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January 22, 2009 at 10:44 pm in reply to: 1950's refuel bowser picture request #1233052

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Sadly not the originals. These are scanned from contemporary magazine ads. Frank Wootton did a lot of magazine illustrations, obviously a steady income for “commercial artists” in those days.

January 22, 2009 at 5:23 pm in reply to: 1950's refuel bowser picture request #1233420

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A couple of old Esso ads may help

January 20, 2009 at 11:06 pm in reply to: North Weald How to get in…? #1235548

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TJ, there shouldn’t be a problem at the gate. Tell them you want to visit The Squadron. If you are arriving by taxi, it can drive you round. It’s a long walk, though some people like the exercise.

The phone number of the Squadron is 01992 524 510 if you want to check if anything is going on. We have some great aircraft based on the field and you never know what may be flying apart from the “spammies”.

Best to avoid Saturdays because of the market.

January 19, 2009 at 11:20 pm in reply to: Hangar 11 Hurri update #1236878

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A large Hurricane-shaped parcel wrapped in plastic arrived last Thursday afternoon. 😀

August 28, 2008 at 8:01 am in reply to: Spitfire – Supermarine support during WW2 #1228277

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My uncle was an inspector at Supermarine in Southampton. One of his jobs was to visit RAF stations to check on the modification states of the aircraft, so they could be upgraded where necessary. He told me this work at dispersals was sometimes interrupted by bombing raids. Aircraft were also shot down before the remedial work could be carried out. He had about 40 different items to check memorised.

Whether the work was done by the RAF ground crews or others I don’t know.

Aircraft were also sent back to Supermarine on occasion. Again, he told me about a Mark XIV Spitfire that had been in a dogfight with an FW190. It pulled out of a dive so hard that the wings were bent up out of true. The design department produced a special repair schedule to get it back in the air again.

Hope this helps.

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July 14, 2008 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Miss Helen #1198066

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A couple more pictures of the recovery. Glad no-one was hurt. Aircraft can be repaired, it could have been much, much worse.

The head on shot of Miss Helen parked is my pic too.

YR

June 23, 2008 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Yak 3 White 100 at North Weald #1223597

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The Yak 12 has quite a history. Originally it was brought into the country on the Lithuanian register as LY-FKD. It then went onto the G-register and ended up being owned by the notorious ‘flying vet’ Maurice Kirk for a while.

The present owner put it onto the Hungarian register because he also operates a Yak 18T on the same register. Because of licensing issues with the CAA, most, if not all, of the 18Ts went onto the Hungarian register a few years ago, as the type had a full JAA certification in that country. To have done the same here would have cost thousands.

The two aircraft were based at Dunsfold, but recently moved to NW because the GA hangar there has been taken over by a fulfilment company.

June 21, 2008 at 10:49 pm in reply to: Yak 3 White 100 at North Weald #1224939

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Unfortunately the weather rather curtailed the number of visiting aircraft. There was a sizeable contingent from France and Belgium, which included several Stampes. One of the Vagabonds had flown over from Switzerland and we also had a rather nice Stearman come in during the afternoon.

Weather tomorrow forecasts strong winds, so we will have to wait and see what can make it in.

A huge amount of organisation goes into this event, so it will be a great shame if the weather defeats us.

June 20, 2008 at 10:36 pm in reply to: Westonzoyland News #1225871

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There is an article in the latest issue of Loop magazine by Dennis Kenyon about his time on Meteors at Weston Zoyland, and a very lucky escape that he had while night flying.

May be worth contacting him, as he will doubtless have more reminiscences about WZ, and is a well-known display pilot (albeit a bit bruised at present!).

Loop is free if you register.

YR

June 6, 2008 at 6:45 pm in reply to: What aircraft still fly that took part in the Normandy landings. #1239401

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C47 Drag Em Oot served with the 101st Airborne out of Greenham Common. The pilot has been traced in the US.

Pictured here in November 2005 when it was reunited with the Aces High C47. Their production line serial numbers are almost in sequence – only one other in between. Eventually they were both passed to the RAF and took on sequential RAF serials. So Aces High aircraft also likely to have been over Normandy that day.

May 20, 2008 at 6:32 pm in reply to: What civil aircraft are you? #1178515

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G-ATJJ: Chipmunk. De-registered

May 5, 2008 at 7:32 pm in reply to: D-FLAK for Yak fans #1192121

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I spoke to Maxi about whether it will be around at all over the summer. He said not, but maybe back for a short visit in the Autumn.

It did have a ‘bird strike’ with a Falcon in Paris.

May 5, 2008 at 12:57 pm in reply to: Spotted #1192298

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Mr T’s P40 was displaying at Abingdon and Old Warden yesterday. I helped put it to bed when it got back to NW late afternoon.

April 20, 2008 at 7:54 pm in reply to: North Weald Gate Guardian #1205805

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The event is open to the public. There is an entry charge of £2 to help cover the costs. As well as the BBMF, there is a fly-in of GA aircraft.

The airfield is also hosting the annual re-union of the RAFA National Service section, so plenty of veterans in attendance too from post-war days.

The unveiling will be outside the only original WW2 hangar still surviving. Museum nearby should be open too.

Spitfire and Hurricane arriving first, Dakota a little later.

Food and drinks available at the Squadron.

April 19, 2008 at 6:33 pm in reply to: Ju88 Restoration #1206854

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I found this pic of the crew positions while I was scanning ads for the other thread.
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