history were gay – Monty, Hitler, Richtofen (think Churchill as well)

    in reply to: German Fleet Air Arm in WW2. #1349665
    Rlangham
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    I think there was a planned Stuka variant for taking off the Graf Zeppelin as well. Personally i think with the might of the Royal Navy it would have been sunk relatively easily, other major German warships of WW2 didn’t have a very good track record

    in reply to: G' day all far and wide! #1349678
    Rlangham
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    Hey there, wondered why hadn’t seen many of your posts on the forum, hope you get better soon. As for ‘A Bridge Too Far’, i think only ten Dakota’s were in fact used for the film, but repainted etc. What i want to know is, what happened to all of those lovely Horsa gliders! One of them is at the Cobbaton Combat Collection in Devon, but the others seem to have dissapeared.

    Rlangham
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    Wow very interesting, Hawk, Gladiator, Swordfish and Catalina, not bad! I think they’re very good choices, Ju 88 and Do 17 would be nice but hey can’t have everything, maybe they’re releases for next year. I would like it if they released the larger 1/72 aircraft such as the Catalina and Wellington into 1/144 scale for the poor and those with less space.
    A Halifax and Stirling would be good as well, personally i’d love a Beaufighter or Auster but i doubt that’ll happen.

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