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Simon, can you tell me more above the east

Posted by Will Fowler on Wed Oct 17, 2001 09:12:52 PM

In reply top The sad thing......... posted by simon king on Wed Oct 17, 2001 11:37:14 AM

Hi Simon,

Can you tell me more about the East Kirkby Hampden? is the one that was owned by a gent that passed away and his wife and a group of freinds were trying to finish the front halve, I remember seeing something in Flypast a long time ago?

Regards,

Will

: ......is that you can read exactly the same comments in Fl
: ypast 20 years ago - I know because I read them last week
:
: when I was looking for that advert for a restoreable/compl
: ete Whitley from that bloke in Switzerland - a Russian ent
: repreneur perhaps before they became more common.As for th
: e Hampden - i really hope to God that they don't pursue th
: is bloody silly half and half restoration - if you want a
: "before" you've got the Halifax - lets have at least one c
: omplete HP product at Hendon -
:
: rant over for the time being - I've been ranting for 20 ye
: ars over the Halifax - the way it was built in sections me
: ans that bits could be farmed out all over the place and t
: hen brought back together like a giant airfix kit
:
: I think I started the discussion about the NASM policy
: My view is better to see them than not, don't do anything
: that can't be undone if you need to, and if you do a bit -
: do it to the standard of the Gekko Me 262 etc etc
:
: While were at it, I still commend Bob Mikesh's book on Res
: toring Museum Aircraft (pub Airlife) to the House!
:
: Ten more Stirlings to check out eh - that ups the odds of
: finding something then - lets hope RAFM get together with
: Whitley and Stirling groups for mutual benefit - while the
: y're at it they ought to look at the hampden at East Kirkb
: y - which sadly seems a bit moribund - sorry if I stand on
: anybody's toes by saying that but why spread thins too th
: inly - one complete a/c better than 2 halves
:
: simon k

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