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#4274584 - 06/29/16 06:21 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire ***** [Re: FlatEric]  
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I love those 1930s aircraft. Wonderful transition between the first fliers and the true aeronautical designs that came about in the late 30s and 40s. The old aircraft just have a kind of artistry to them.


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#4275052 - 07/01/16 08:12 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Wallis WA-116 Agile - “Little Nellie”, which starred in the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice”. The WA-116 is an autogyro developed in the early 1960s by former Royal Air Force Wing Commander Ken Wallis.









This is a steam powered lorry …










The Navy arrives, in the form of Supermarine Seafire Mk. XVII. SX336 is one of only two flying Griffon-powered Seafires in the world. This particular Seafire was built in April 1946 at Westland Aircraft in Yeovil.




The vintage vehicles are fired up and moved in preparation for the air display:
Wolseley M5


Fordson


Austin Burnham (that’s the name of the vehicle, not the driver… :D)


Fiat Topolino


1939 MG TA Midget


Jowett Type C


Crossley T5


BSA M20

Pilots are ferried out to their aircraft …


… and the airfield defences are put on alert … biggrin


The biggest crowd I’ve ever seen at Old Warden – this end of the airfield is usually pretty empty. That’s the ‘Vulcan effect’ for you!

#4275650 - 07/03/16 02:03 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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The transport for the Parachute Regiment’s Red Devils display team arrives to pick them up for their jump:


The ground controller takes up his position …


.. and the team take off


Orange smoke is used to mark the landing zone ..


First out are two ‘woodies’ – these are released to check the wind speed and direction ..




Bang on target!


“Go, go, go!”














We might not have many soldiers left in the British Army, but we can deploy some very big flags … biggrin






Never seen this before …










Safely down

#4276120 - 07/05/16 02:48 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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After the Red Devils, this Piper Super Cub went up to take our photographs…


Smile for the camera … “Cheese!”


Then the first of the display aircraft took off – first up wass the Supermarine Seafire:






… then the Sea Hurricane Mk1B:








The Hurricane Mk1 also took off, but I missed it! duh

#4277109 - 07/08/16 08:22 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Whilst the Seafire and Hurricanes ‘form up’ for their display, the C-47 Dakota from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight does a fly-by.

This particular C-47 was manufactured in the USA by Douglas in March 1942 and initially issued to the United States Army Air Force. In September that year the aircraft was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force and served in Canada during WW2. It was subsequently deployed to Europe with the RCAF until declared surplus to requirements by the Canadians in 1971.

The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough then purchased the aircraft and was used for a variety of tasks and trials, including dropping sonabuoys through holes cut in the fuselage and for launching remotely piloted vehicles. Cleared for dropping paratroops, she often displayed in this role and occasionally appeared in the static park at air shows. In 1992 she was again declared surplus to requirements.

The aircraft was then adopted by Strike Command and issued to the BBMF in 1993. In 2004, an original and authentic floor and interior was re-fitted to the Dakota, returning the cabin to the original, wartime specification. As there are now no other multi-engine tail wheel aircraft in RAF service outside the BBMF, the Dakota is an important training asset used for initial training of aircrew for the BBMF multi-engine aircraft and for renewing the currency of the Flight’s Lancaster pilots each year.









The Seafire and Hurricanes start their display:








.. and in B&W..


The two sisters ..

#4278057 - 07/11/16 09:25 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Hurricane MK1:


Sea Hurricane with Wood Pigeon ‘kill’ marking below the cockpit (whilst displaying in August 2013 she hit a Wood Pigeon that tore a rather large hole in the leading edge of the starboard wing, just in front of the undercarriage).




..and in B&W …


Hurricane Mk1, retro style ..






“Achtung, Hurricane!”










Sea Hurricane







#4278060 - 07/11/16 09:31 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Really beautiful shots Eric.Mind you,really beautiful aircraft too.


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#4278070 - 07/11/16 10:28 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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I concur with Chucky Flats, superb shots with human interest oft missing from many professional photos.
One small thing; the wind indicators dropped are called 'windies' not woodies. or they were in my day.

Tape intact over the Hurri's gun ports. 'No luck today then sir?'



#4278101 - 07/11/16 12:34 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Funny... years of simulators but I never noticed that the real barrels were taped over.

#4278146 - 07/11/16 03:16 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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I believe it was to stop debris getting in,maybe someone can confirm that.


