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November 1, 2003 at 12:01 am in reply to: What Ba should have done with the 5 flying Concordes #2109026

Bluebird Mike
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More perhaps than any other aircraft, I think that seeing a Concorde just trundling along a runway and not lifting off at the end of it would be particularly sad. 🙁

October 30, 2003 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Best warbird #2109847

Bluebird Mike
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I’m torn between two Lancasters-PA474 for just being UP there, and looking especially gorgeous of late, and for all the multitudes of memorial ‘ops’ she’s done in her own now long, illustrious display career, and Hendon’s ‘Sugar’, a real preserved warhorse like almost no other.

October 28, 2003 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Model warbirds #2110640

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I too love the old Tamiya 1/48 scale Lancaster, and have been through several of them over the years; the extra decal and brass detailing sets you can get for it are stunning. I can remember being able to buy the kit off the shelf in model shops or Hendon etc, but my last one came from Ebay, ouch!

Despites it’s many faults, I also like the old Airfix 1/24 Spitfire; I motorised my last one, connected it to a car batery, and it nosed over, removing it’s prop blades in the process!!!

The Airfix 1/72 Vulcan was an old fave when I was younger, too.

October 25, 2003 at 12:16 am in reply to: The newest Vintage Aircraft #2112266

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Just look at those shots of Damien’s. No, I mean, really LOOK at them. Do you see it? Do you really see what BA have done?

I hope like me, you will forever now think of BA as nothing but the company that got rid of our beloved Concorde.

Just LOOK at what they’ve done. 🙁

October 24, 2003 at 12:37 am in reply to: Hampden At Cosford To Be Half Restored #2112596

Bluebird Mike
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Sadly, once again of late my dear old fave RAFM is acting the pits; this Half-Hampden plan is simply unacceptable, and some form of campaign should be started NOW, before it’s over, done, and dumped on show like the Halifax was.

October 20, 2003 at 8:26 pm in reply to: Memphis Belle #2113925

Bluebird Mike
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Going back to the movie version of ‘Memphis Belle’ again for a mo, although the movie itself isn’t all that great- some bad model work, ‘everything happens to one plane’ philosophy etc etc, that opening titles score sounds flippin’ wonderful through your home cinema speakers!!! 😀

October 18, 2003 at 5:36 pm in reply to: Aerobatics airshow stars of the 1920/30's-info needed #2114835

Bluebird Mike
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Hi guys, what fantastic help and information already, thank you!

Yes, it was definitely Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus that we’re talking about, with my paternal grandfather in law and his first couple of young children apparently having taken many of the pleasure flights available. (He was a doctor, and was reasonably affluent for the times)

Whoever ‘Bebb’ was, my grandfather flew with him in a Tiger Moth, apparently relishing the loops and rolls performed! (Don’t get that at your average airshow nowadays, do you?!)

Fascinating stuff, from that weird between wars era!

October 17, 2003 at 6:16 pm in reply to: Nov Issue was a great articel on surviving lancasters #2115052

Bluebird Mike
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LOL, don’t encourage Hendon to take out any more bulbs, for God’s sake!!!

But a bomb trolley display, complete with attendant crew, tractor & trolley etc, or an aircrew about to board by her rear door, would be excellent.

October 17, 2003 at 2:28 pm in reply to: Nov Issue was a great articel on surviving lancasters #2115154

Bluebird Mike
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The tail was first lifted years ago, to make the aircraft look like it was landing-or so several Hendon people have told me over the years. The original back-projected moving clouds backdrop always looked naff, and has been absent for years now anyway. I have also been told that that it was done to ‘move the cockpit closer to visitors’. Hmmmmm.

When I pointed out to Hendon that Lancasters weren’t known for landing with their bomb bay doors open, I was told that the aircraft was pretending to be landing in a damaged state after a raid.

Well, I’m convinced-NOT.

I think some of the problem is exactly that Hendon DO have the new building to think about-at the expense of everything else!

October 17, 2003 at 11:20 am in reply to: Nov Issue was a great articel on surviving lancasters #2115320

Bluebird Mike
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LOL!

Yes, a great effort, a real decent section for once. I’d like to see what has just happened to ‘George’ in Australia-i.e, coming off display for a full conservation job/repaint etc-happen to Hendon’s ‘Sugar’. Okay so the odd bit of conservation work is being done on her, and that’s the main thing, but either repaint the entire aircraft matt, or paint the repaired areas in satin to match how she is now-she’s very rapidly starting to look awful with this two-tone matt/satin approach now.

In anyone’s money she’s supposed to be a star exhibit of the place, and is the grandest bomber vet of them all, and yet what do they do? Stick her backside up on a stupid, pointless plinth and now make her paint look awful!

Come on Hendon for God’s sake, divert some of your attention from that new building of yours, remember that you have a 100 missions-plus legend in your collection, and treat it with the respect it deserves!!!

Thank you.

😡

October 16, 2003 at 4:55 pm in reply to: Airspace #2115552

Bluebird Mike
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So cool, they named her twice! 😉

October 15, 2003 at 8:33 pm in reply to: Airspace #2115983

Bluebird Mike
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Pretty much all of the above!!!!!

(Can we rally round together on here and buy Hendon a lightbulb or two, while we’re at it?!)

October 12, 2003 at 3:44 pm in reply to: Help save the Beverley #2118011

Bluebird Mike
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Please don’t shoot me down for this, as I think it’s a cracking type and used to gaze in wonder at the Hendon one when I was younger, BUT, perhaps some of the problem is that Joe Public has probably heard of the Lancaster, might well have heard of the Halifax too, but how many people know what a Beverley is, outside our good selves?

October 10, 2003 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Help Halifax Na337 In Canada #2118281

Bluebird Mike
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Aw shucks, t’ain’t nothin’!

October 10, 2003 at 6:18 pm in reply to: "Tin hats on everybody !" #2118560

Bluebird Mike
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Your wife, does she go?

Nudge nudge, know what I mean, say no more!
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