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  • September 17, 2004 at 11:13 pm in reply to: AEW Wellington….any ideas? #1437780
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    No sooner said than done

    http://www.modelhangar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117&page=1&pp=10

    -Nick

    September 17, 2004 at 10:55 pm in reply to: AEW Wellington….any ideas? #1437793
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    Well ASV, H2S and the American produced H2X were all successful developments of centimetric radar.

    My query was more about the many claims to fame for the Wimpy, one of which was that it was the first AEW aircraft and also the forerunner of JSTARS – I think I’ve presently surprised a chap on the diecast forum with the extra bit of information (care of Ian) which I guess is what this forum lark is all about. 😎

    I also heard a rumour that the RN invented the microwave oven back in the mid 1940s, radar tecs noticed you could boil water (for tea obviously) if you left it near a ASV set that was radiating -Might be an urban legend though!

    Papa Lima, we were clearing out a store cupboard at work the other day and I found a video of how to use TACAN featuring a Gnat from 4FTS – what a briliant pre-computer system!

    Ian,
    Have you been to Neatishead museum? The’ve got a S259 and all sorts of stuff.

    September 17, 2004 at 8:55 pm in reply to: AEW Wellington….any ideas? #1437904
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    Thanks Ian – can I assume you have a service Radar background?

    -nick

    September 17, 2004 at 7:49 pm in reply to: AEW Wellington….any ideas? #1437946
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    Thanks, that’s great, may I quote you on another forum? It’s a diecast model forum where someone was giving the highlights of Wimpy service, I added it had been trialed as AEW, now it seems we invented JSTARS too!

    -Nick

    September 10, 2004 at 12:49 am in reply to: Whose Heritage? What Takes Priority? SCRAP Sally B today #1557647
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    I’m more than happy to see US aircraft in UK museums but I would have liked Hendon’s examples painted in representative RAF colours – Coastal command or 90gp B-17, 19 Sqn P-51, for example. It’s not as if they are in their original schemes anyway (I stand to be corrected about this) Incidentally, while I’m on about Hendon – fix that B***** Halifax will you?

    -Nick

    August 26, 2004 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Another lancaster bomber under threat? #1603746
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    I dropped them an e-mail and this is the reply:

    Dear Nick
    The article is false information.
    The Museum is not being dismantled or sold off. There is the possibility that it will move to another site but this decision has yet to be made.
    Sadly there are some mischievous people putting around rumours and I can advise you that they are totally without foundation.
    Can you pleased advise the address of the Flypast forum so that we can correct their misinformation.
    Thank you
    regards
    Ron Bullard
    Webmaster/Director of Estates

    What’s the true story? – I think I might have made a bit of a fool of myself 😮
    Oh well, not the first time…….

    -Nick

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