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It's possible(?) that the a/c was put down when there was more of a sand cover over the rocky base and there has been susequent removal by wind action: dunno - it's a long time ago. It would be of more than passing interest to find out if a DNA check has been done on the bones found though..

Can't find the original thread on this a/c but here's an minor update on its status.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222406/Dennis-Copping-Body-war-pilot-crash-landed-plane-Sahara-found.html

The main thrust if you can't be bothered with the link is..

"The P40 Kittyhawk plane has been removed from the desert and locked in a storage crater in El Alemain.

The Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon is in negotiations with Egyptian authorities to have the aircraft returned to Britain."

I think they might mean a crate...:confused: !

Great research work Willie - appreciated.

One L in holiday, two L's in Wally. And twenty episodes, whatever that translates to...maybe two calendar years ? :confused:

It would have been around '66 that it was showing in Oz? It's such a very looong time ago.

“The Adventures of Hiram Holliday” was a half-hour filmed comedy/adventure series which ran for 20 episodes on the NBC Television Network (from 1956 to 1957). The TV series was based on a novel by Paul Gallico named “Adventures of Hiram Holliday” (1939). The series -- similar to the book -- focused on the adventures of a newspaper proofreader, who, through years of secret practice, has gained James Bond-like skills in many forms of physical combat, shooting, and in activities as diverse as rock-climbing and scuba-diving. Hiram Holliday was played by Wally Cox…"

Whoops - misspelt it ... Hiram HoLLiday.

Yes, Wally Cox, but it ran for a couple of years at least.

I saw it on the small B&W screen back in the mid to late 60's. I loved it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048839/

Yep, that's the one ... well done.

B

I am sick of seeing that show on repeat, Must have been a good show cause they keep repeating it in the arvo...

(Hiram who?)

Check out my other Blackpool airport vids on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/donaldson1

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Blackpool ROCKS ! ;)

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Yeah, I know about the supposedly non-political nature of the site, but even as a from long time back Left of Centre voter, even I can get a bit of (wry) humour from THIS ...

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/39710

"Enjoy", as the saying goes ... :p

I probably have the same qualifications required for a ....... ....... dummy.;)

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Phew! ;)

May 16 - A Jordanian Air Force Fairey Firefly crashed in Northern Jordan on a training flight killing both the pilot and trainee.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/05/16/303846/jordan-military-plane-crash-kills-two/

A WHAT ???

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1) I reckon he's had previous time in a chopper...?

2) It just HAS to be powered by Vodka.

Fantastic site: thanks for putting me onto it - wonderful imagery.

Is it necessary to "subscribe" in any way to download an image?

Very nice stuff - quite evocative... :)

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Good stuff - ethereal, almost - but I didn't get to see the green flash... ;)

It just seemed that way Den ... look here: all four still on the tarmac!

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"...the same experience as the earliest aviators ... no fear and no restrictions."

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It's hard to imagine the courage and airmanship involved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise