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  • December 6, 2004 at 9:59 pm in reply to: Corgi/21st Century Toys Spitfire Mk1 #1400231
    gbwez1
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    It is outstanding value – got mine for $44.99 from Wal-Mart . I have one mounted on the wall in my living room as a kind of 3-D painting. Have bought several of the 21st Century series in the last few years – Stuka, P-47, FW-190. Can’t beat them for the price at that scale. They are essentially built as kids toys so don’t expect champonship winning quality, but for the price you can’t beat them. I’ve had the Stuka in my office for 3 years and lost count of the number of compliments I’ve had on it, and amazement when I share the price I paid for it.

    December 3, 2004 at 3:54 am in reply to: 1 December 2000 . . . #1405048
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    Looks lovely, does it have the Ken Royce engine on it?

    November 15, 2004 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Lang-Nasen Dora #1426832
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    No it’s the ex-Champlin Spitfire on loan from MoF to EAA. The Dora was not purchased by the Museum of Flight, I believe Doug Champlin still owns it.

    November 10, 2004 at 12:51 am in reply to: Vulcan Bomber on Ebay #1434190
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    Having spent some considerable time climbing around the inside of another Vulcan that’s spent a lot of time in a salt air environment, I believe David is right.

    November 2, 2004 at 3:07 pm in reply to: Mods beware… #1351178
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    I think the idea has come about to help raise funds for the RAF Museum, which I have no problem with at all – as long as some commonsense is applied.

    October 10, 2004 at 11:30 pm in reply to: Aircraft designer quiz #1399184
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    I should have got Lippisch – he was an EAA member in times past and his son still is. We had one of his ground effect floatlanes on display last year

    http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Lippisch_Nurflugels/Aerofoil_Flying_Boats/x112.jpg

    October 10, 2004 at 10:13 pm in reply to: Aircraft designer quiz #1399541
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    T.O.M. Sopwith?

    October 10, 2004 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Aircraft designer quiz #1399973
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    2 is Antony Fokker and 8 is Sydney Camm

    October 10, 2004 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Aircraft designer quiz #1399988
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    3 is Orville Wright, 4 Roy Chadwick, 6 Geoffrey de HAvilland, 9 Willy Messerschmitt, 11 Santos Dumont and 12 Louis Bleriot

    October 10, 2004 at 4:56 am in reply to: Yankee Air Museum Fire #1401278
    gbwez1
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    This is very sad, there was also a cracking WACO CG-4 glider project in there, and the museum section was stacked high with many treasures. But thanks heavens Yankee Lady & the rest survived. Fire is the greatest enemy of aircraft museums.

    September 8, 2004 at 11:21 pm in reply to: Ok Gents GDL has put me some up, So here 2 lucky 7s together,Have FUN #1558793
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    I spy a Culver V in there.

    September 2, 2004 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Merchandise: The dumbing down of US Air Displays #1565149
    gbwez1
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    Get yourself into the FlyMarket at Oshkosh… books aplenty

    August 26, 2004 at 8:25 pm in reply to: Can you ID this homebuilt aeroplane? #1603845
    gbwez1
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    Rudder doesn’t look like a Piet, could be a Heath Parasol, of which there were quite a few around in the 30s, but the strut design is odd.

    August 23, 2004 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Oshkosh miscellany #1608002
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    Mike J

    Steve Culp isn’t claiming that it is an accurate replica of a Sopwith Pup and the award he won was for “outstanding plans built homebuilt”, which it certainly is.

    Like his previous Culp Special, what he’s trying to do is build a great aeroplane around the M14P, one that references the past but is also a unique design in its own right.

    August 20, 2004 at 12:30 am in reply to: Here's an Ebay auction to watch… #1612272
    gbwez1
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    It is a crying shame to see this incredible project being broken up.

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