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Another sh1t-eating grin
At the risk of annoying people here's a still from yesterday. I'm in a T6 Harvard and the P51 has just launched and is flying up to meet us for the video shoot over French Island.
The P51 in question... And it's part owner. This is Judy Pay who also flies it, surprising many people when she steps out after landing at an airshow. For the story and more pics, this is the place.
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A 51D if I'm not mistaken and what an almost unbelievable set of happy coincidences; it wouldn't have existed without the original order from the British Purchasing Commission driving the specifications, the idle tinkering of Sir Stanley Hooker wondering if he could borrow one and see if a Merlin would fit, plus the designer being a self-taught, German immigrant. Nothing quite like a plan coming together. R. |
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Keefy, I really, REALLY hate you...
You'd better damned well send me a copy of that video (when it's done) so I can hate you some more. Prick.
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Take that grin off your face this instant, you Aussie swine!!!!!!!
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And, you never did take a stab at the historically important untitled film quote I posted; it did spawn a feature film too - no more clues. R. |
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If I look to my left..... And the launch... Suffer!
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Re: Keefy's Mustangs and stuff
Nice shot, off the port side...have a problem getting out of the "cockpit" when flight was over?
The CV recognition sign , as far as I can determine, is for a Mustang III of 3RAAF, in use Nov 44 to Apr 45. Sound right? This a/c type saw service MedME. Typical ID was FB299/CV-Y. (I can identify this a/c's history, if you wish). Paint job doesn't look quite correct...or is it my screen? Roundels look a wee bit suspect...aren't they 1940-41 types proscribed by Dowding, but changed later?
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Keefy
Why are his (her?) flaps down, on the top pic? Just trying to keep formation on that stupid, redundant Harvard (which nobody worth anything would ride in anyway)?
The second pic gives me a hard-on. Sorry, but I am sworn to tell the truth, nothing but the truth, so-help-me-God. Christ, that Packard-Merlin at that altitude, under full load... Keefy, some days I hate you! Rub it in, why don't you... Ya git...
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As for your comments re the second pic... all I can say is I'm glad you weren't standing behind me! Now.... how can I rub it in a bit further...? I know! I'll email Geoff a mp3 of the Mustang taking off overhead. That ought to do it.
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Keefy
You bugger, I just got your email with mp3 attachment...
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Flaps
As for the flaps, yes, the Harvard isn't quite as fast as the Mustang. The T28 would have been better - that can formate on a Canberra
Did you enjoy the audio? We'd accentuated the yelps from our mate, Rob Fox who I think had more than what you said you had while watching the Mustang roar over our heads and in fact totally lost control, causing Brian, our sound man to frown at him for wrecking the audio.
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That's not fun at all
Keefy, I'll have to get you over to a Kiwi airshow. All these closed cockpits do nothing for your hairstyle. An Air-to-Air photo shoot in Fokker triplanes will really improve your german accent! Not only that, but it's too far away for Jif to attend
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"Schnitzel!! I vill get you next time, Snoopy!"
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Open cockpits
We have those too, Tony! There's nothing like the feel of the wind in what's left of your hair as you sideslip in to land! And it probably makes it harder to have a smoke too, so you probably wouldn't like it anyway, Geoff. Excellent pics by the way.
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The wind was also trying to pluck the camera from my grasp while also trying to smash it into my face. Steve who was flying the Mustang commented on how funny I looked. I was too busy to see him laughing.
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Any material you can share of that radial aircraft engine hidden under armour?!? Where/when can I order the DVD?!? And oh, next time, please show some consideration and don't start your message with a picture of that sh1t-eating grin of yours! H. |
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Strangest thing, it looks like all the cylinders are stationary; and it has an exhaust pipe? : : : R. |
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BTW, my dad trained on Cornells and Tigerschmidts, always damned proud of that time. I'm still pissed I didn't spend the money for a Tigerschmidt ride when I was at Duxford in 2001. Next time. Tony... don't worry too much about Keefy's hair... he hasn't that much of it left to be overly concerned about.
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The mention of Harvards is interesting; Mrs.Notton's now long retired ex-colleague from one of the local and major Ham Radio emporia here (now defunct) did mention the difficulties of some aspects of Harvard flying, inverted as I recall could be very iffy and he said by comparison the BAe Hawk and the earlier Folland Gnat were trustworthy inverted at tail scraping altitudes. When visiting, I was always intrigued why Sqdn. Ldr. Tiff O'Connor would have a small but excellent picture of a nuclear explosion hanging in the stairway, so I asked. Try googling "Grapple Z/Halliard 1" or "Valiant XD827". R. -Had a wizz in a Robinson Redwing in 1962- |
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The big WW1 dogfight will be a part of the easter 2005 airshow at Blenheim, NZ. These and the previous pics are from the 2003 airshow |
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There are of course many replicas here, the Kemble Airfield MV show this year had several types fly in, the SE5 replicas seem popular. What I never did understand technically was the use of something like 7/8ths scale (here), its so close to full size to be, at first sight, an inexplicable choice. I'm guessing perhaps an engine availability/size/power vs drag question, or maybe an obscure CAA ruling. The Shuttleworth Collection does fly its selection of genuine types but you need to be there by chance on a summer evening when the wind drops and our rare occurence of still air happens, regrettably its never happened for me. R. |
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Cheers Rod |
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I think you're not mistaken there she's a CAC built variant which for years was at the Fleetwings garage near Laverton, and she became known as the Fleetwings Mustang as a result. Rescued by Dick Hourigan and restored by Judy Pay.
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