Oh Mark ....? any ideas........
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:43 pmWith a friend from Hungary in mind, I took a few shots last Saturday..........anybody got any ideas what it may be............DUH !
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 8:43 pmRe: Oh Mark ....? any ideas........
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 4:05 amHmm tricky Ken
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 4:35 amMustang?... 
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:39 pmIts a Hurricane! I can see the wing at the top of the photo !
Easy! :-* ;D
Bloody good piccy btw, different! 8)
Easy! :-* ;D
Bloody good piccy btw, different! 8)
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 12:56 amYea, very good picture!!
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:46 amAfter careful consideration I reckon it is one of those clockwork Spads that Hagar and Fozzer learnt to fly on
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:39 amAfter careful consideration I reckon it is one of those clockwork Spads that Hagar and Fozzer learnt to fly on
Spad - bit late for Hagar and Foz - I thought they learnt to fly on Pilcher Hawks, like the one in the RAF Museum - at least Fozzer did...
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:20 amSpad - bit late for Hagar and Foz - I thought they learnt to fly on Pilcher Hawks, like the one in the RAF Museum - at least Fozzer did...
Cheeky but you're not far out.
I actually learned to fly on one of these fine machines at RAF Hawkinge in June 1959. Mr Slingsby's Kirby Cadet Mk III (Tandem Tutor). It had the gliding qualities of your average house brick. 
Before you die laughing just remember this.
The next time someone sneers at a wooden sailplane, remind them that it is made of a unidirectional reinforced laminated composite material consisting of micro-tubular fibres embedded in a long chain polymer matrix and having a near infinite fatigue life.
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:24 amUnlike GRP... 
Shame about Hawkinge, a beautiful grass field, now covered in yet another housing estate, just like Gravesend, West Malling, Hornchurch....
Nice little museum - they don't like cameras though..
Shame about Hawkinge, a beautiful grass field, now covered in yet another housing estate, just like Gravesend, West Malling, Hornchurch....
Nice little museum - they don't like cameras though..
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:19 amIsn't that a Mk !X? :)
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:44 amI don't know what Mark it is but those cowling fasteners hardly look original.
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:53 amGood call Kevin, indeed it is a IX, as verified by this info board on the display.........unless they are wrong, of course.....
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:10 amAhhh, I know which one it is now, MK923...
Was (theoretically) airworthy until it moved to Seattle - the previous owner was actor Cliff Robertson of "633 Sqn" fame. Flew very rarely during his ownership from what I've heard though...
Was (theoretically) airworthy until it moved to Seattle - the previous owner was actor Cliff Robertson of "633 Sqn" fame. Flew very rarely during his ownership from what I've heard though...
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:23 amRight you are Charlie..........Z5J
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:30 amRight you are Charlie..........Z5J
My encyclopaedic knowledge of all things that will get me absolutely nowhere strikes again!!!