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  • April 24, 2007 at 7:14 am in reply to: Duxford DH9 #1328775
    OHOPE
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    Many thanks to those involved in the recovery , restoration and preservation of these aircraft so that we can enjoy them , and a thank you also to those who took and put up the photos here for people like myself on the other side of the world to be able to enjoy them too .
    Some of the people involved may well have deep pockets, without them many rescues and restorations would not happen , but the one thing that binds us together is a passion for aviation .

    April 19, 2007 at 2:09 am in reply to: wrecks recovered in Afghanistan #1244233
    OHOPE
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    Has there been anymore news of the Hawker Hind remains still at the same scrap yard ?

    April 14, 2007 at 8:05 am in reply to: Peter Jackson contact info #1247637
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    As he chairs the Trust Board of the Aviation Heritage Museum at Omaka , Blenheim . New Zealand . You should be able to contact him through there .

    March 26, 2007 at 1:24 am in reply to: Rearwin wings fitted #1262224
    OHOPE
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    That is the same scheme that this will have when restored .

    March 25, 2007 at 7:19 pm in reply to: Rearwin wings fitted #1262472
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    Cancer unfortunately took Johns life last year and so ZK-ALF is being restored by Tim his son .

    March 25, 2007 at 9:26 am in reply to: Rearwin wings fitted #1262928
    OHOPE
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    Nope , quite the other end of the earth in New Zealand .

    March 25, 2007 at 12:08 am in reply to: Sabres fitted with Martin-Baker Mk5 seats #1262959
    OHOPE
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    There is also an Avon Sabre being returned to airworthiness at Ardmore NZ

    March 24, 2007 at 6:44 am in reply to: Strikemaster & Jet Provost…No More Aerobatics. #1264086
    OHOPE
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    With one wing found some distance away from the main wreckage , and the type having a history of this problem , I think the correct decision has beeen made .
    All the RNZAF Bluntys had their wings redone during their service life here .

    March 19, 2007 at 5:40 pm in reply to: unusual air combat encounters #1268802
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    I believe early in the war there was a dogfight between a Saro London and a Dornier Do 18 or Heinkel 59 . Late in the war there is the duel between the Swordfish and the Fw 190 , which the Swordfish won .
    I have a recollection of reading an article that basicly said Hoagys aircraft was not the one which brought down the MiG , it was another aircraft of the same flight . But I have not been able to find it since , was it in Flypast or Aeroplane Monthly ?

    March 4, 2007 at 10:39 am in reply to: Flying boats on grass?? #1284528
    OHOPE
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    Beavers on floats are occasionally flown onto grass , I think they use a dolly for take off .

    February 19, 2007 at 6:35 am in reply to: Lepus Flares #1802872
    OHOPE
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    Thanks TEEJ that was a good idea .

    February 19, 2007 at 6:21 am in reply to: WW1 aircraft survivors? #1297728
    OHOPE
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    With regards to Peter Jacksons BE2e this may interest you
    http://www.cams.net.nz/

    February 17, 2007 at 12:33 am in reply to: Lepus Flares #1802948
    OHOPE
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    Did that read through ten pages of interesting tales and can add a few more aircraft to the list of users but did not find out too much about their use and not one picture so I am still looking for the colour .

    February 15, 2007 at 5:11 am in reply to: Coastal Command Tiger Moths #1301872
    OHOPE
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    I am sure there was an article in an early Air International or RAF Flying Review on these aircraft . I cannot find the date but it looks like 1950’s, there were 6 Flights formed , Dyce , Abbotsinch ,Hooton Park, Aldergrove,Carew and St Eval . They were camouflaged and carried “operational numbers”. In the front cockpit they carried two pidgeons in a wicker basket and a car inner tube partially inflated in the compartment behind the the rear cockpit as an aid if the aircraft ditched .
    Tiger Moths also served in France before Dunkirque.
    They were also fitted out to carry bombs , underthe wings or more usually under the rear cockpit.
    There was also a scheme to fit them with a slasher to rip the parachutes of the invading paratroops .

    February 12, 2007 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Phoenix Cork #1304657
    OHOPE
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    Thank you for the information on the location as I had no idea where it was and had no luck finding it . It would appear that rather than one of these hulls being one of the Corks , it is a developement , by the English Electric called the P5 Kingston 1 . Maybe they were put there to test the hulls durability as the picture I have seen does not appear to show a hull converted to a houseboat.

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