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May 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm in reply to: 1950's Archive Part 22:Wethersfield 1959 #1050056

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Are there any plans to publish it in book form?

The same thought crossed my mind

It would make a marvllous coffee table book that you could dip into anywhere and relive one’s the halcyon days of ones youth.

Christmas is coming soon, and I know what I want in my stocking

Dai Lee

May 3, 2011 at 11:34 am in reply to: Ken Wallis BBC One Show Tonight #1060576

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Good point, the autogyro you can spin up the rotors while stood still on the ground?

The Wallis machines I worked on while at Beagle, had a rubber wheel driven by the engine which pressed into contact with a drum on the rotor head to spin up the rotor to about 90% flying speed prior to take off. Its primary purpose was, I believe, to enhance the short-field take off performance.

May 1, 2011 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Lancaster crew prepare for royal fly-past #1062599

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It would have been even better to see the Lancaster!

Isn’t the sound of 6 Merlins in close formation good enough for you?

What more could anyone want
Dai

April 28, 2011 at 11:15 am in reply to: Ken Wallis BBC One Show Tonight #1067390

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Many thanksfor your corrections, the old memory is getting less accurate as time goes on. I was involved with Leo Smith on the Documentation of the engine cowlings and mountings for a radio to be fitted. I believe he may have had a patent for his rotor spin-up device which started the rotor turning before take off to improve field performance

April 28, 2011 at 7:12 am in reply to: Ken Wallis BBC One Show Tonight #1067940

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Ken Wallis Autogyros

It was memorable seeing Ken WAllis’s Autogyros, and took me back to 1961 when Beagle-Miles built three WA116’s for evalation by the Army Air Corps. They were registered as G-ARWA, B & C, and I believe Whiskey Bravo was used to create “Little Nellie”

Pee-Wee Judge was flying one of the other two when he had his fatal crash at the Farnborough Airshow in 1970

As they are powered by piston engines, perhaps they could be invited to “Flying Legends”

April 15, 2011 at 2:52 pm in reply to: Huge magazine collection going begging #1084194

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I have loads of books too, but I will probably E-Bay them…when I get a chance!

I would be interested in purchasing Don Brown’s book of “Miles aircraft since 1925” if there is one in the collection being sold off

Please PM me with the price if it is available

Dai Lee

March 13, 2011 at 8:09 am in reply to: Whats in your garden? #1090375

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These fly-tipper get everywhere, don’t they Guv. I’ll give you £50 and collect the scrap metal tomorrow morning OK?

H Steptoe

March 4, 2011 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Shoreham Aerojumble – Sat 26 March 2011! #1098995

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Aerojumble Shoreham 26 March 2011

Could anybody advise me where the best place is to meet other forumites at the Shoreham Aerojumble. I have a lot of names that I would like to put a face to and the event strikes me as an ideal occasion to meet other interested parties

Dai Lee

March 4, 2011 at 12:35 pm in reply to: Miles Messenger memories #1099299

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Miles Aircraft as Shoreham 15 July 2006

THe attached pics of Miles aircraft was taken at Shoreham on 15 July 2006 on the occasion of the reunion of former apprentices at F.G. Miles Ltd.

February 9, 2011 at 4:40 pm in reply to: Link Trainer #1126021

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lLink Trainet

Link-Miles had a rebuilt and restored D2 Link Trainer in the foyer of their management Building at Lancing. When Thomson-CSF bought Link-Miles in 1990 it disappeared. I would very much like to know what happened to this equipment and if it has found a new home

Dai Lee

January 28, 2011 at 8:15 pm in reply to: Meaning of manafacturers / inspection stamps. #1140665

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There would probably be a batch no somewhere to correlate with any heat teatment etc. During the time when I held an inspection stamp, we were in the process of replacing punches with a vibro-etched numbers to minimise the possibility of fatigue cracks

January 14, 2011 at 10:57 am in reply to: The And Now For Something Completely Different….Thread #1088054

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Twin Pin

Twin Pin service between Shoreham and Guernsey operated by Jersey European, before they got too big to operate from Shoreham

January 14, 2011 at 10:13 am in reply to: The And Now For Something Completely Different….Thread #1088060

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Twin Pin

There was a Twin pin service from Shoreham to Guernsey for a while in the mid 80s

January 13, 2011 at 8:24 pm in reply to: How To Move A Hercules… #1088214

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Prodded C130s

Some 2 or 3 years ago in this forum I posed the question “Wouldn’t it be worthwhile preserving a C130 Hercules”
The general consensus at that time was that the remaining C130s were too valuable as a source of spares. Now that they are in the twilight of its service in the RAF. I am pleased that others are now coming round to my way of thinking, but is it too late to preserve a C1K (or more importantly a prodded C130) as the main supply aircraft used in the Falkland conflict. If there are no C1 or C3s available will we have to wait for as C4 or C5 to come along
I hope not

January 10, 2011 at 12:07 pm in reply to: Flypast February Edition??? #1090750

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flypast February

I got mine on Friday 31 December.
Take a look at page 8 of the Stuka special feature and see if you can spot the error in the Fairey Battle caption
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