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#4278237 - 07/11/16 07:22 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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My understanding is that the primary purpose of taping over the gun ports was to prevent the firing breeches from becoming frozen, which was a severe problem until it was resolved by the use of canvas patches to cover the gun ports.

In addition it also helped to protect barrels from debris ingress on take off and would also serve to notify to groundcrew that the guns had been fired and rearmament was required. However, I think these were incidental to the main purpose.

#4278239 - 07/11/16 07:26 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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FlatEric has it. The primary purpose was to keep moisture from getting in and the freezing at altitude. Several secondary gains were, slightly better aerodynamics, let ground crews know which guns had been charged and fired, allowed ground crews to quickly identify if any of the guns had not fired, keeps out other debris, etc.


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#4279265 - 07/15/16 04:03 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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For my money the Hurricane is the loveliest aircraft of WWII, and one of the best of all times.

It just looks like an aircraft should.


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#4279912 - 07/18/16 03:51 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Thanks for your comments machinedock smile

Dart, I too have a soft-spot for the Hurricane.

BD-123, I'm sure the commentator said they were 'Woodies', but perhaps he got it wrong as well - 'Windies' is certainly more descriptive of their purpose.

More Seafire goodness … biggrin

























#4280629 - 07/21/16 02:01 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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The Hawker Demon and Gloster Gladiator MkI take to the air.

The Hawker Demon was a fighter variant of the Hawker Hart light bomber. When the Hart entered service it was virtually impossible to intercept it using the RAF's fighters; in some air defence exercises they were instructed to restrict their height and speed in order to give the RAF's Siskins and Bulldogs a chance. While the Hawker Fury fighter offered better performance than the Hart, it was expensive and was only available in small numbers, so when a fighter version of the Hart was suggested, the Air Ministry selected the type as an interim fighter until higher performance dedicated fighters could be bought in larger numbers.

Evaluation of an initial batch of six aircraft, known as Hart Fighters, was carried out by 23 Squadron during 1931 and proved successful; orders for 232 of the now re-christened Hawker Demon followed.





L8032 was the last Gloster Gladiator I airframe built from the initial order made in 1935. All the components were built in 1937 but not actually assembled until 1938. Like her sister aircraft from this final batch the completed L8032 immediately went into storage as the more modern Hawker Hurricane and soon-to-arrive Supermarine Spitfire took precedence in Fighter Command’s attention.

In the autumn of 1943 L8032 was brought out of storage and sent to 61 Operational Training Unit in readiness for a new job with a film unit called Independent Producers, which was to use the aircraft to shoot scenes for a film of the book "Signed With Their Honour". This was to be a ‘factional’ retelling of the story of 80 Squadron and its Gladiators which fought to the last man and the last aircraft in the retreat from Greece and Crete in 1941.

Two Gladiators were lost in a mid-air collision during filming but the survivors completed their tour of duty as stars of the silver screen before being mothballed once again.

On 16 March 1948, L8032 was struck off the RAF’s charge list and bought back by the Gloster aircraft company. The ailing Gloster company had no real idea what to do with such an old machine and in 1950 L8032 was delivered to Air Service Training for use as an instructional airframe. She subsequently spent some time in private ownership before being re-purchased by Glosters; in 1960 L8032 was presented to the Shuttleworth Collection for safe keeping.

Since 2007 she has appeared in the markings of K7985, a 73 Squadron Gladiator that was flown with memorable vigour by the future WW2 ace ‘Cobber’ Kain at the 1937 Hendon Air Pageant.









In formation …





#4280641 - 07/21/16 02:56 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Mr Eric sir,you are spoiling us.


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#4281407 - 07/24/16 03:54 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Really like those shots of the Gladiator. thumbsup


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#4281764 - 07/25/16 12:54 PM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Chucky, glad to oblige biggrin

wheelsup_cavu, if you like the Gladiator, hopefully you'll like the following shots as well.

The Gladiator does it's solo display:























#4282299 - 07/27/16 06:15 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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Okay, this is officially the Aircraft Pr0n thread.


The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events.

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#4282315 - 07/27/16 09:51 AM Re: Castor Oil and the God of Fire [Re: FlatEric]  
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hahaha Never thought I'd become a Pr0n producer .... biggrin

Hawker Demon does it's solo display ...


Notice the circular weights just aft of the fuselage roundel - used to main the aircraft's centre of gravity when it's not carrying a rear gunner:






























You can definitely see the Hawker design elements that were be carried forward to the Hurricane:

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