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July 20, 2004 at 2:28 pm in reply to: Spitfire and falling bits at RIAT deps today #1553051

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Ray,

TD248 departed Fairford and lost its canopy on Monday. You probably saw the BBMF Spits on Sunday evening – they displayed and then departed.

Ahh. I’m not really up to speed with all the different Spitfires flying around so I didn’t appreciate the difference. I’ll go stand in the corner for a bit. 😮

July 20, 2004 at 11:37 am in reply to: Canberra? #1553229

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Thanks, Chaps

July 20, 2004 at 10:12 am in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1553315

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Ambrosini Rondone F4 I-ADRC (65)

Caption “Ambrosini-Rondone F4 I-ADRC Shoreham 2nd August 1952. 3rd in the race.”

This aircraft, designed by Stelio Frati and built by Ambrosini, seems to have been the only Rondone F4 (Swift) with a Czech Walter Micron 65hp engine (http://www.seqair.com/Frati/Designs/F4Rondone/F4.html) giving a maximum speed of 139mph.

Other photos attached from this site, possibly also at Shoreham? This is possibly a Daily Express race??

Fate of the aircraft unknown.

Anyone identify the three aircraft in the background?

July 20, 2004 at 10:01 am in reply to: Hawker Typhoon parts. #1553334

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May be a 55% replica will only 55% as badly on take-off…

July 20, 2004 at 9:55 am in reply to: Spitfire and falling bits at RIAT deps today #1553339

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They (two spits anyhow) flew over here rather slowly and in much closer formation Sunday late afternoon. Guess I know why now. I was really raining hard – I hope the pilot had a brolly 🙂

BTW, the BBMF Lanc went over a few of minutes before but much lower than usual (I’d guess around 1500 ft). Nice.

July 17, 2004 at 11:21 am in reply to: Daft Spitfire Question #1555075

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Thanks Melvyn,

Hants makes sense as I lived near Bournemouth (which wasn’t in Dorset at that time). I went to Middle Wallop for sure and maybe Thruxton??

My Dad keeps threatening to find his slides from that era so who knows…

July 15, 2004 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1555885

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Dove 1B G-AKCF (63) / Piper Cub G-AFSZ (64)

Dove 1B G-AKCF same as http://forum.airforces.info/showpost.php?p=383749&postcount=72

Piper Cub G-AFSZ

Caption “Piper Cub FSZ Shoreham 2nd August 1952”.

According to G-INFO, a Piper J4A (Cub Coupe) c/n 4-538. AJ Jackson took a picture (http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/afaa.htm) as usual. No other info.

The aircraft in the background, G-AHVR, is listed in G-INFO as a Taylorcraft Plus D, Auster Aircraft Ltd c/n 170. It is shown as built in 1942 with a CoA expiry in 1962. According to http://pascal.brugier.free.fr/registre/txt/g-aaaa.txt, it was previously RAF LB311. Whilst with the RAF, it is noted as having been in an accident on 6th September 1943 (no details). Mr Jackson snapped it as G-AHVR (http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/ahaa.htm).

July 14, 2004 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Spitfire XIX PM631/Hurricane PZ865 (BBMF) #1556684

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For what its worth, the BBMF Lanc plus a Spitfire thingy (funny shaped tail, airfix sky blue paint) past over North Oxon heading due South at about 19.00 today.

Seen their (?) DC3 about a lot lately – has she been at Coventry?

Oh, and about two RAF’s worth of fast jets going back and forth; back and forth; day and night. What are American cousins up to right now?

:dribble: back to bed :humph:

July 14, 2004 at 4:42 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1556874

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“Glider” (61) / SNCAC NC.701 Martinet 1S17 (62)

Glider

Caption “Glider (+Thompson), Christchurch”. Probably 1952.

I don’t pretend to identify the type (Slingsby…?) but it seems to have a roundel and (illegible) code. Any guesses?

SNCAC NC.701 1S17

Caption “French-built Junkers 186 IS17, Hurn”.

Post-war French built version of the German Seibel 204D, with Renault 12S-00 engines and three blade propellers. The French Aéronautique Navale used 45 specimens for training and communications.

“1S” presumably indicates Escadrille 1S who did fly this type (http://www.netmarine.net/forces/aero/esc/2s/index.htm).

