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Re: Up where it belongs again !

Posted by Tony on Thu Nov 15, 2001 06:44:09 AM

In reply top Up where it belongs again ! posted by MGM on Thu Nov 15, 2001 06:02:19 AM

I think you'll find , that there are people in the Council Against Aviation , who are genuinely interested in Warbirds, and their operations, I know a relative of mine, who I believe was a big noise in the aforesaid council,I further believe also had/has something to do with the Jordanian Air Force Historic flight.

Mind you, this same relative flew Swifts,Vampires, Meteors, Lightnings and Beverleys, amongst other interesting types, and still remains very interested in Warbirds and their recoveries.

I expect, the instruction to put on the civvy registration, is just to satisfy the "Military Aircraft in foreign markings" thing. If you want, I can dig out the appropriate paragraph, though it will bore the living hell out of me to do so.

Tony :0)



: Just been down the shop for teabags, and while there I had
: a quick butchers at Aircraft Illustrated.
:
: Good news!
: We have a Fury flying again in GB !
:
: John Bradshaw's dark blue Iraqui Fury flew again in Octobe
: r after being grounded for the last five years.
:
: During the last two years, John (71), being a licenced eng
: ineer as well has restored the propeller for a cost of ?30
: 00 instead of the ?40,000 he was quoted by a company!
:
: Interestingly the CAA had a few words to say on the Fury's
: paint scheme.
: It is painted with the markings of the four major operator
: s of the Sea Fury....RN, RAN, RCN, and RNN.
: Although John had permission to use those markings from al
: l four countries, the CAA in it's wisdom, considered the s
: cheme to be not authentic, so they made him paint the Fury
: 's civvy reg on it as well.....G-CBEL, in small red letter
: s on the rear fuselage.
:
: Nice that they like to see authentic paint jobs, like most
: of us, and there must be more enthusiasts at the CAA than
: we imagined, but isn't that going a bit far when no-one o
: n the ground would be able to read it anyway?
: Similar situation with US operated warbirds I suppose, no-
: one could read their civvy reg's either, and most people w
: ouldn't even be looking for the bloody reg when they saw a
: Fury or Mustang, so what's the point?
: I mean, there's just not that many Sea Furies/Furies flyin
: g in GB right now, after the pilot jumping out of TF956 ,
: WG655 head butting a BIG oak tree, Paul Morgan flipping WH
: 588, OFMC flogging IAF 243 to SA, RNHF having a busted eng
: ine in VR930 (don't have much luck with Sea Furies those f
: olks), and TFC not having finished VX653 yet......just CBE
: L now in fact....and it has a unique paint job anyway, so
: I can't see it being mistaken for another one by ATC or an
: yone if they can't read the reg !?
:
: No slagging off the CAA please !!!!!!
: They're on our side after all.............?
:
:
: Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world....seems the "independent" author
: ities can worry about piddling things like that.....and ou
: r Lost Heroes remain ignored by another branch of governme
: nt..........what were they fighting for?....freedom and a
: better world wasn't it ?
:
: TTFN
: Mick
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