949649 AC1 Rhodes H ((Flt/mech) & P/O R Dyrgallo both injured – ref. Spitfire the History p83.

Rod

Then there is this disgraceful sensationalism from the Mail. Totaly taking the emphasis away from the human tragedy of the loss of life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266793/Two-people-killed-aircraft-crash-Police-investigate-volcanic-ash-blame.html?ITO=1708&referrer=yahoo

Rod.

Bizarre doesn’t cover it.

At one time during an ad break in “A ‘plane is born” (another good series by the way) they ran the promo saying it was on “tonight at 9” followed by a list of programmes on “later tonight” which did not include it!

Right hands, left hands and lack of familiarity come to mind.

I do hope the series is as good as the promo or else we are going to be very disapointed. I love that guy’s vocal version of a big radial starting up.

Rod

First of all, apologies to the OP for the thread drift.

Thanks MarkG. At least my eyes were not at fault! There is another shot from the three quarters rear at 0:14.32 that shows it quite clearly.

I just hadn’t realised that those early radomes were made of clear material, presumably PMMA. Must have been quite a moulding job to get right.

I also managed to get hold of a copy of the Flypast special and there is actually a picture of an NF36 on page 37 with the same unpainted nose and a mention that the NF38 radomes were often left unpainted. Would it be an NF38 in 1948? It was the last mark made. Shame that you cannot make out the serial on the film.

Only goes to show that you can learn something new every day.

Rod.

Went out to my car this morning to find some lowlife has helped himself to all 4 wheel disks. He’ll only get a couple of quid for them on fleabay but it’ll cost me a small fortune to replace them if I want pukka original spec. 😡

Rod.

Continuity error

Sorry to resurrect this zombie, but this series now being shown on Quest.

I watched it last night and although I loved the shots of Just Jane, I was flabberghasted to see Pathfinder Mossies taking off and turning into 4 Meteors! They had even overdubbed the Mosquito soundtrack over, what if I am not mistaken, was the title shot from the old BBC series “War In The Air”.
Also noted that stock shot of Manchesters when talking about Lancasters.

Being repeated tonght if you missed it.

Perhaps he should keep up the day job! 😉

Rod

Pardon me if I am being a bit thick here.

If an aircraft’s movement form records an entry for no1 CRU, does that mean that it actually went to Cowley, or could it have been fixed somewhere else as dictated by no1 CRU?

Alternatively, would the record show the actual location?

Rod

My father told me they had a nice cruise around Vaagsfiord just after Christmas 1941 (in L31). The Germans didn’t like it though and they got attacked by Heinkels on the way home.

I since found out that about 35 RAF guys paid the price for they ‘day out’. Hampdens and Blenheims, I think.

I don’t know if there is anything there to see now though.

Rod