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May 25, 2013 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Fairey Barracuda DP872 #981730

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Thanks for posting your link to the Barra site Mike. The photos of the recovery are very interesting.

I seen the wreck just after it was recovered from the small lake where it had rested for 27 years. I was 13 at the time.

The primary school I previously attended was adjacent to the crash site. In the sixties stories of the wreck and the dead airmen still buried with their aircraft circulated around the school. Perhaps this is what makes the restoration of this aircraft so fascinating for me.

April 10, 2013 at 3:25 pm in reply to: QEC Construction #2003094

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If POW was to be renamed I would like to see another R05 HMS Eagle. In my opinion the best carrier the Navy ever had.

Eagle was in much better condition than Ark Royal. Decommissioning her and re-fitting Ark for Phantoms was a purely political move, costing more than re-fitting Eagle and resulting in a ship which constantly had problems with fresh water supply and other unserviceable machinery.

February 24, 2013 at 6:53 pm in reply to: British catapult questions. #2005125

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I did think about the AWE element when I was posting the question, however we hear so much about the good account the Sea Harrier gave of itself during the conflict, I was looking for opinions on how it would match up, ie Sea Harrier v Mirage/ Phantom v Mirage.

I do agree with your point, the whole thing wouldn’t have kicked off at all had Ark Royal still been in service.

February 24, 2013 at 4:45 pm in reply to: British catapult questions. #2005133

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How would the Phantom F4K have fared in the Falklands engagement against the Argentinians Mirages. Would they have had any advantage over the Sea Harrier?

January 29, 2013 at 11:11 pm in reply to: Carrier Aircraft, Wing tips up in flight #939487

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Thank you Rob and Pagen for your info.

I was told about the Gannet wing fold on launch by an eye witness. He said the aircraft was half way down the catapult track when the wing folded and how it looked like the aircraft was saluting as it went into the sea. If it wasn’t for the tragic loss of life it would have almost been comical.

I never worked on the Gannet and don’t know if there is a ‘wing locked’ indicator or not. Perhaps someone on here knows how this could have happened.

January 29, 2013 at 5:08 pm in reply to: Carrier Aircraft, Wing tips up in flight #940134

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Thanks Wyvernfan. I think I will have to take your advice and buy a copy.

Thanks again, Paul.

January 29, 2013 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Google Earth "1945" aerial photos #940261

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Hope GE includes more photos as time goes on. A lot of the airfields I would like to look at are in areas which at present are not covered before 1999.

January 28, 2013 at 10:39 pm in reply to: Carrier Aircraft, Wing tips up in flight #941212

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Thanks Wyvernfan and Pagen for the info on the Gannet. I lived only a few miles away from Eglinton at the time of this incident, however I was only 1 year old then!

Has anyone got any photos of Eglinton during it’s HMS Gannet, RNAS days?

Is there any info in the book ‘Fleet Air Arm fixed wing aircraft’ on the other incident I mentioned where a Gannets wing folded on launch from a carrier catapult?

January 28, 2013 at 9:37 pm in reply to: Google Earth "1945" aerial photos #941366

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Some look like B-17s, wonder if it’s from the USAAF Air Depot days?

I think your right Pagen.

If you look at the 1999 image you can see some bomb craters following a line just below the north east end of the main runway. They don’t appear in the black and white photo.

With some research into the date of the bombing and the arrival of the USAAF it should be easy to date the photo.

January 28, 2013 at 8:38 pm in reply to: Carrier Aircraft, Wing tips up in flight #941505

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Not quite the same thing but i seem to remember a Gannet being landed successfully despite losing both outer wing sections whilst in the air.

Edit.. This could be the one.

Rob

Nice pic Wyvernfan, any idea where the Gannet’s parent station was or where it landed. Judging by the 500 series code I would say it was a shore based squadron/flight.

January 28, 2013 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Google Earth "1945" aerial photos #941533

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Honington is interesting. There were a lot of bomb craters around the area near the airfield after the war which I can’t see in this photo. The building I have marked was less the lower left leg of the ‘H’ when I was stationed there in the ’70s. It was bombed sometime during the war.

This is a pre 1945 image. Can any one have a guess at the type of aircraft seen. You will have to view GE to see them they are not on the attached image.

January 28, 2013 at 7:50 pm in reply to: Carrier Aircraft, Wing tips up in flight #941713

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Like to seem someone do that (or try) with the Gannet.

A Gannet did leave the deck of an RN aircraft carrier (Eagle I think) with one wing folding whilst on the cat. I was told it looked very comical, almost like it was saluting before going into the sea.

There is a photo somewhere of a Gannet having successfully landed without the two outer parts of the folding wing.

January 28, 2013 at 5:12 pm in reply to: Google Earth "1945" aerial photos #941951

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Tarrant Rushton airfield was definitely built before 12/1945, however it’s not shown in the photo. Same goes for Brize Norton. These images date from before 1945.

January 26, 2013 at 6:53 pm in reply to: F35 debate thread- enter at your own risk. #2252734

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Interesting news! sounds like the Navy will see very little of the F35s

December 27, 2012 at 7:50 am in reply to: New TV series about RAF in WW2 #992145

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[QUOTE=charliehunt; Is Guy Ritchie really the right director for a WW2 film? [/QUOTE]

Perhaps Ritchie will give us an east end gangster version of the BoB. “Prop, Stick and 8 Smoking Barrels”….SHUT IT! old boy :diablo:
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