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August 29, 2008 at 2:17 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe open day canceled. #1226877

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Red Arrows Flyby.

I have just been informed that even though the show has been cancelled the Red Arrows are going to do a “fly by” at around 17-40 on Sunday afternoon at Bruntingthorpe, on there way back to Scampton from Bournemouth.

August 25, 2008 at 8:46 pm in reply to: Here’s one for the parachute experts. #1231222

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Hi Ross

Hi Ross
That sounds like a fair deal, you bring the parachute and I get to bring the dummy!!!!!!!!!

August 25, 2008 at 8:21 pm in reply to: Here’s one for the parachute experts. #1231284

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Thanks Andrew.

Thanks Andrew
And trust Ross to know all about thecastrating part of the opperation!! I worry about that guy sometimes!! If I manage to obtain one, remind me to keep him well away from it after a few beers at next years cockpitfest!!!!!!

August 25, 2008 at 8:17 pm in reply to: Here’s one for the parachute experts. #1231294

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Thanks Mark.

Hi Mark
That’s brilliant, thanks.
A pitty you are to young to know what it was like!!!!!!!

August 25, 2008 at 8:15 pm in reply to: Here’s one for the parachute experts. #1231297

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That sounds like the one!

Yes, that sounds like the one, I used to fly from RAF Newton with No7 AEF, great days, but the Cadet NCOs who pulled those straps tight were all sadists!!
If you could stand up and see in front of you, the straps needed tightening, than you had to walk out to the aircraft and climb up onto the wing with the engine running, and than negotiate the cockpit side! BUT IT WAS WORTH EVERY SECOND OF THE AGONY!!
The Chipmunk is a wonderful aircraft, and now I own and am rebuilding a static one with my son, so I am after a parachute, so that I can demonstrate to his generation just what is was like in the good old days.

August 25, 2008 at 12:36 pm in reply to: Chipmunk WZ869 #1231500

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Thanks David
We are about to start surveying the airframe parts we have, which is basically the fuselage from the engine bay firewall to the battery bay area.
It would be nice to add cowlings at some point, we need a windscreen, and some harness parts are missing, as are the compasses. Maybe in the future a complete tail area and even wings might be added if we can get them on our limited budget.
I will be able to build a better wants list later in the week. But for the moment, we are just letting people know that we have the Chipmunk so that if they have anything, they might think of us!!!

August 23, 2008 at 7:32 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe open day canceled. #1232628

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No offence intended!

Tell you what Newforest, next time you can get over to Bruntingthorpe, let me know and I will be happy to show you around personally, so now lets shake hands and be friends.
To be honest, I lost out on a couple of years of education due to a childhood illness, which has left me somewhat handicapped ever since, so I learned to use my hands to make my way in life instead, but sometimes I get a bit tetchy about it, so sorry if I was a bit off.
And the offer to show you around at Bruntingthorpe is genuine, its always good to meet people and put a face to an online name.

August 23, 2008 at 3:55 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe open day canceled. #1232871

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We will be around also.

Like the Lightning lads, we have arranged our lives around the open day, so will most probably still go down and open up the Super Guppy and a few cockpits for the day, just in case anyone still turns up expecting a show.
We may also do an engine run on our Jet Provost, XN584, depending on weather and space available.

August 23, 2008 at 3:42 pm in reply to: Bruntingthorpe open day canceled. #1232880

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Sorry if you are offended!

Newforest
Unfortunately I can’t spell very well, if I could, I would probably have been able to get a better job than aircraft engineering, and have made a much better living. Mind you, if that had happened, I probably wouldn’t be able to run and maintain the Jet Provost the way I do, and then you people wouldn’t be able to come and watch us doing it, so, I don’t care if I cant spell, so long as I can still smell the jet fuel!!!
But I am sorry if my lack of education offends you, I will try harder in the future.

August 19, 2008 at 8:52 pm in reply to: Swap A Bede For A Chipmunk Cockpit Anyone? #1236382

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take good care of our Bede

She’s come to a good home Dave, we will give her plenty of T.L.C. Take good care of our Bede, she’s very delicate and only little!

August 14, 2008 at 6:26 pm in reply to: Parts Schedule for M.B. 2 CA 1 Seat #1165421

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This any good?

Hi
I have a copy of A.P.4515S, Vol3, Part1, Ch24, Martin Baker Mk2H Ejector Seat, Schedule of spare parts, on CD-Rom.
I would be happy to forward a copy to you if its any use, just PM me your snail mail address and I will sort it.

August 12, 2008 at 9:21 pm in reply to: Gone Tech or U/S??? #1167989

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“Loose nut behind the control column!

Ah, the good old “loose nut behind the control column” syndrome! or was it just “finger trouble”?

August 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm in reply to: I propose a National Bomber Command heritage centre in Lincolnshire #1167995

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Had the same thought.

Funny you should come up with this idea; we were at RAF Scampton just yesterday as guests at the station family’s day. Looking around at the mix of both WW11 and Cold War era buildings we had exactly the same thoughts. With Guy Gibson’s dog’s grave well looked after outside the old 617 Sqn hangar and the general atmosphere, it would be both a perfect and fitting venue for a Bomber Comand / Bomber county museum, and with the station now scheduled to go into care and maintenance in 2 or 3 years time, it’s a good time to act.
Pity about all the coloured dye stains on the aprons left by the Red Arrows though, should be oil stains from big piston engines if you ask me!

August 12, 2008 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Gone Tech or U/S??? #1168002

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Either way you say it,

Either way you say it, the crew get to retire to the crew room / hotel, whilst the poor unloved grasemonkey gets to go out in the cold , rain , wind or snow on a dark night and fix it!!!
Belive me, I know.

August 1, 2008 at 2:22 pm in reply to: Advice Please – Bruntingthorpe #1179588

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PM sent

Hi
PM sent,
Best wishes.
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