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April 5, 2019 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Lindsay Walton #809317

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The Historic Aircraft Association recently presented Lindsay with a painting of his famous ”Me 108 ” (Nord ) [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:”none”,”data-size”:”large”,”data-attachmentid”:3858654}[/ATTACH][ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:”none”,”data-size”:”large”,”data-attachmentid”:3858655}[/ATTACH]

April 3, 2019 at 12:38 pm in reply to: Poor old girl, but she is still hanging in there #809893

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For those forum members weary of cryptic ‘no content description’ threads, this is a link to an ebay advert for a derelict paintball site Wessex helicopter.

April 1, 2019 at 8:49 pm in reply to: Spotted 2019 #810208

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Wow ! Last one flying ?

I used to see the Airbus ones descending over Stockport , picking up the outer marker on approach to Manchester in 1984/85

April 1, 2019 at 8:42 pm in reply to: Fuselage Painted! — Mk XII Hurricane #810210

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Other sources suggest the more usual insignia.

There is no way, is there, that the colours somehow got mixed up between drawings and application ?

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/done-1-48-hurricane-mki-willie-mcknight-defense-of-britain-atlantic.43719/

Did not this Mk Hurricane actually have a PT 6 engine, like some of the late-production Swordfish ?

April 1, 2019 at 8:25 pm in reply to: Fuselage Painted! — Mk XII Hurricane #810224

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I must be missing something, but I always associated the red outer ring and blue inner circle as the roundel of the French Air Force.

March 28, 2019 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Spotted 2019 #811060

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L29 jet low near Amersham heading east 13. 50

March 13, 2019 at 11:05 am in reply to: T-28 crashes after tree-strike flypast, Guatemala 10th March 2019 #813906

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The cause is reasonably self-evident ( if you can allow setting aside medical incapacitation and structural/ control issues ) .

Rodrigo Ibarguen had big flying accidents in 2015 and 2017, and his flying style was very ‘flamboyant’, shall we say.

In a regulated display arena, such as the UK for instance, he would have been red-flagged for….

1. An unsafe manoeuve with a high rate of descent, and a desperate recovery and though he did not quite hit the ground, he did impact terrain

2. Performing a figure with a deliberate on-crowd vector. He missed the packed stands by a wingspan, and only by chance.

3. Flying a display with a passenger on board.

It is very sad. The only good that could come from it is to reinforce and promulgate established safe practices in future display flying.

March 8, 2019 at 10:52 am in reply to: Rare photos of first P-80 visiting UK ( Bovingdon 1945) #815184

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I am puzzled how 83026 was photographed at Bovingdon, if it was lost on its second test flight out of Burtonwood .
Peering at the photo, it does seem to say 026 0n the fin. .

Maybe the photo was NOT taken at Bovingdon after all ?

March 8, 2019 at 9:29 am in reply to: Rare photos of first P-80 visiting UK ( Bovingdon 1945) #815246

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What a sad outcome. Is there any knowledge of the circumstances of the crash, thick winter weather perhaps ?

March 6, 2019 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #815527

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As surmised, ARCo are straight onto the repairs. The schedule is outlined and photos posted, on their Facebook page, but in brief..

”The rest of the repairs fall to us and our in-house Spitfire restoring dream team, Historic Flying Ltd (HFL). The whole front end, including the firewall, is now off the aircraft and the damaged wing will be going into a wing-jig before the end of the week.

Fortunately the spar is undamaged, however, the wing will need to go into the jig for repairs to be carried out on Rib.1. The lower firewall has also sustained damage at the point in which the undercarriage rams mount. This has necessitated the removal of Frame.5 in order for us to carry out the necessary repairs. ”

March 3, 2019 at 11:07 am in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #816087

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Photo from Spitfire survivors page on FB (No credit on image posted )

Looks as though gear has been selected down at some stage, prop tip substantially intact

March 1, 2019 at 12:20 pm in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #816442

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Never thought of the Chinook, but good call. What a brave bunch of people.

We do not yet have 60 airworthy Spits in the UK, somewhere nearer to 32 (ish ) .

Technical issues have certainly been behind quite a number of these Spitfire incidents ( perhaps this latest one also ) .

The Grace Spitfire was briefy tripped up when – ” further inspection revealed that the landing gear had failed to lock down because the landing gear actuator ram chevron seals had failed and pieces liberated from the seals had migrated between the actuator ram and the seal support plate, jamming the actuator ram before it reached its full extension”.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/593ff799ed915d20f8000221/Spitfire_IXT_G-LFIX_07-17.pdf

March 1, 2019 at 10:22 am in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #816448

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Spitfires flying down this way are a very common sight now but I still rush outside as with any warbird I never take it for granted it always stirs the mind so thank you to all you owner operators and the crews who fly maintain and fettle these special birds.

What is the second most numerous combat aircraft type flying in the UK in 2019 ( after the Typhoon ) ? Well, the Spitfire actually. Funny old world………..

February 28, 2019 at 7:54 am in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #816651

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They don’t hang around. G-ILDA flew again after the Goodwood incident in July within about 2 months, and NH 341 (Sywell June 2017) in a similar timescale.

A warbird pilot was telling me recently that aviation insurers are starting to include Pilot Error exclusions in cover, ie land gear-up through oversight ( non-mechanical) and you will NOT be covered for engine/prop/or radiator damage, which represents a big ££££ hit !

February 27, 2019 at 6:32 pm in reply to: Spitfire PT462 joins the 'belly landing' club 27/02/19 #816783

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