Pictures (plus lots of other interesting stuff like French built Fw190; Lancs, Wellingtons etc) at http://www.histavia21.net/. Also check out the pics at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/michel.bkl/index.htm

July 13, 2004 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1557699

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Was there any Ambassadors that served with the RAF or any other military?

Yes, but only just.

Three machines (G-ALZP, G-ALZY and G-ALZO) were sold to the Royal Jordainian Airforce in March 1960 as 108, 107 and 109. They are said to have been either or both Royal Flight aircraft or troup carriers. G-ALZY and G-ALZO were with Dan-Air from about 1963; G-ALZO is the only survivor and is at Duxford.

G-ALZP is said to have been sold on to Morocco as CN-MAK (military) in September 1960 but I’ve not see any first hand evidence. It served with Decca Navigator until about 1971 (on a limited CoA); thereafter it was supposedly registered in New Zealand but was probably broken up in the UK in about 1973.

The first two prototypes, G-AGUA and G-ARKD, had UK military serials allocated (RT665 and RT668); I’ve seen no evidence that either flew with these.

Andrew

July 12, 2004 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1558775

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DC-4 Skymaster LN-IAD (60)

Caption “Skymaster LN-IAD London 3rd May 1952”

According to http://www.plane-spotter.com/Airlines/SAS/The_fleet.pdf, LN-IAD was c/n 42993, entering service with Scandavian Arlines System on 1st August 1948 with the name “Haakon”. She served until transferred to the French register as F-BHBY on 1st January 1957.

She was pictured (below) on a postcard (from http://www.maglas.freeserve.co.uk/section1aug2002.htm)

According to http://pascal.brugier.free.fr/registre/txt/5t-aaa.txt, which also notes her as a DC-4-1009, she was subsequently registered as 5R-MAE (Madagascar military) and 5T-RIE (Mauritania).

July 9, 2004 at 4:18 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1561735

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Canadair CL-2 (North Star) 17521? (59)

Caption “RCAF Canadair 17531 London 3rd May 1952”.

According to the (very good) RCAF website, http://www.rcaf.com/1946_1968_coldwar/aircraft/transports/northstar/, the RCAF operated 24 North Stars:

“Northstar Serials 17500-17523
(the following list is not complete but based on photographic/logbook evidence of the specific aircraft actually being assigned to the squadron)
412 Squadron 17518 17520
426 Squadron 17502 17503 17504 17505 17509 17510 17511 17512 17514
Unknown 17057 17508 17506 17517 17501 17515 ” (17057 is probably a typo for 17507).

There is no evidence for a 17531 so this is most likely an error. Although the picture is too blurred to be sure, the second to last letter is apparently a ‘2’. If this is 17521, there is no other record of it on the web.

July 8, 2004 at 2:04 pm in reply to: How many B29's are left? #1563461

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B29 WW354

The RAF had some Squadrons of B-29s in the 50s, they were called WASHINGTONS. Also I think the Aussies had some and there is one in the Duxford Museum.

Sorry to be a bit slow on the uptake.

I have two pictures of WW354 on the ground at Hurn in 1952; I’ll post them on the “pics from 1952…” thread in due course.

Lots of info and access to Chris Howlett’s excellent “Washington Times” series at http://www.rafwatton.info/subjs/wash/wash1.html

July 7, 2004 at 7:18 pm in reply to: Strange places……….! #1564154

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Confirmed!! I finally caught up with it in April. I was suprised to find it looking so good. Glad it is though. It’s a T7 which is quite a rare mark these days (although no doubt somebody will prove me wrong).
If my memory is correct it has wing tanks on it, not many preserved Meteors do (although, yet again, somebody is bound to prove me wrong)
Sadly, all my local Rover garage has outside it is new Rovers!!

Willow

Link to thread with piccies: http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?t=24568

July 7, 2004 at 4:01 pm in reply to: Pics from 1952 – where to post? #1564379

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DH82A Tiger Moth T7145 (58)

Caption “Tiger Moth T7145 (+SANIS) Hullavington July 1952”. I guess SANIS is a person; the writing is not clear.

Only other web record of this aircraft is, of course, AJ Jackson (http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/d6.htm).

What unit would have operated this aircraft?

The two aircraft visible in the background are probably Wellingtons.
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