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Re: Questions: Sea Hawk, Spitfire, Lancaster and Halifax
Posted by Ron Henry on Wed Nov 13, 2002 12:55:58 PM
In reply top Questions: Sea Hawk, Spitfire, Lancaster and Halifax posted by Tom on Tue Nov 12, 2002 04:15:36 PM
: : 1) Anybody know how much of Sea Hawks WV903 and XE339 ar
: e
: : with the FAA Yeovilton Fire Section
:
: Well after what I've seen of fire practice airframes there
: 's not going to be much left worth saving if they have bee
: n used for this purpose, fire, metals and water do not bod
: e well for an airframe :-( Also I would've thought that th
: e FAAM would've had all the useful bits from these airfram
: es given their proximity to them.
I'm not 100% certain about this, but I think I've heard something along these lines - Due to pollution regs, fire practice training for military fire crews at their own bases nowadays may be SIMULATED fire practice training. Possibly practice with real fires is now at the centralised fire training school (used to be at Manston).
:
: : 2) Who are Silver Victory Collection at Duxford who now
: ha
: : ve Spitfire SM845?
:
: After a bit of Googling I'd say that it has someting to do
: with Mr. Bos, have a look to see what the collection was
: named in the news section of Aeroplane from last month, th
: e unfortunate Fokker DVIII pics article, can't look myself
: I've loaned my copy to a mate.
:
: : 3) When did Lancaster B X Front Fuselage FM118 arrive in
: E
: : ngland (Lee-On_Solent Hants) from Canada and is it still
: o
: : wned by Bernie Slater
:
: ?????
:
: : 4) Why have the Yorkshire Air Musuem built a new tailpla
: ne
: : for their Halifax and are making new elevators?
:
: So I'm told, it's because of the inaccuracies of the 'orig
: inals fitted to the a/c.
:
: Tom ;)