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January 29, 2015 at 9:15 pm in reply to: Churchill's Funeral #917706

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Pretty certain it was AB910 and LF363. I think PZ865/G-AMAU was tucked up at Dunsfold in January 1965, I’ll check.

January 29, 2015 at 9:12 pm in reply to: AB910 – Engine Runs at Duxford! #917710

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Zooming in on the firewall suggests that this is much more than a skin deep restoration. I’d like to see more, but it looks pretty stock under the skin.

Spot on Bruce !

January 11, 2015 at 3:11 pm in reply to: Finnish Hurricanes #851771

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Thanks Dave

January 6, 2015 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Meaning of "DGRD" ? #855800

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Thanks chaps, interesting thing is I’ve just established that one of the surviving Hurricanes is a bona fide Mk IIC prototype 🙂

November 29, 2014 at 6:29 pm in reply to: Hawker Hurricane Fuselage Stringers #888023

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Which Hurricane is that Peter?

November 24, 2014 at 7:24 pm in reply to: Vintage Aircraft Magazine #892395

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Sadly he passed away recently after a road accident.

I had no idea, how sad. It seems most of my old publishing associates have passed on in the last couple of years, Alan W. Hall, Jerry Scutts, Graham Trant and now Tony 🙁

November 24, 2014 at 6:57 am in reply to: Meteors EE531/EE549 #892892

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EE531 as we found her at Lasham:

And four photos showing how we took her apart and loaded her onto the truck to take back to Birmingham … new camo scheme courtesy of one of Meteor Ford’s paintshop guys:

November 14, 2014 at 12:46 pm in reply to: Operation Dervish '91 – Hurricane i/d puzzle #900925

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This is Z5207 at Thruxton a couple of weeks ago

Z5227 is safely stored in California.

November 13, 2014 at 12:29 pm in reply to: Operation Dervish '91 – Hurricane i/d puzzle #901828

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As far as I am aware Z5252 is still in Russia, it was not sold to the USA. I also thought it was a reserve aircraft and did not carry RAF unit codes.

November 13, 2014 at 6:58 am in reply to: Operation Dervish '91 – Hurricane i/d puzzle #902000

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“B-GO”, painted as “Z5252” was eventually shipped to the UK but it’s identity got muddled with that of Z5053. I have seen the wings of Z5053 … they are now little more than scrap but useful for parts recovery. I’m trying to confirm what happened to the rest of the airframe(s). The genuine Z5252 was recovered in October 2004 from a lake near Kola Bay … photos arrived from Boris Osetinskiy over night 🙂

November 13, 2014 at 6:47 am in reply to: Robs Lamplough Hurricane IV KZ191 What happened to it? #902005

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Robs still has his Hurricane in store. He has no immediate plans for it.

November 12, 2014 at 12:56 pm in reply to: Operation Dervish '91 – Hurricane i/d puzzle #902794

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Mark 12 didn’t take the photos. He passed copies to me, I’d be very interested in any information regarding Russian recoveries to make sure I get the book right … The Canadians are bad enough!

November 11, 2014 at 7:43 pm in reply to: Operation Dervish '91 – Hurricane i/d puzzle #903313

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Confirmed by a Norwegian friend who was there and took similar photos.

Remember seeing these photos a long time ago.

This is DR393, P3351, engine Merlin XX Serial 94573(/A349034) now flying in France.

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Excellent news – thanks Mark!

November 11, 2014 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Last Flight of ETPS Beagle Basset #903627

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Used to have one at Halton – R-R gift to the RAF. We used it for piston-engine ground running and loved the warm, comfy leather interior after cold, draughty and smelly Argosies!

But the again, we also used to drool over foot-long Ginsters sausage rolls from the NAAFI wagon. Times (and perspectives) have changed.

November 7, 2014 at 2:34 pm in reply to: LF363 with four-bladed prop #907460

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Now worked out it was between 1979 and the end of the 1982 display season, it was repainted all black with “VY-X” codes during the winter of 82/83. Doubtful it was any faster, PZ865 (in its racing guise as G-AMAU) was tested with a Rotol 4-blader by Gp Capt Peter Townsend prior to the 1950 Kings’ Cup at Wolverhampton. He returned to Langley and they re-fitted the 3-blader for the race as there was no noticeable improvement in performance.

So was my photo at Baginton in 1979, 80, 81 or 82 … help!
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