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January 3, 2006 at 8:40 pm in reply to: RAF Museum Cosford Hidden Treasures #1352430

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What a relief to see that KZ-VIII G-AYKZ is in reasonably good condition 🙂

@Skybolt and Arm Waver:

Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S in Copenhagen only completed one KZ-VIII, this being the above aircraft. A second one was started, but not finished. This was bought by a German collector who completed it and later sold it back to Denmark where it is now based at Stauning with the reg OY-DRR. This would presumably have been the one seen there. A Danish enthusiast scratch-built a third one (a tremendous achievement) in the Nineties and installed a 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed engine in it.

More info here:

http://www.kzclub.dk
http://www.flymuseum.dk
http://www.oy-reg.dk

November 3, 2005 at 8:45 pm in reply to: Hawker biplane survivors #1423705

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Small correction to foxwell’s comprehensive list above:

The Hawker Danecock/Dankok in Denmark is no longer in Billund (the museum there was closed many years ago) but is now with the Danish Collection of Vintage Aircraft in Stauning on the Danish West Coast.

Picture and info here: http://www.flymuseum.dk/sprog/engelsk/UKfly/dankok_uk.html

November 3, 2005 at 5:49 pm in reply to: Flying Devons, how many? #1423965

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According to this website – which seems to be able to answer many questions posed in this thread – D-ISFC crashed in Munich in 1983.

November 3, 2005 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Civil Whirlwind in Germany #1423991

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That wasn’t a Whirlwind in “Heimat”, it was the well-known Sikorsky S-58 D-HAUG…. 😉

November 3, 2005 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Flying Devons, how many? #1424152

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Regarding D-INKA in Germany:

This immaculate aircraft is actually owned Messrs Presser (retired LTU Captain) and Knauer (Condor Captain) and not by LTU, the latter “only” sponsoring its operation as they did with its restoration. LTU was originally intending to acquire the aircraft but decided against it for technical and organisational reasons. The owners have set up a nice website too: http://www.ltu-classic.de. All information from the German magazine “Flugzeug Classic” (Nov. 2005).

Potentially airworthy Doves/Devons:

DH 104-2B D-IKUR (c/n 4296, ex HB-LAR) stored in Soest/Bad Sassendorf in Germany. Apparently requires an (expensive) “Check 4” (equivalent to an airliner D-Check) in order to fly again but is hangared and otherwise in good condition (sources: “Flugzeug Classic” Mar and Nov 2005).

DH 104 Series 8 OY-BHZ (c/n 4270, ex RAF WB534, G-BLPZ) stored in Stauning in Denmark. CoA expired in 1995, but it is still on the Danish register. Pictures here . Seems to require some work to get it airborne again.

I fully agree with the opinions expressed earlier that this elegant aircraft is disappearing at an alarming pace from the skies. Is it perhaps the required check mentioned for D-IKUR which grounds them? A quick glance at the list above shows that there are less airworthy Doves/Devons than a certain British WWII fighter…. 😀

November 2, 2005 at 6:42 pm in reply to: flugwerk fw 190 #1425122

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A local spotter saw D-FWWC fly today from its Manching/Ingolstadt base north of Munich and posted pictures in the forum in my signature to prove it. Looks nice!

August 23, 2005 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Chichester-Miles Leopard – First VLJ? #419190

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Could the Chichester-Miles Leopard be called the first VLJ (very light jet)?

Shouldn’t that honour be bestowed on the much earlier Morane-Saulnier Paris or SIPA MiniJet?

August 23, 2005 at 8:59 pm in reply to: Two new SLR's from Canon #466883

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I was a convinced film photographer until a couple of months ago, until I finally got tired of the high costs and poor quality of development available to normal consumers. Then I bought a Canon EOS350D and haven’t r looked back since. Had some 13 x 18 cm prints made recently which absolutely blew me over quality wise. I’ll never buy a single roll of film again and I absolutely fail to see in which respect film is better than digital. It may be a different ballgame with film for a select group of professionals who require very large enlargements and/or have access to a high-quality, reliable lab, but for the (ambitioned) amateur? No way. Film is dead, and where it hasn’t yet completely died, shabby consumer labs will drive the final nail in the coffin.

August 16, 2005 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Pics from a nice summer evening at my local (German) airfield #419413

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Thanks; forgot to add that D-MOOI is a “Pretty Flight”

August 15, 2005 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Eastbourne, a view from Beachy Head. #492658

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Great shot of the DHL B757 !

August 12, 2005 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Microlight Morane-Saulnier MS.317 lookalike #419694

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Just answered my question myself: It’s a 2.8l Australian Rotec engine; see: http://www.weller-flugzeugbau.de/html/rotec-sprint.html

August 8, 2005 at 9:07 pm in reply to: Pics from interesting Munich vintage aircraft fly-in #1352311

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@James: The Storch – which I can confirm is certainly not pink but rather a quite brownish sand – is group owned and was rebuilt from parts of several ex-RSwAF Storchs. It flew for the first time after its rebuild about two years ago and is hangared in the Flugwerft.

@MikeJ: D-FDME is grounded with engine problems and has flown for quite a while.

August 4, 2005 at 9:53 pm in reply to: Pics from interesting Munich vintage aircraft fly-in #1359288

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I don’t suppose that I need to describe all the types, but just in case somebody is wondering:

D-ELYQ is a Klemm Kl 107, the predecessor of the somwhat better known Bölkow 207.

D-EGWP is a Benes-Mraz M1.D Sokol which apparently actually flew with the East German Af, hence the paintscheme.

D-EHKO is a Klemm Kl 35D

August 4, 2005 at 9:49 pm in reply to: Pics from interesting Munich vintage aircraft fly-in #1359291

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.. and the last

June 11, 2005 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Two nice pics from Munich (MUC)… #592195

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Did you do aviation photography before you brought it, or are these your first attempts?

Yes I did, since many years, although mainly airshows.

My nose kept pressing the two control buttons to the right of the viewfinder

And my nose keeps hitting the buttons to the left of the LCD-display (I use my right eye)! A viewfinder extension is next on the acquisitions list…!
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