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January 31, 2004 at 2:22 pm in reply to: Scottish forum meet #1824784

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10 am sounds fine to me, if it’s not too early for those travelling some distance.

As regards the restoration hangar and the Spitfire, I can’t guarantee anything, but I’ll see what I can do. Work on the aircraft is done on Wednesdays when the APSS volunteers are on site, but I’m not sure if it will be possible to get access on a Saturday. I’ll certainly ask!

January 29, 2004 at 9:09 pm in reply to: Scottish forum meet #1825002

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By some miracle, it would seem that everyone appears to be able to come on 24 April. I guess that’s sorted!

I’ll see if I can get some ‘extras’ organised – no promises mind you – and wondered if there’s anything anyone would particularly like. Would you like someone to give a talk, some model aircraft flying, tour of behind the scenes, or something else? I can’t guarantee anything, but I’ll do my best to see if any suggestions are feasible.

January 29, 2004 at 5:11 pm in reply to: Scottish forum meet #1825059

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Perhaps it’s too early to decide on dates, but I wondered how you all feel about Saturday 24 April? I assume a weekend would be preferable for most folk, although if a Wednesday would be suitable we could perhaps see some of the APSS volunteers working on the aircraft. When would suit most people?

January 28, 2004 at 9:39 pm in reply to: Kb976 #1825142

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Could it be from the Short Scion? It certainly looks about right.

January 28, 2004 at 9:37 pm in reply to: 1947 air crash near Naples #1825143

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Perhaps it could become more of a ‘Flight of the Pheonix’ type story, with the aircraft crashing in a remote location. No-one is killed but their respectives pasts come back to haunt them as they struggle to survive in the wilderness.

January 28, 2004 at 6:19 pm in reply to: 1947 air crash near Naples #1825214

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How about Mr Aghanur Harouthunian being an enemy spy who has been captured and is being taken back under armed guard (ie Private Edmund James Dilley, 19, 1st Btn, The Royal East Kent Reg) and under the watchful eye of the MI6 agent who caught him (Mr Thomas Simon Coates Gill)?

January 28, 2004 at 5:20 pm in reply to: Kb976 #1825222

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Originally posted by DazDaMan
It could also be ML407 – both Spits still had the normal Spitfire trainer cockpit fitted at the time. And ML407 was bought by Nick Grace in 1978 or 79.

Quote from the 2nd edition guide book:

“The Collection has two Spitfires for rebuilding: a Mk. IX Two Seat Trainer (ML 407), and a Mk. XIV (NH 904).”

So there’s your answer. 🙂

January 28, 2004 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Scottish forum meet #1825242

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I’m up for it, provided it’s on a day off for me. If I can make it, this might also have the advantage that I might be able to swing free entry for some, if not all, of those going (since I work for the National Museums).

January 28, 2004 at 11:27 am in reply to: 1947 air crash near Naples #1825271

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I’ve also discovered that Frederick Thompson Bruce was promoted from an LAC to a Pilot Officer on probation on 14 January 1944, his service number changing from 1605273 to 154969. A useless bit of information, but I post it anyway!

January 28, 2004 at 11:20 am in reply to: 1947 air crash near Naples #1825273

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I hadn’t noticed this, but now that you mention it, Moggy …

Incidentally, the retired commando officer had been a signaller in the Marines, so perhaps that could add to the mystery. He in fact joined the Air Ministry in 1936 but was back with the Admiralty from 1939 helping set up radar stations in Orkney and Shetland.

There’s also the RNVR officer, perhaps an upper-class university graduate.

January 28, 2004 at 9:59 am in reply to: 1947 air crash near Naples #1825281

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Geoff,

Thanks very much for this info. I knew someone would come up trumps here! Anyway, your help is much appreciated.

January 27, 2004 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Kb976 #1825358

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Originally posted by Der
It’s an ex-collection. It has ceased to be.

Sorry, I wasn’t clear in my earlier post. When I mentioned about the collection being in decline, I meant by the time of the 4th edition of the guide book, since there are far fewer aircraft in it. I do know the collection no longer exists. What I was wondering is does the smaller 4th edition reflect the fact that by then a sizeable part of the collection had already been sold off?

January 27, 2004 at 9:35 pm in reply to: Kb976 #1825362

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Der,

Thanks for that – it saves me having to go and try and use someone else’s scanner. I also have the 4th edition, but it is much smaller and has far fewer aircraft. Presumably the collection in decline?

January 27, 2004 at 9:20 pm in reply to: Kb976 #1825366

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Originally posted by ageorge
Any more general Strathallan photos ??? , especially looking for the Avenger in Dutch Navy colour scheme ( with the radome ).

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Alastair,

The good news: I have the Strathallan Aircraft Collection Official Guide, 2nd Edition, which has a photo of the Avenger TBM-3W2 with radome in what appears to be Dutch markings.

The bad news: I don’t have a scanner, so it may take me some time to get the image uploaded. However, I’ll try and get something sorted out in the next few days.

Every single one of the collection’s aircraft is illustrated in the guide (in black and white), so if anyone wants pics of any of the other a/c, let me know.

January 9, 2004 at 1:02 pm in reply to: What would you do? #2081439

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I don’t know if I understand things correctly, but if I do I think the problem might be that there is a difference between permission to take photos and permission to publish (even on the web). It may be that they were happy for you to take photos for your personal use, but what caused the problem was that you published them without seeking additional permission. That said, they should have told you when you approached them that any photos would be for personal use only and that further permission would be needed for publication.

So to answer your question, from what you say I do think you had enough permission to photograph the aircraft, but perhaps required further permission before making said photos publicly available.
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