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July 22, 2003 at 11:49 am in reply to: Supermarine Swift G-SWIF #2102449

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Thanks Damien, good for them 🙂

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 11:25 am in reply to: Supermarine Swift G-SWIF #2102455

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It would make sense wouldn’t it. It fits well into the Supermarine collection.

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 10:59 am in reply to: One of our Aircraft is Missing #2102489

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Thanks very much.

July 22, 2003 at 10:43 am in reply to: TFC Hurricane IV #2102493

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I’m sorry, I’ve just read Warbirduks post. I must have missed it. As the aircraft was unsafe to be ground handled then yes, of course, it should stay exactly where it is. I would expect no different. They clearly wanted to get it out on the line as much as we wanted them to.
It would have been nice if it had been explained by the commentator at the time though, rather than the aeroplane being ignored. Never mind, there’s always next time.

I am surprised though, that there is no method of locking the undercarriage in the down position. But as Britains first retractable undercarriage fighter I suppose the problem hadn’t been thought of at that stage.

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 10:33 am in reply to: One of our Aircraft is Missing #2102498

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With reference to kev35s comment about Janie, and as someone who was, until now, not aware that she wasn’t present at Sundays Legends, I’d just like to ask a simple question to put my mind at rest. A yes or no answer will suffice.

Is Janie and her owner/pilot OK.

No details required, I only ask because I’m concerned.

Thanks

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 10:24 am in reply to: Happy Birthday Moggy C #2102501

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Happy Birthday Moggy:) 🙂

July 22, 2003 at 9:58 am in reply to: Greatest airshow moment (Very old thread dredged up) #2102506

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So, so many…..

15 Hunter formation at Kemble.
Big Wing flyby at Duxford 2000 Battle of Britain Display.
The BBMF formation with Black6 and Black2 at North Weald.
The BBMF formation with the Mosquito at Mildenhall many years ago
The 90ish helicopter formation approaching the crowd accompanied by ‘ride of the Valkries’ at Middle Wallop.
The Mosquito displaying at Old Warden and appearing from behind the trees.
Ray Hanna in P51 Candyman being warned that the minimum display height at Mildenhall was 50ft, AFTER his display!!
Any display by the following…. Vulcan, SR71, B2, Lancaster, B17
The Legends Balbo formations, together with the ‘joker’ and accompanied by ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Mark Hanna in MH434 doing a solo slot

I have to stop somewhere, so it’s here.

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 9:44 am in reply to: B-24 re-enters US military service #2102509

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The BBC are always appalling for this sort of thing. ITV are usually pretty good, but the only TV company who have a real anorak working for them is Channel 4. If you want to know whats going on, watch the C4 news. It’s usually bang on.

BBC wouldn’t know a Liberator from a Lancaster (or a Shackelton for that matter!!)

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 9:39 am in reply to: RIAT has real aeroplanes for a change #2102517

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Cargomaster – Thanks, great shot, hopefully I’ve got a similar one at the processors somewhere!!

DIGBY – Sorry to mention those nasty jet things but some of them were quite old you know (OK some of them weren’t). My apologies. As a penance, I’ll go for a look round Old Warden at my next opportunity.

coanda – I too, am convinced that the Prototype Meteor should be Green and Brown, but this may purely be because I have seen this particular aeroplane, in this scheme, many times.

Yak11fan – I think, prehaps, Jay-Knee, was somewhere else…….

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 9:28 am in reply to: Iraqi Furies #2102518

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I would still have thought that money for medical care etc was a more pressing issue than aviation heritage at the moment.

I have already agreed that the aeoplanes ARE Iraqi property. It is up to them in the end. It would just be a shame to see the aeroplanes scrapped. At least if they were sold now they would be safe. One could always be returned, fully restored, later on when the situation was better.

Willow

July 22, 2003 at 8:57 am in reply to: An interesting registration #2102522

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Not aviation related, but porbably relevant.

The latest design of car registrations in the UK were designed to stop people fashioning their names or other words out of their cars number plate. It has failed. I recently parked next to
WA 51 TME. Innocent enough, except it was spaced to read

WAS IT ME.

Just thought I’d share that with you. (No, I am not a car spotter!!)

Back to aviation, I seem to remember the Italians being quite good with this sort of thing. Back at Farnborough years ago there was an aggressive looking MB339 with the registration I-BITE !!

There used to be a british Pitts Special registered G-WHIZ.

And finally……

The best advertising going, the America Nike corp. (the footwear giant) uses the US registration system to its advantage with its Gulfstream bizjet being registered N 1 KE.

Willow

July 21, 2003 at 3:36 pm in reply to: RIAT has real aeroplanes for a change #2102743

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Putting my ‘fast jet’ head on for a second, I thought that the formation of F117 with the RedArrows on Saturday was excelent. First class and perfectly executed. Anyone care to post a shot of it?

Willow

P.S. I’ll go back to my ‘historic’ head now!!

July 21, 2003 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Dayton Ohio 2003 Airshow #2102751

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That P51 looks like the one which is being donated to the RAF Museum.

The Spitfire, a MkIX, will be familiar to all UK Airshow goers of a few years back. Glad to see it’s still active.

Great shots, thanks very much.

Willow

July 21, 2003 at 2:59 pm in reply to: Iraqi Furies #2102767

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Simply removing them would count as theft because, unlike previous conflicts, the whole reason for Gulf War2 was to ‘free’ Iraq, not conquer or repel it.

However, if the Furies value was put back into rebuilding Iraq, I’m sure there would be no argument as no doubt the locals would much rather have the money than an old aeroplane. The same is true of the Twin Pioneer seen at the main airport. What happened to that?

Or maybe the US forces can blew that up as well!!

DOUGHNUT has a good point about Migs though. Why not? There aren’t too many Mig25 or 31 in the West.

Willow

July 21, 2003 at 1:46 pm in reply to: TFC Hurricane IV #2102837

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I know another one……

MARRIAGE !!! ( or an impending one)

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