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Jekub posted:I took my wife and kids to IWM Duxford yesterday, somehow managed to leave my DSLR sat on the kitchen table at home and still took way to many pictures on my wifes tablet. Oh hey I flew on that Dragon Rapide once! Pretty neat. I got the fire extinguisher seat though.
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Jun 1, 2015 04:44
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It was completely awesome, next time I go back though I'm saving for a trip in the Harvard, can't quite justify the cost of the Spitfire. There was an old guy there, obviously doing some post-retirement bucket list thing, taking a flight on everything they had. He must have spent thousands on his day but he was loving it. He was getting set up for his Harvard / Spitfire formation flight while we were waiting for the Dragon. We got a bit of that experience, the spitfire was up with us, not formation but close enough to put a stupid grin on my face. My five year old son completely loved every minute of it, my eight year old was initially terrified, but got over his self inflicted fear of heights after a few minutes. Flying down to Italy in October is going to seem very dull in contrast. More photos when I get home tonight.
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Jun 1, 2015 09:45
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Zochness posted:North Texas weather totally ruined my plans for this weekend. I had a seat on American's 787 they're flying DFW/ORD this morning but I never got out of Amarillo last night. Coming all the way back to this, condolences. Amarillo is literally the worst airport. Not that there's any flights in or out of there anymore anyway.
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Jun 1, 2015 18:14
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More from Duxford, starting with Hanger 2, Flying Aircraft. Everything in this hanger is an active, flying aircraft, lots going on as they get ready for Airshow season, also some fully stripped down aircraft. I'm going to try not to post to many spitfires, but they have loads of them everywhere.  Sea Fury in bits.   I'm unsure on the remains of the yellow thing behind the spitfire, not entirely sure it belongs in the flying aircraft section either.  de Havilland Chipmuck, handsome little thing.  Onto the Air and Sea hanger, many of which are also flying aircraft. Stampe-Vertongen SV-4C (with oldest son)  P-51D Mustang 'Ferocious Frankie'   Fairey Gannet, not the most attractive aircraft.  Oldest son declared this 'The coolest plane here' and given his age he must be right, fighter jets should always appeal to eight year old children. He has a Phantom hanging from his bedroom ceiling.  Sea Vixen and Sea Hawk  Enough for now, to many photos, next post we'll cover the 'Battle of Britain' and 'Conservation in Action' hanger, which just looked like the worlds best adventure playground. 
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Jun 1, 2015 19:01
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Jekub posted:I'm unsure on the remains of the yellow thing behind the spitfire, not entirely sure it belongs in the flying aircraft section either. Fairey Firefly
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Jun 1, 2015 19:12
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I haven't been to Duxford for a couple years. Since it's like twenty minutes up the road, I should fix this soon. Thanks for the photos!
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Jun 1, 2015 19:17
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Not many places you can look out the widow of a Dragon Rapide and see another one.
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Jun 1, 2015 19:45
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MrYenko posted:Fairey Firefly Painted in Swedish target tug colors and featuring the text "SVENSK FLYGTJÄNST AB, STOCKHOLM" in faded letters. Svensk Flygtjänst was a civilian contractor towing targets for army and navy AAA training. They bought 19 milsurp Fireflies from the Royal Navy in 1949, which they used until 1964 (about half of them crashed during those years of service). The one Duxford has (formerly registered as SE-BRG) was then in a museum at Arlanda for many years, then sold to a private individual for restoration and then sold to Duxford in 2004, with the intention that Duxford would restore it to flying condition. Here's the same aircraft back in the early 60's: 
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Jun 1, 2015 20:41
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I imagine the rest of it is hiding in here somewhere :  Which will be the Conservation and Restoration hanger, which is also housing some of the American Air museum exhibits. A bit dissapointing to only see a bit of the A10 hiding at the back  At least the B25 was where I could get a look at it  And the F111, in a space rather to small for it.  Definitely need a return trip once the renovation is complete.
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Jun 1, 2015 22:49
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Wow, over the Dragonfly(?) is that the tail of an Avro Shacklton?
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Jun 2, 2015 00:03
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Nebakenezzer posted:Wow, over the Dragonfly(?) is that the tail of an Avro Shacklton? Looks like a BAC Strikemaster, but pretty much every 60-70's advanced trainer/light bomber looked like that. And yes, is a Shackelton, can google the tail number.
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Jun 2, 2015 00:10
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Jekub posted:I imagine the rest of it is hiding in here somewhere : Is that an He-162 I spy hiding there?
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Jun 2, 2015 01:58
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Jekub posted:I'm going to try not to post to many spitfires. I'm fairly certain that it's not possible to post too many Spitfires. 
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Jun 2, 2015 03:36
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Didn't even notice the rest of the photos because I was too busy  over this one.
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Jun 2, 2015 03:59
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Hangar. A, not e.
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Jun 2, 2015 04:01
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Didn't even notice the rest of the photos because I was too busy If that's the case you might enjoy this P-36 I saw in the static display at the Chino Air Show last month:  Honestly before I saw this I didn't realize any P-36s were left.
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Jun 2, 2015 04:16
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StandardVC10 posted:If that's the case you might enjoy this P-36 I saw in the static display at the Chino Air Show last month: There's a flying one at Duxford. Well OK it's technically an H75C-1.
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Jun 2, 2015 08:37
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Didn't even notice the rest of the photos because I was too busy I've always liked P-40s, but that... holy poo poo. I'd love to see one with smooth panels all the way back.
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Jun 2, 2015 11:14
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Grave $avings posted:Is that an He-162 I spy hiding there?
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Jun 2, 2015 14:19
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Didn't even notice the rest of the photos because I was too busy Approaching dangerous levels of chrome.
