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  • March 31, 2004 at 2:20 pm in reply to: Tiger Beer Mustang #1817544
    Stieglitz
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    Nice sheme, but I prefer the militairy markings that it had. It has a impressive sharkmouth, but I like the silver markings much more.

    Cheers,
    J.V.

    March 31, 2004 at 2:04 pm in reply to: Bucker 131 & 133, my first in flight photos #1817579
    Stieglitz
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    Very nice pics.

    Does anyone know if these planes are built in germany by Bucker? Or are they post war spanish built examples?

    March 30, 2004 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Dutch Connie Comeback #1820239
    Stieglitz
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    Originally posted by Mike J
    Blimey! With only a handful still airworthy, I think we should be VERY grateful for the opportunity to see ANY Connie in the air, regardless of the shape of its nose! With or without tiptanks, I really don’t care.

    Thanks Mike. Good reply!
    That is also the way I think about it. 😉

    J.V.

    March 30, 2004 at 5:24 pm in reply to: OT but…Happy Birthday Snapper! #1820257
    Stieglitz
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    Originally posted by Learning_Slowly
    Happy birthday indeed, sorry I am late and you have probably had a few by now.

    I dont think you can get enough of this! So also a happy birthday from me to you Snapper!;)

    Greets,
    J.V.

    March 30, 2004 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Dutch Connie Comeback #1820510
    Stieglitz
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    Originally posted by Roger S
    The Swiss Super Connie is expected for La Ferte Alais, not this one.

    Oh, Sorry. I was wrong with this one. My mistake:rolleyes: . But any connie is nice to see in the air isn’t it. Who dares to say that this is not a fact!;)

    March 30, 2004 at 2:38 pm in reply to: Dutch Connie Comeback #1820679
    Stieglitz
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    And the connie is also going to appear at La Ferté-Allais in france on may 29-30.

    For those among you who can,t read dutch, I will translate the most important pieces of tha article:

    – The connie has made 2 succesfull engineruns this year.
    – A new hydraulic system has been installed to operate the propellers.
    – In the past, the connie suffered from several leakages in its systems, but these problems have now mostly been solved.
    – The repairs on the landing-gear have been completed.
    – Now the team is working on the interior to bring it to KLM-status.
    – They have also started to replace the current windowpanels.

    The team is still searching for books, pictures, films, … of the constellations from KLM.

    Also any connie parts are welcome. If you should have something, please take contact with them.

    Greets,
    J.V.

    March 29, 2004 at 8:06 pm in reply to: 707 and 720 #1822044
    Stieglitz
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    Yes,, I see them as historic, but I will not go to a airshow to see one fly. I do prefer the props and old jets as L29-Delfin, T33, Jet provost, DH-Vampire, …

    These airliners are historic. I think they will be great as extra (mostly static) frames for some museums. Look at duxford which has several static classic jetliners such as DH Comet, Concorde, …

    By the way, who is going to pay the huge cost to operate a big jetliner as a flying airshowparticipant for several years?

    March 29, 2004 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Blue Hurricane! #1822342
    Stieglitz
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    Originally posted by Archer
    I have no experience with Aeroplane Heaven, but that statement sure doesn’t cover all the payware stuff that’s out there!

    That is true, but I think AH is one of the better providers of payware-addons. (price-quality). But I did have less good experiances with other providers.

    March 29, 2004 at 3:10 pm in reply to: Blue Hurricane! #1822525
    Stieglitz
    Participant

    And one at Old Warden:D (scenery from JustFlight):

    Cheers

    March 29, 2004 at 3:09 pm in reply to: Blue Hurricane! #1822541
    Stieglitz
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    Aeroplane Heaven made a model of the hurricane for flightsimulater 2002. They put a lot of work in the planes they make for this simulator.

    Look at the tread about the spitfire Tr9 of HFL that they are building for FS2002, FS2004 and CFS3.

    http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22831&highlight=SPITFIRE+AEROPLANE+HEAVEN

    One of the Hurricanes they made was painted in the colours of racer G-AMAU. This machine was payware, so I think they will have investigated the coulorscheme properly.

    Here are some screenshots of how they saw the blue paint on this plane:

    March 28, 2004 at 2:43 pm in reply to: Flying Spitfires #1827523
    Stieglitz
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    Originally posted by Ant Harrington
    Of those 51 I can think of a number which are inactive,and have been for a number of years,such as the former Doug Arnold Mk.IX and Mk.XVIII and there are more besides.It’s just a guess,but I’d reckon Daz’s estimate of ’40-ish’ is probably closer if we’re talking about machines which could be flown at the drop of a hat.

    If you look at it at that way, I think the number of 40 is a good estimate of the planes that can be started up at short notice. Certainly the machines of Doug Arnold need some maintenance before they can get of the ground. Also lowback Spit MkIX TE213 which crashed in 2000 and is under repair can’t bee seen as airworthy. The number of aircraft under major refurbishment or under repair was 8 and de number of the resting examples (such as Doug Arnolds machines)was 6. So 51-6-8, that leaves around 37 machines in march 2002.:p

    Chuck, I hope that this new number does not start the argument with the in laws all over again.;)

    March 28, 2004 at 9:26 am in reply to: LALLEMAND R. – 609Sqn – Belgian in the RAF. #1827660
    Stieglitz
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    Hello Dimitri,

    Nice to see someone from my region. I am living in Marke near Kortrijk. So, that is not far away is it.;)

    About 609 Squadron and the typhoon in WWII. THE man on this forum who knows much about this subject is Snapper.

    Look at his site. It has a huge amount of info about 609sq. I am shure that he will be able to help you.

    See the page of Snapper:

    http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/609photos/

    Cheers,
    J.V.

    March 27, 2004 at 7:24 pm in reply to: Flying Spitfires #1827873
    Stieglitz
    Participant

    Originally posted by Hatton
    ps- about 50 ? 🙂

    Yep, There are a little over 50 examples of this historic aircraft Airworthy. But I don’t believe they are all flown regulary.

    In march 2002 there where exactly 51 spitfires in airworthy condition or airworthy but under maintenance. This was covered in a extra magazine with the Flypast of March 2002.

    This number must have changed a bit with some new airworthy machines (RN201, MK959, …) and some losses (such as Spit MKIX TE566 ZU-SPT).

    Greets,
    J.V.

    March 27, 2004 at 7:08 pm in reply to: Shows in Europe #1827889
    Stieglitz
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    Hello guys,

    Here you can find a list with the participating aircraft for this years show. It is only available in french for now.

    http://www.ajbs.com/Les-Meetings/Meeting-2004/Avions-2004.htm

    See also this tread I started on this item:

    http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23090

    I am going to see this show on may 29.:D Maybe you should do the same. But, There will not be a flying F-104 on the show. The choise is up to you Neil! 😉

    Greets,
    J.V.

    March 27, 2004 at 11:29 am in reply to: SR-71 Blackbird to visit an airshow? #1828119
    Stieglitz
    Participant

    Now, This gets us back to the start of this item. Does someone have more info?

    Happymeal, did you get more info about this plane? Is it going to fly or is it static? :confused:

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