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April 27, 2008 at 9:25 am in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1198824

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What a superb set of pictures- I’ve never seen those before! Any chance the original poster could grant permission for me to put those on the Speed Record Group that I’ve linked to above?

April 26, 2008 at 10:28 pm in reply to: AR213 Again Today #1199014

Bluebird Mike
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Nice pics!

April 26, 2008 at 8:52 am in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1199534

Bluebird Mike
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would be interested to know if there is some forum for a veteren like Mr Fahey??

It’s only in the old Yahoo Groups format, but you could try here-

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Speedrecordgroup/

-where you’ll find authors, experts, armchair experts, even Ken Warby himself from time to time!

April 20, 2008 at 11:15 pm in reply to: Donald Campbell's Bluebird K7 #1205660

Bluebird Mike
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Just bumping my own thread here, regarding that damn gauge we’re after again- today while idly adding new aircraft to my flight sim, I added an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, and blow me if there weren’t four of the pesky EXH gauges on it’s panel! I quickly found pictures of real Argosy panels online, and sure enough, they had four of a very close match to the gauge we’re after fitted.

Now, I know nothing about the type at all…so, are any left? Do any fly? Who’s got one? Who might have parts for one? Etc etc, any help gratefully received, etc!

April 16, 2008 at 2:27 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1210717

Bluebird Mike
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Who’d have believed it, the BBC actually managed to cover the whole thing…great to watch!

April 15, 2008 at 9:56 am in reply to: BBMF Lanc Rough Landing North Weald 1993 #1212266

Bluebird Mike
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Ive never seen the Mildenhall incident although heard about it and seen a picture I think in an old Flypast.

Has anyone got footage that they can post?

I’ll see if I can dig it out and get it online later.

April 14, 2008 at 4:28 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1213066

Bluebird Mike
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A fire warning, more like- she’s down safely at Cottesmore, anyway.

April 14, 2008 at 4:03 pm in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1213081

Bluebird Mike
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This could’ve gone in the existing thread, y’know.

April 14, 2008 at 3:41 pm in reply to: BBMF Lanc Question #1213199

Bluebird Mike
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Lovely- even a ‘poor’ photo can warm the old heart, just to know she’s been up and about again.

April 14, 2008 at 3:15 pm in reply to: BBMF Lanc Rough Landing North Weald 1993 #1213203

Bluebird Mike
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Yikes! Looks just like the Mildenhall incident, which I’ve got here on DVD somewhere.

She seemed to have had a run of bad landings a few years ago. Another is captured in the old Discovery channel docu on the Flight, actually filmed from the mid upper as she did the screeching about the runway thing. A sequence then follows of the undercarriage being taken apart and checked, with ‘Gerbs’ Jeffrey illustrating the damaged fretting clip from the affected leg.

I fear there’s only two things that will ever ground that beautiful old machine- some cold hearted bean-counting sod at the MOD, or a very bad crosswind one day.

April 11, 2008 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Fairey Swordfish II LS326 – Ground Runs #1215964

Bluebird Mike
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Lovely job- always a favourite type, the Stringbag.

April 10, 2008 at 8:52 am in reply to: Room 101 Aircraft #1217613

Bluebird Mike
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Avro Manchester- far too many brave lads went to their deaths in one of those things, solely because the engines were rubbish and the thing was probably doomed if it lost one. Skip the Manchester, save some lives, and straight to the Lanc, please.

April 9, 2008 at 10:55 am in reply to: The XH558 Discussion Thread (merged) #1218516

Bluebird Mike
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Maybe it’s to do with the new Dambusters movie, which is apparently going to film some scenes there?

April 6, 2008 at 2:50 pm in reply to: Needed, Jet Provost H.P.**** lever #1222043

Bluebird Mike
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Have a look for my Bluebird gauge while you’re in there!

April 4, 2008 at 6:45 pm in reply to: BBMF spit loses "Something" yesterday.. Pilot ok. #1224287

Bluebird Mike
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Methinks you’ve kinda mis-read my last post there, Mark V…
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