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December 15, 2007 at 8:30 pm in reply to: A wander around the Shuttleworth Collection #1246793

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You’re not wrong, I got confused earlier working out how much debt i’m in including my overdraft! 😀

December 15, 2007 at 5:13 pm in reply to: Hilarious Mistakes On Screen #1246892

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Bought ‘Those Magnificent Men And Their Flying Machines’ the other day – in one flying scene when flying around Brookley, it’s a plane with an actor sat on it in front of a screen, and on the screen it flys behinds the hangars and dips a wing, and you can see a short wheelbase Land Rover and a couple of other 1960’s cars!

December 12, 2007 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Handley Page O/400 replica? #1250034

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All of them, none of them or just the O/100, depending how you view it – the ‘Bloody paralyser’ bit comes from when Mr Handley Page was showing around the Director of the Air Department for the Admiralty around the HP works at Cricklewood and told him that his proposed design would be powered by Beardmore 120hp engines. Apparently, when told this, the Director snapped back ‘Look Mr Page, what we want is a bloody paralyser – not a toy!’. I’ve seen the nickname ‘bloody paralyser’ used for all of the HP WWI bombers, the O/100, O/400 and the V/1500.

Speaking of the V/1500, in this months ‘Aeroplane’ there’s a cracking shot of a V/1500 flying over my house!

December 6, 2007 at 6:40 pm in reply to: Halifax cockpit floor remains gifted to RAF Museum #1256725

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In the case of items like the Mk III nose cone, maybe they could give them to say the YAM for a donation, and use the money to pay for a new member of staff to keep the Grahame-White hangar and Battle of Britain hall open all day!

December 4, 2007 at 9:58 pm in reply to: Fieseler Storch #1259063

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IWM has one at Duxford, Peter Holloway has one under restoration at the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, and there’s also a French licence built MS.406 Criquet with radial engine at Duxford

December 4, 2007 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Auster Vs #1259280

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Well, in my case it’s because I have more interest in the military versions, and in my opinion the Mk V’s and IV’s (as far as I know there’s only four IV’s left) are among the most attractive with the Lycoming engine. The Mk III is also a favourite of mine, but there’s only three in the UK – and one of them, last I heard, was up for sale for £25,000! Although there’s plenty in Australia…..

December 3, 2007 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Ground runners #1260245

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Just remembered another one – the Yorkshire Helicopter Preservation Group at Doncaster run up their SAR yellow Whirlwind HAR10, but only a few times a year

December 3, 2007 at 8:07 pm in reply to: Ground runners #1260427

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And also Beech 18 N2500 at Bruntingthorpe, got a couple of videos on youtube of her running at the May open day, but she’ll be flying after a repaint

December 2, 2007 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Museum Of Army Flying #1261349

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Must admit it’s put me off visiting as well, as I was hoping to photograph the Auster V there – it’s one of the few Auster variants I haven’t seen yet, at least in wartime guise

December 2, 2007 at 7:27 pm in reply to: Photos from RAFM Hendon – 01 Dec 07 #1261396

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Unfortunately it’s just a good photograph – although apparently the lights are put back to the levels they were pre-BofB show when the show breaks, although obviously you won’t know in advance!

December 2, 2007 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Museum Of Army Flying #1261708

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Not aviation but maybe related to the Museum of Army Flying – the excellent National Army Museum in Chelsea also has no photography, and they take your bag off you before entering

December 1, 2007 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Forum Get Together – RAFM Hendon 01/12/07 #1262164

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Good to meet you guys today, looking forward to seeing any photos put up. Was nice to see inside the Claude Grahame-White hangar, even if it was only briefly

November 30, 2007 at 6:25 pm in reply to: Forum Get Together – RAFM Hendon 01/12/07 #1263474

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No idea – I hope so! There’s some interactive thing up there, so not sure if they just opened it for the school parties that go home at around 3 and just leave it open afterwards. Would be nice if they renovated it a bit, apart from the pretty planes there’s not much information on WWI stuff

November 30, 2007 at 6:11 pm in reply to: Forum Get Together – RAFM Hendon 01/12/07 #1263501

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A wander around Hendon, 30/11/2007

Had a look around Hendon this afternoon, here’s my photos

The removal of the wooden Eurofighter mock-up in preparation for a real one being moved in made it possible to get better views of the Sopwith Camel and gondola car from the airship Santos Dumont ‘Nulli Secundus’.

SN 1,650lb bomb, which were dropped from the Handley Page O/400 bombers. It was the biggest bomb used by the RAF during WWI. Interestingly, this one has a cylindrical casing around the rear fins, whereas the one at IWM Lambeth, like the ones i’ve seen in photographs, has a different style of rear fins (I think it looks more impressive stood up personally as well)

Eurofighter mock up now in the Bomber Command Hall

German WWII ‘Fritz X’ guided bomb next to the Airspeed Oxford, presumably a new addition.

One of quite a few Harvard photos I took, the others can be seen on the Beech Restorations message board here http://www.easyfreeforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1635855&eff=504#1635855

The upper WWI/Trenchard brats/Uniform/Medals gallery was also open which was nice, even though a lot of stuff has gone now from the WWI area. It also made it possible to get a good vantage point of aircraft below.

In a hidden corner of the upper gallery I found this very nice model of a British airfield 1914-1918 with examples of aircraft used in the war, such as this Handley Page O/400

November 30, 2007 at 1:22 pm in reply to: Not all pop videos are boring…… #1263709

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Actually getting really addicted to the tune in the Auster video – seems to suit Eggesford quite well, and matches the laid back fun atmosphere there was when I visited back in 2006. You can listen to it and some of the bands other songs here

http://www.myspace.com/clocks

Seeming as they’re playing in London, might go see them
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