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Probably wise not to, but I might not have been so strong willed. Great story Kaye - and if you can access the latest "Rag & Tube" there's an article in it of some hardy souls who flew Aeronca Champs across to Langley Park ... the Nullabor price of an (empty!) 20 litre plastic jerry can - $60! Caiguna, a small beer $8 and Avgas $2.85/litre. A box of matches (needed for a minor repair, believe it or not) $1.
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We came back in the 2CV from Tailem Bend yesterday via the old highway - called in at the strip, which really looked a picture... very attractive & still quite green.
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I'm sure Mr Cameron's information/evidence is no less valid than that which had Mr Blair confident enough to go chase W.M.D's in Iraq...:rolleyes:
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Hey, I've just picked up that this article refers to 1945 - weren't the Japanese on the run by then? I would have expected frantic burying of grease-protected Spitfires (or anything) to have occurred in 1942. Please clarify for me.:confused:
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I really have my doubts about these aircraft, no matter what their condition is (no doubt of course, they were "protected by oiled wrapping" as the usual stories go) ... have a read through this: no mention anywhere of Spifires. Or shipments of fighter reinforcements, for that matter.:rolleyes: http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/ww2/London_Gazette/Air_Ops_Burma_Jan_to_May_1942/index.htm Still, I'd like to be proven wrong. If that's the case, let's hope the market value of Spitfires isn't too badly affected by such a sudden increase in numbers!
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Some bloke & blokess trying to find their way west, I believe... all held up in the air by semi-detached linen, I understand.;)
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You beat me to it, Spin ... I just picked it up on my cat's whisker & crystal wireless set: wonder if it's for real. Let's hope so. Wouldn't they have to be a fairly early mark, 'though?
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Though I'm no more than a road-bound aviation "groupie" I feel pretty confident in saying that the Auster Brigade are not so far up themselves as to not appreciate any expression of interest or enthusiastic involvement &/or assistance in their fly-in. They're a great bunch - go for it! [ATTACH=full]1171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18177[/ATTACH]
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And finally... more Cowra! [ATTACH]1162[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1163[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1164[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1165[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1166[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1167[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1168[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18176[/ATTACH]
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More Cowra... [ATTACH]1155[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1156[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1157[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1158[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1159[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1160[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1161[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18175[/ATTACH]
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Cowra... [ATTACH]1145[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1146[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1147[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1148[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1149[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1150[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1151[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1152[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1153[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1154[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18174[/ATTACH]
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2nd instalment.... Brocklesby: Cheetah engine - commemorates the double Anson landing event of WW2. Gate guardians at Forest Hill. Temora: plaque near the one remaining Belman hangar (SWMBO’s dad was a WW2 instructor here). Remainder of shots – Temora . [ATTACH]1134[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1135[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1136[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1137[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1138[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1139[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1140[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1141[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1142[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18172[/ATTACH]
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ok, it isn't a flight, but since I seem to be the only TAA member who was at this event (surely someone else was there!) then here goes - with a bit of a lead up as we drove (yes... earthbound travellers, we were) via Tocumwal & Temora, where the Lowy Spitfire is as you will see, undergoing some $eriou$ surgery. If any other TAA'ers were at Cowra, please post your pics! We start off with the superb pylon mounted B24 1/4 scale model at the Tocumwal golf club, followed by the Dakota outside the Mulwala RSL then two CASA C-12's (1984 construction, I find!) used for armed services parachute training at Corowa. More to come, ten images at a time. Stay tuned! (To see these full size, go right click/open link.) [ATTACH]1116[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1125[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1126[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1127[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1128[/ATTACH][ATTACH]1129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18171[/ATTACH]
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Proteus engines ... not without their problems, I recall from reading Stanley Hooker's "Not Much of an Engineer". Take a peek at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Proteus and look for the comment made by Frank Owner to Hooker regarding the Proteus development.
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Ummm... like this, you mean? [ATTACH]18169[/ATTACH]
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Safe travels, tailwinds & soft landings...
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Kaye, I just thought - maybe you might want to swap to using my avatar...?
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Congratulations Kaye ... you know, you could always post the news into that current mega-fad, Facebook - that way friends of friends of friends of....... would share the glad tidings. And even without F***book there's always the 6 degrees of separation factor!
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Here are some somewhat smoky shots to enjoy: [ATTACH]1100[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1103[/ATTACH] And here is what's responsible for it all ... [ATTACH]1104[/ATTACH] Every time each engine on the Temora Canberra... [ATTACH=full]1105[/ATTACH] is started, one of these is fired off - at a cost of $600. So before it even gets to consume its JetA1 (and who'd want to foot that bill?) a cool $1200 bucks has been blown. It might pay to keep that in mind when we have to fork out a few dollars to go through the airshow gate, don't you think?
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It's an age-old problem evidently... we stumbled across this when travelling from Cobram to Temora. Google Brocklesby and Anson for more: it's an amazing story. [ATTACH]1088[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1089[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1090[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18156[/ATTACH]
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Well I love it, too ... but then SWMBO reckons I'm just a big kid, and a friend once predicted I'd be Australia's first senile delinquent. What though, is it about Hunters that inspires such way-out paint jobs as these? [ATTACH]18155[/ATTACH]
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