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  • February 12, 2002 at 2:21 pm in reply to: Battle of Britain #2115156
    Ashley
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    RE: Battle of Britain

    Re-make Battle of Britain and Dambusters? I rather hope not…yes, dated they may be in places, cliched too…but that is a part of their appeal…

    February 12, 2002 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Lancasters lost in Russia #2115160
    Ashley
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    RE: Lancasters lost in Russia

    And Lancman…I haven’t forgotten your query about Old Fred, I’m just waiting for some feedback from the gentleman who flew in her 🙂

    February 12, 2002 at 1:14 pm in reply to: Salvage Squad – 11 Feb #2115162
    Ashley
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    RE: Salvage Squad – 11 Feb

    It’s funny you should say that Moggy…I was racking my brains last night to think if I was and unfortunately I don’t think I was…I’m pretty sure I would have remembered seeing something like that if I had been 🙂

    My fiance’s father very kindly gave me some photos he had taken at some airshows he had been to in the early 1980s and some of VK in her BA livery are amongst them…I didn’t really know what VK was until last night’s programme so it was nice to learn a bit more…incidentially these photos include some fantastic shots of a Vulcan but I can’t see the serial number to identify the aircraft 🙁

    February 12, 2002 at 1:07 pm in reply to: Salvage Squad – 11 Feb #2115168
    Ashley
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    RE: Salvage Squad – 11 Feb

    I stumbled upon the programme by chance and thought it was very interesting…

    Mike…we also have a Cierva autogyro in RAF colours on display here at Duxford…it is true that much of the autogyro squadrons’ work was secret…I believe the squadrons were given inauspicious titles like “No5 Photography Unit”!

    February 12, 2002 at 12:56 pm in reply to: 12th February – 60th Anniversary. #2115171
    Ashley
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    RE: 12th February – 60th Anniversary.

    [updated:LAST EDITED ON 12-02-02 AT 12:58 PM (GMT)]Yes Moggy, brave men indeed…

    There’s a Stringbag pic and more information to be found on the Spitfire and Hurricane Museum at Manston’s website http://www.spitfire-museum.com It’s in the “other exhibits” section

    February 11, 2002 at 5:01 pm in reply to: Spitfire 3 – How I dream of airshows! #2115312
    Ashley
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    RE: Spitfire 3 – How I dream of airshows!

    Sadsack…it’s Historic Flying Limited’s latest restoration which will be painted in the same colours…the mark of aircraft escapes me at the moment, but from I last heard, she’s pretty near completion…and TD248 is not far behind either 🙂

    I’m not sure about the MKIX or MKXVIII…I haven’t seen either for a while so had just presumed they were in the blister sheds for winter maintenance…

    February 11, 2002 at 4:55 pm in reply to: Spitfire 1 Boo Hoo #2115314
    Ashley
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    RE: Spitfire 1 Boo Hoo

    [updated:LAST EDITED ON 11-02-02 AT 04:57 PM (GMT)]Steve…if she was in the north east side of Hanger 2 then she is more than likely to be operated by the Aircraft Restoration Company…with the exception of the Blenheim which lives in Hanger 4 when she’s “not out on ops”, the airworthy aircraft operated by ARCO live in Hanger 2 north east when not in the blister sheds for maintenance…

    As for ownership, that I am uncertain of…she may belong to Historic Flying Limited as I believe they bought and restored several Chipmunks when the RAF took them out of service…but I’ll see what I can find out 🙂

    February 11, 2002 at 1:54 pm in reply to: The Fairey Barracuda #2115329
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    RE: The Fairey Barracuda

    Thank you both very much for your help 🙂

    February 11, 2002 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Spitfire 1 Boo Hoo #2115334
    Ashley
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    RE: Spitfire 1 Boo Hoo

    I agree Steve…that certainly looks like ML417…one of my other favourite Spits…I shall miss seeing her in Hanger 2 and gracing the skies of Duxford…it was such a fantastic sight to watch her take to the skies for the first time in 2 years last year…

    February 10, 2002 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Spitfire 3 – How I dream of airshows! #2115424
    Ashley
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    RE: Spitfire 3 – How I dream of airshows!

    Drooling all over keyboard here…

    February 9, 2002 at 12:20 pm in reply to: A medley of todays visit to Hendon #2115527
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    RE: A medley of todays visit to Hendon

    Right that’s it…that’s settled the question of what to do next weekend…we’re going to Hendon 🙂

    February 8, 2002 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Angels One Five #2115617
    Ashley
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    RE: Angels One Five

    Thank you very much everyone…a trip to WH Smith this weekend it is then 🙂

    February 6, 2002 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Pretty little cat #2115660
    Ashley
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    RE: Pretty little cat

    I have a great deal of affection for the Wildcat…I think she’s a spirited little plane 🙂

    February 6, 2002 at 12:44 pm in reply to: Nice pair #2115663
    Ashley
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    RE: Nice pair

    A nice pic indeed Philo…and expect to see that lovely Spit back on the scene this season 🙂

    February 5, 2002 at 8:31 pm in reply to: F15 #2115684
    Ashley
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    RE: F15 … and B-24??

    Sadsack…you don’t have to remind me that the OFMC lost Mark Hanna…his loss is still very much felt here at Duxford…

    And as for TFC? Well we still miss Hoof Proudfoot and Guy Bancroft Wilson too…

    I have absolutely no wish to get into an argument with anyone over this…but when I wave an aircraft out of Duxford one day for it to crash a couple of days later…well it’s going to be a very emotive subject for me

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