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February 27, 2004 at 8:23 pm in reply to: Favourite book? #1585862

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Too many books not enough time to read them all, but these are a few of my favourites.

Test Pilot by Neville Duke,

Goodbye Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton

Airborne by Neil Williams (lost count how many times I have read this)

Mach One by Mike Lithgow

Sigh for a Merlin by Alex Henshaw

Happy reading

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February 24, 2004 at 11:08 pm in reply to: Florida Warbirds – Help? #1602443

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P35 @ Fantasy Of Flight

February 24, 2004 at 11:02 pm in reply to: Florida Warbirds – Help? #1602454

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Just a few thoughts to add to the other posts, definately don’t miss the restoration tour at Fantasy of Flight, I went last year and it was excellent with some real gems on display including the Seversky P35.

Adjacent to Flying Tigers is warbird Adventures, where you can take a flight in a Harvard or a Bell 47. Take a wide angle lens to Flying Tigers as space is very limited. The very friendly team there are normally very accomodating with questions and photo’s etc..

Valiant Air Command at Titusville is well worth a look although when I went I had to have a guide with me, but I was the only person there! Check out the excellent Wildcat restoration. If you go to VAC, the Astronaut Hall of Fame is only 5-10 mins away if you dont have the time to go to Kennedy.

If you do the theme parks try Disney/ MGM as this has quite a few replica aircraft. P40’s from the film Pearl Harbor, a Gee Bee racer from the Rocketeer plus several others.

At Lakeland you should see some of Kermit Weeks other aircraft including the Tempest II and P 63.

I’m sure you will have a great time, I just wish I was going back this year.:cool:

February 23, 2004 at 10:58 pm in reply to: Stab/KG53 emblem #1603744

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Try this Geoff.

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February 23, 2004 at 12:17 am in reply to: 615 Squadron Hurricane #1605003

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Check the link on my previous post – great info.

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Thanks Geoff,

That link was superb, I never realised those translating sites were so good. (Google)

The speed of this forum is just superb. I am now down to two pilots. Tony Eyre and Henry Lafont.

Eyre would later become a Wing Commander DSO, DFC and bars, he eventually became a POW.

February 22, 2004 at 11:29 pm in reply to: 615 Squadron Hurricane #1605055

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Thanks Von Perthes/flood for the info.

Will Hendon require payment for this service.

If R4194 was not involved in an accident it would surely have been sent overseas or to further training units, they wouldn’t have sent it for scrap it at this stage in the war, would they!

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February 22, 2004 at 10:16 pm in reply to: Aviation Archeology Documentary series #1605132

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Anyone interested in Aviation Archaeology should check out the current (march) issue of ‘British Archaeology, which has a feature entitled ‘They died for us-Now we dig them up’

Availiable at WH Smiths.

February 22, 2004 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Isaacs Spitfire #1605164

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Daz,

There is an excellent book that might help you with the Isaacs spitfire, it features articles on the original build of G-BBJI by John O Isaacs.

Titled EAA Aircraft Building Techniques- Wood.

The book can be purchased on line through the PFA shop.

pfa.org.uk

Good luck

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February 16, 2004 at 9:01 pm in reply to: Isaacs Spitfire #1611960

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Re: Re: Isaacs Spitfire

Originally posted by Mike J
Best place for it. Is there a forum for model aircraft? You could post it there too!

Construction of the original Isaacs Spitfire started in 1969 So surely G-BBJI now qualifies in its own right as a Historic Aircraft.

John O Isaacs also helped construct the Avro Triplane Replica which now resides at Old Warden, another model aircraft!

Lastly here’s a pic of the model Hawker Fury with wings courtesy of John O Isaacs.

February 12, 2004 at 11:01 pm in reply to: The Cockpit Thread #1617708

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Originally posted by 682al
P40 of some kind?

Quite right, this is the cockpit of P 40E 41-5709.

February 12, 2004 at 10:45 pm in reply to: The Cockpit Thread #1617757

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Despite this unusual angle this one should not prove too dificult.

February 12, 2004 at 8:01 pm in reply to: La-9 #1805856

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_NZ
[B]yeah, but could you call the I-16 elegant ???
Purposeful, mean, stubby, and aggressive,…perhaps…

Mean and stubby like a pit bull terrier of an aircraft.

February 12, 2004 at 7:44 pm in reply to: Former Shuttleworth Pilots. #1805978

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Also re. former Shuttleworth pilots: did not Bee Beamont fly the SE5 during displays in the late seventies? [/B][/QUOTE]

Bee Beamont also flew the English Electric Wren, what a contrast to the other EE products Bee use to fly during his day job.

February 12, 2004 at 12:01 am in reply to: Former Shuttleworth Pilots. #1808610

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Re: Re: Former Shuttleworth Pilots.

Originally posted by Janie
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May I be bold enough to ask what you motive is? Is there an exciting new book or magazine article being produced? Why not contact Shuttleworth directly if you need an accurate list?

There is the possibility of a magazine article featuring these unsung pilots. I will be contacting Shuttleworth once I have developed a basic concept, but at this stage I just wanted to have some idea of the numbers involved. As far as I’m aware no such list has ever been published.

Hopefully the collection has some form of display log independent from each aircrafts log, otherwise it could be a slow process!

In some ways these pilots should receive some recognition for the tremendous displays they fly in often very demanding aircraft.

February 10, 2004 at 10:41 pm in reply to: Cunningham pub croydon at risk #1812105

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Also when going into Croydon today on the 154 bus… when going through Roundshaw, i noticed on the newly built church up there, that the cross on the side is made from an old propeller… any ideas where it has come from or if its just a mock up thing? [/B][/QUOTE]

The props off an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy.
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