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February 10, 2006 at 6:07 am in reply to: Well there I was on the M25 this lunchtime… #1391574

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The fuselage of the Crystal Lake Seafire is sorta that color!

One of Mark 12’s colour schemes methinks … 🙂

February 10, 2006 at 6:03 am in reply to: Freddie Laker #1391576

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Despite the BBC Radio Five Live news saying he started flying to New York in 1977 I flew Skytrain to New York in 1974!

I was working for Aviation News at the time, I wrote up the trip at the time as my wife and I visited many museums on that trip (August 1974 was hot at Harlingen!)

On the return flight we flew back from New York to Gatwick in the cockpit with the flight crew … Happy Days.

February 1, 2006 at 5:08 pm in reply to: Vintage Autogyro #1406087

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Just a thought – I was looking through “British Civil Aircraft Vol 2” and it lists THREE Cierva C.30a’s as going to the Shuttleworth Collection:

G-AHMI (ex G-ACWF, DR624)
G-AHMH (ex K4234)
G-AIOC (ex K4239)

Did they amalgamate the best bits … and if so were any bits left over? (Or did AJJ get it wrong … he did make the occasional error)

G-ACXW was presented to an ATC Sqdn in Twickenham in 1947 and G-ACWM (AP506) was with H.R.Philp at Staverton in 1965 … now with the Helicopter Museum I believe.

G-ACXA was exhibited in a museum in Milan as I-CIER

February 1, 2006 at 11:43 am in reply to: Mystery Spit at NAS Brunswick Maine #1406553

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My apologies for resurrecting an old thread but I just came across a reference and photo of an all-silver Spitfire F.II, R7143, which was displayed at the Canadian International Air Show at Downsview, Toronto, August 30th 1946.

This was one of three which had been used for photo-recon work in Canada. The others were X4555 (Mk V) and X4492 (Spitfire “F”). The latter aircraft was used on 9 July 1945 for aerial photographs of a total eclipse of the sun – operating in tandem with a B-25 from Rivers, Manitoba, and flown by Flt Lt T. Percival.

Anyone know their subsequent fates?

January 31, 2006 at 7:13 pm in reply to: WW2 aircraft gate guards #1407184

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Which was dismantled for spares and struck off charge.

I’ll have more details on that after a little trip I’m making on Thursday…..

January 31, 2006 at 6:48 pm in reply to: Airfield Beacons #1407204

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Croydon Beacon

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Croydon had very sophisticated aerodrome lighting – I have attached copies of pages from “The UK Air Pilot” 1936 edition which gives details of the lighting arrangements in place at that time.

Floodlights around the boundary, neon lights marking the main landing strip and a Chance Air Light on Hangar No.1

I’ve also attached scans of the Controlled Zones & “Airways” in S.E. England which shows the location of the Airway Beacons (marked on the plans as *)

I wonder if any of those survive?

January 31, 2006 at 5:07 pm in reply to: WW2 aircraft gate guards #1407435

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Middleton St George

Got any BE-2c bits left Geoff? 🙂

More seriously, can anyone jog my memory on the identity and fate of the Hawker Tempest that was once the gate guardian at RAF Middleton St. George (now Teesside / Durham / Vic Reeves International Airport)?

Among my earliest aviation memories is seeing it and a Spitfire from the train as a five year-old!

The Tempest is now displayed as a TT5 at Hendon. It was built up by members of No.33 Sqdn at Middleton from components retrieved from the P&EE at Shoeburyness in 1958 and used for its Standard Presentation Ceremony in April that year. Afterwards it joined Spitfire L.F.XVI TB382 “LO-X” (7244M) on the Middleton gate.

When Middleton closed the Tempest went to Leeming (the Spit went to the RAF Hospital at Ely, Cambs) and was eventually restored – for the RAF Museum by No.27 MU at Shawbury in 1968. 🙂

January 27, 2006 at 7:05 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1412782

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The Sally B photo just looks upside-down to me, not the plane. Is that really the right way up?

The negative IS the right way up! I scanned it directly off the strip, I think it was actually in a very tight turn at the time … and re-reading my notes it definitely was NOT taken in 1985 – although it WAS as the Coventry Air Show at Baginton in the early 1980s. I have some more on the same film.

January 27, 2006 at 6:58 pm in reply to: Books #1412785

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Not an unmanned landing but an unmanned take-off. A BA Swallow took off after the pilot swung the prop himself. It managed to fly very well until shot down by a pair of FAA Sea Furies! This would have been around 1947 … the reg is quoted in AJJ’s “British Civil Aircraft” but its up in my study and I’m in the kitchen at the moment!

January 27, 2006 at 6:50 pm in reply to: Free FlyPast CD #1412790

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I’ve got the vinyl LP and the original sleeve. I think it cost 14/6p when I bought it new in 1968.

January 27, 2006 at 6:49 pm in reply to: Miles M.20 #1412794

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May I suggest that you contact Julian Temple – Curator at the Brooklands Museum. He catalogued all of the surviving Miles archives, photos, drawings, production data, etc when it was “discovered” in a locked office at Woodley in the 1980s.

He would know what does or does not exist.

January 25, 2006 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Lost TV RAF WWII drama #1416371

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I believe it was an “Armchair Theatre” production, broadcast in 1979.

January 22, 2006 at 8:21 pm in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1421754

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Hey TJ – you may be right, it was early to mid 80’s – where did the past 20 years go???

January 22, 2006 at 11:02 am in reply to: How Low Can You Go?? #1422436

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SallyB – Baginton, 1985

I’m not sure the CAA would be too pleased nowadays!

January 22, 2006 at 10:35 am in reply to: Vickers Funbus #1422446

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GBH-7 at Denham

I took this (and several more) photos at Denham c.1985.
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