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  • in reply to: Biman DC-10 joining Bruntingthorpe museum collection? #975454
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    Looks like plenty have been sold, but still some available.
    http://www.biman-airlines.com/about/news?id=46e17663-312b-46ba-93d6-3d7e508f36b8

    in reply to: Why Walrus? #986396
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    Don’t you love that plane that is catapulted into the skies as a Walrus, and comes down a Sea Otter:)

    in reply to: Aviation /War Movies that have never appeared #987252
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    Only two words need to be said concening American backers – Joe McCarthy.

    in reply to: German Bomb? #1000883
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    It’s an agency story from the Press Association. Other regional newspapers have had the courtesy to credit the story to its original source, such as here:
    http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/national/news/10952237.German_bomb_found_under_Exmoor_path/

    in reply to: Cross overs #443694
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    Most modern DSLRs and other camera have a multiple exposure option, with pictures taken at anything up to 10 frames a second. Track one of the planes with your camera and press the button just before the crossover. With a bit of luck one of your pictures will look a bit like the one below. With a bit more luck you’ll get one plane right behind the other! (Cosford, 2013)

    in reply to: Vickers Windsor #931675
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    From looking at the pictures I’ve got (Aircraft of the Fighting Powers Vol 7) I’d say the two aircraft pictured (DW512 and another, presumably DW506 going from the cowling shape) were both in green/brown prototype finish with yellow undersides, but obviously they’re black and white so I can’t be too dogmatic.

    Edit: Just seen some impressions of the Windsors with green/grey above and both sky and yellow undersides, just to confuse matters!

    in reply to: Messerschmitt over Ireland? #946185
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    Just to muddy the waters even further, there’s always this clip to be found on YouTube, allegedly based on a real event. Personally, I’m surprised the Stork hotel isn’t in there somewhere:D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NArWKpSp0MU

    in reply to: Another Mossie ready to fly soon? #967244
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    Lovely little piece and interviews with the veterans. Just on a minor point, why the high gloss finish?

    in reply to: Experimental Aircraft From The Fifties #994519
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    The Boeing X-48 was sort of British, built in the UK by Cranfield Aerospace. But if you want 100 per cent British oddities, just go for a stroll round Cosford.

    in reply to: Bristol Bulldog pub sign #941682
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    When I lived and worked in Bristol in the 1970s, the pub was the Bristol Bulldog. Name spelled out in full, and unequivocably the aeroplane.

    in reply to: Cosford 2013 – From the other side… #472549
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    Nice pics, and a good choice – the traffic was solid for five miles northwards on the A41 (not that it worried me too much as I arrived by motorbike) and the lighting was much better from that side anyway.

    in reply to: Goodwin Sands Dornier progress thread #965560
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    Quote from the BBC man on the spot (and some people have all the best jobs!)

    Darren Priday, of the museum, may have succumbed to understandable euphoria when he joked: “We’ll have her flying in a week.”

    If that’s not a feed line for the L*g*nds joke then I don’t know what is! Congrats to all concerned.

    in reply to: In todays paper, TIGHAR wags its tail again. #976805
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    Same story in today’s Daily Telegraph:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/?source=refresh

    As a rule of thumb, if a newspaper posers a question in a headline, the answer is usually ‘no’ and you can move on to something a bit more substantial. Note that the Telegraph story is ascribed to ‘agencies’, which means that someone else a long way from the Telegraph (and Daily Mail) has done the fact checking, if any.

    in reply to: A350 Paint job completed #511693
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    From a purely visual point of view, it looks like the most Boeing-like of all the Airbus wide bodies.
    Firstly, the nose undercarraige is much further forward than has previously been the case on Airbus models, lining up with the rear panel of the cockpit glazing rather than under the forward cabin door.
    Secondly, the top line of the A350 fuselage drops slightly at the tail. Earlier wide-body Airbus models (A380 excepted) have a straight line right to the end – a valuable recognition feature, so far, at least.

    in reply to: Identifying types in 1946 Staverton aerial photograph #986622
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    I’d certainly agree about the Warwick, given its size, number of engines and the equal taper on the wings. My first thought was also Whitley for the ‘Dornieresque’ plane at the top, biut after a bit of digging I wonder if it would be one of the Handley Page Harrows that Flight Refuelling used at one point? The wing planform is similar to the Whitley and the twin fins are in a similar position to the Whitley. The Harrow had a much longer nose, of course, but if you look at the photograph long enough you can almost convince yourself that there is a long nose there.

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