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Jun 2, 2015 20:09
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 quote:B-17F Flying Fortress aircraft 'Spotted Cow', assembly ship of 384th Bomber Group, 547th Bomber Squadron, based in RAF Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, England, UK, 1943
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Jun 2, 2015 21:48
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An Angry Bug posted:Approaching dangerous levels of chrome. Polished Aluminum. 
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Jun 2, 2015 21:59
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An Angry Bug posted:Approaching dangerous levels of chrome. YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH Edit: 
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Jun 2, 2015 22:18
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What the gently caress is an assembly ship?
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Jun 3, 2015 00:36
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Literally what it says on the tin: took off first and other birds would assemble on them above the airfield before heading off. Usually a role filled by the least-flyable airframe around.
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Jun 3, 2015 00:39
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evil_bunnY posted:Literally what it says on the tin: took off first and other birds would assemble on them above the airfield before heading off. To elaborate on this a bit, the logistics of getting 100+ ship bomber formations going was a fairly major issue, even with 10 second intervals between takeoff rolls, and everything else the first aircraft up were still considerably light on fuel by the time the whole formation was ready to cross the channel. So, having a bright, obvious aircraft to form up on made things a bit easier, "I am supposed to be in the 4th echelon left, counting from the big stupid polka-dotted airplane" and since it wasn't going to fly the actual mission it could be up there first and not run out of gas. And, as mentioned, they were generally beater aircraft that probably wouldn't make it there and back mechanically. Slo-Tek fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Jun 3, 2015 02:13
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Slo-Tek posted:To elaborate on this a bit, the logistics of getting 100+ ship bomber formations going was a fairly major issue, even with 10 second intervals between takeoff rolls, and everything else the first aircraft up were still considerably light on fuel by the time the whole formation was ready to cross the channel. I want this plane to have like, neon runners, multi-colored steamers, rainbow smoke trailing from the wings and a giant, towed banner saying something like FOLLOW ME TO BOMB ZE KRAUTS. Oh and sparklers.
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Jun 3, 2015 02:29
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Duke Chin posted:I want this plane to have like, neon runners, multi-colored steamers, rainbow smoke trailing from the wings and a giant, towed banner saying something like FOLLOW ME TO BOMB ZE KRAUTS. I, too, want an aerial Doof Wagon to be a thing that exists.
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Jun 3, 2015 02:47
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Duke Chin posted:I want this plane to have like, neon runners, multi-colored steamers, rainbow smoke trailing from the wings and a giant, towed banner saying something like FOLLOW ME TO BOMB ZE KRAUTS. poo poo, I want my plane to have that.
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Jun 3, 2015 02:49
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Wingnut Ninja posted:poo poo, I want my plane to have that. AWACS should paint a spiral on the radome, up the RPMs on it, and fly upside down over the battlefield about 500agl to put the whammy on all the opposing soldiers. And fine, you can have sparklers too.
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Jun 3, 2015 03:12
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Duke Chin posted:AWACS should paint a spiral on the radome, up the RPMs on it, and fly upside down over the battlefield about 500agl to put the whammy on all the opposing soldiers. VAW-123 already has that market cornered. 
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Jun 3, 2015 03:22
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Wingnut Ninja posted:VAW-123 already has that market cornered.  good to see someone in the navy lives in the same cartoonish military comedy fantasy land I do.Also, how has there not been some demonstration AWACS plane's radome all painted up like Captain America's shield? I mean, that's some patriotic  recruitment tool poo poo just begging to be done right there. That's so amusingly tacky I'm surprised it hasn't been.
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Jun 3, 2015 03:28
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Duke Chin posted:
write your local base, get in the paper
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Jun 3, 2015 03:36
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Duke Chin posted:Also, how has there not been some demonstration AWACS plane's radome all painted up like Captain America's shield? I mean, that's some patriotic Isn't he Army? Can't be promoting any of those other branches, they might steal your funding.
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Jun 3, 2015 03:57
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Duke Chin posted:
NATO has occasionally done some cool livery:   They actually painted over a few things that I thought weren't supposed to be painted. But the USAF banned fun several years ago.
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Jun 3, 2015 04:41
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Duke Chin posted:
Pretty sure it's because the black on the dome has some logic behind it for ~*~reasons~*~
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Jun 3, 2015 05:16
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holocaust bloopers posted:Pretty sure it's because the black on the dome has some logic behind it for ~*~reasons~*~ Yeah I came super close to posting a "huh, y'know, I've always wondered why E3's were ultra high contrast black w/ white stripe" but ehhhhhh.  poo poo usually is ~*~reasons~*~ Or super-secret radio wave enhancing black paint that they already have 5,000,000,000,000 gallons of in stock from some sweetheart deal a contractor got.Godholio posted:NATO has occasionally done some cool livery: Yeah I think I remember gray-on-gray chat in the mil thread a couple weeks ago when flagships came up. Man the USAF is so super NO FUN ALLOWED.  That first wac is pretty though.
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Jun 3, 2015 05:23
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Duke Chin posted:I want this plane to have like, neon runners, multi-colored steamers, rainbow smoke trailing from the wings and a giant, towed banner saying something like FOLLOW ME TO BOMB ZE KRAUTS. Well the closest you can get is the recall scheme Stearmans, which were used at training fields where they didn't have radios, to signal everybody that they needed to immediately come back and land if there was, for example, a storm coming in. 
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Duke Chin posted:I want this plane to have like, neon runners, multi-colored steamers, rainbow smoke trailing from the wings and a giant, towed banner saying something like FOLLOW ME TO BOMB ZE KRAUTS. Do acrobatic squadrons count?  Yes, let's the airplane with the carburetored engine and a gravity fed gasline in it that quits in negative Gs in livery that's best appreciated when the aircraft is upside down.
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