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  • in reply to: Yak-18s in the UK #1172237
    Rlangham
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    She was flown – very nice article on the trip in one of the general aviation mags (can’t remember which one).

    Met the owner at Leicester once and saw him display it at Baxterley twice, it was based just a few miles from my home

    in reply to: Reid & Sigrist Snargasher – Post Your Photos Here #1173510
    Rlangham
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    It’s currently in storage at Snibston discovery park, owned by Leicestershire County Council, with two Auster’s and a Taylorcraft Plus C/2

    in reply to: RFC Aerodrome to be restored in the UK #1174402
    Rlangham
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    Aircraft were BE2s and BE12s, Sopwith 11/2 Strutters and Pups.

    FE2’S as well

    in reply to: RFC Aerodrome to be restored in the UK #1175256
    Rlangham
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    As for the Bessoneau, I believe it had been acquired by a certain person in New Zealand

    in reply to: Reid & Sigrist Snargasher – Post Your Photos Here #1175367
    Rlangham
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    Nice photos – I can see the modern day factory on the site from my present location (well, in daylight!)

    in reply to: British National Party – Spitfire c*ck-up! #1176314
    Rlangham
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    Personally, I rather enjoyed the spectacle of the Daily Wail standing up for the Poles – I don’t suppose that happens all that often!:diablo:

    Adrian

    You should see the comments on the Daily Mail website by readers – anyone that’s criticised the BNP and/or mentioned that the UK does need migrant workers because they’ll do jobs the British wouldn’t touch, had their comment voted down rapidly!

    in reply to: Coloured pilots – in the RAF? #1177379
    Rlangham
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    More than just one i’d imagine – I once had a supply teacher whose grandfather, a black Jamaican, flew Lancaster’s

    There’s the story of a Jamaican Lanc pilot here http://www.mgtrust.org/car2.htm

    in reply to: Civilian A/C impressed into RAF service WW11 #1177840
    Rlangham
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    One of the Taylorcraft Plus C’s, impressed into service and used during the Battle of France, is in storage with the Science Museum in Leicestershire, owned by Leicestershire County Council with four other Auster’s and the Reid & Sigrist Desford RS4

    in reply to: British National Party – Spitfire c*ck-up! #1177848
    Rlangham
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    😀 Brilliant.

    in reply to: liveatc – legality in UK? #569343
    Rlangham
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    Correct. That link was intended for students and should return to them in the future, but in a passworded section of the website. (Apparently…)

    Never told me about it!

    in reply to: Gloster Meteor T7 at Bruntingthorpe #1187015
    Rlangham
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    Nice to see a Meteor back at Brunty… couldn’t be a more suitable location for one, especially as it’s where Whittle took his first flight in a jet, taking (without authorisation) a Meteor F1 for a quick joy ride!

    in reply to: Douglas Boston-Havoc group #1204230
    Rlangham
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    Indeed it is

    in reply to: Could this be Calshot in 1935? #1219433
    Rlangham
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    Cotteswold, what camera were you using back then? As well as a modern digital, i’m also using a 1917-19 model Kodak no 2, which was made up until about 1926, using 120mm film

    http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk256/RobLangham/a1-17.jpg

    in reply to: RAFM FE-2b restoration/rebuild #1222738
    Rlangham
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    Thanks for the photo Robbo – it’ll be a good day when the Fe2b, Dolphin, LVG and Maurice Farman are complete and on public display though

    in reply to: RAFM FE-2b restoration/rebuild #1222785
    Rlangham
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    Actually, my fear is they’ll put it in the Bomber Command hall, in the spot where the Be2 used to be (the Be2 is now in the Battle’s old spot) – there’s a large photo on the wall behind of an Fe2b, so maybe

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