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February 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Daily Mail – more war films for free #1214872

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What’s this ‘Angles One Five’ then?:D

But I might break the habit of a lifetime and get the Mail for the Dam Busters and a few others.

January 26, 2009 at 6:40 pm in reply to: The Demise Of The TSR.2 (merged) #1228414

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does anyone know what sort of serial numbers would have been allocated to service examples had she gone into production? ive got two of the new 1/48 scale models and was going to build XR220 and then a “what if” example next to her in a wrap around camo scheme and a modified main U/C

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As has been said, the allocated TSR-2 serials were mainly in the XS block for early production. Main production I presume would have spread across the XT and XV prefixes…for modelling ‘what-if’ purposes, how about something in the XV884-947 block, eventually allocated to the F-111 order?

At the risk of thread drift, were any serials allocated for the P1154, seeing as the first metal had been cut?

January 21, 2009 at 1:49 pm in reply to: Ugliest Warplane #1234968

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Amiot 143 anyone?

January 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm in reply to: BAC 3-11 cross-section #1161056

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What was the British obsession with rear engined jets? About the only one that wasn’t would have been the BAe/HS/DH 146 – and that has a T tail. 125, 111, VC10, Trident…

From memory, the RB203 Trent was one of the casualties of the 1971 Rolls-Royce bankruptcy.
Had the engine gone ahead, it would have powered the HS146’s predecessor, the HS136. And that was rear-engined, if I remember rightly.
Rear engines a uniquely British obsession? I’m not so sure. But I do think the political decision not to provide launch aid for the 311 probably saved BAC from itself.

January 11, 2009 at 5:18 pm in reply to: Demise of an airfield…. #1165419

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Of the two, Martlesham Heath seems more likely. Harwell was handed over to the atomic energy people in 1946, while Martlesham Heath ceased to be an RAF station in the early 1960s, which is consistent with the Bedford TK and Thames Trader lorries in the second picture.
The building certainly look similar to those pictured on the Martlesham Heath Aviation Society website http://mhas.org.uk/MHAS/index.html, although I wouldn’t like to say for certain.

January 8, 2009 at 9:44 pm in reply to: Colonel Don Blakeslee 11/9/17 – 3/9/08 (Merged) #1168862

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If you thought the Telegraph was slow to catch on, it finally made today’s Guardian, four months after the event:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/08/obituary-colonel-don-blakeslee

January 8, 2009 at 10:05 am in reply to: Aircraft recognition 0 out of 10! #1169697

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It’s pretty amazing, considering the maker would have been working from memory.

I’m surprised at the Telegraph of all publications perpetrating such a recognition howler, though, being the paper of choice for so many retired officers.

January 5, 2009 at 7:51 pm in reply to: General Discussion #297276

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The most pleasure I’ve had in recent years watching the girls go by has been at a cafe table in the main square in Tallinn, Estonia. Jusy my two-penn’orth, or maybe two Estonian kroons?

January 5, 2009 at 7:51 pm in reply to: Best looking European women #1886869

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The most pleasure I’ve had in recent years watching the girls go by has been at a cafe table in the main square in Tallinn, Estonia. Jusy my two-penn’orth, or maybe two Estonian kroons?

December 31, 2008 at 4:49 pm in reply to: Photograph Location Required #1177446

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Presumably the rectangular holes in the rudder are the work of various souvenir hunters?

December 29, 2008 at 4:47 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe D-Day? #1179545

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Was any attempt made to intercept the Arados over the UK? I believe high-altitude Spitfires went chasing the Ju-86Rs, and there was always the unused Welkin, but it seems more a task for the Gloster Meteor, which came into service within days of the first Arado overflights.

I’m guessing that by the time a Meteor was scrambled and at 30,000 feet, the Arado would have been miles away and, given the more pressing need to deal with the V1s, it would have been a waste of resources to mount standing patrols at that height. But I just wonder if even a token attempt was made to intercept them, or did Fighter Command simply clench its collective teeth and let them get on with it?

December 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm in reply to: Luftwaffe D-Day? #1180218

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From my books, the Arados operated unmolested over the UK from August 1944, ie too late to have surveyed the D-Day preparations.
Given the considerable height at which they flew, would they have been audible at ground level? Indeed, would they have been recognisable without a good pair of binoculars? Or did the Arados come a lot lower at times?
I’m always reluctant and a little awkward about casting doubts on treasured family legends and memories, but I think we need to know a little bit more about this one.

December 28, 2008 at 10:57 am in reply to: Besler Steam Plane. #1180743

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Well, that’s one way of getting reverse thrust – run the engine backwards!

December 24, 2008 at 8:18 pm in reply to: Merry Christmas + New year wishes #1182594

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A merry and marvellous Christmas to you all.

No time to write on the card, but enjoy…

December 23, 2008 at 7:05 pm in reply to: Last flights #1183723

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One obvious one is the Wright Flyer: December 17 1903, maybe an hour or so after its first flight!
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