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Elliott
Posted by Cees Broere on Wed Nov 19, 2003 11:37:03 AM
In reply top Re: YAM, Halifax Friday the Thirteenth, debate posted by Elliott on Tue Nov 18, 2003 03:33:10 PM
Is it still blocked off from the public then?
Cees
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: : Hi all,
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: : We all know the stories and the opinions in warbird land
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: : bout the Halifax restoration that Yorkshire Air Museum c
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: : ried out during the late eighties and early nineties.
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: : The major concern was that it was not a Halifax but a se
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: : al soup using a lot of fabricated parts, the wings from
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: : Hastings and newbuilt tail and nose sections.
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: : The tail was built by apprentices at BAe Brough, so was
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: : ne in a good way. The nose was built by retired voluntee
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: : by using wooden frames and aluminium stringers and skin
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: : Now, suppose the IWM willing to give up their nose secti
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: : from PN323 now on show at Lambeth and that was fitted t
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: : the Halifax airframe at Elvington. What would the genera
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: : opinion regarding the authenticity of the airframe be th
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: : I am curious to what you think.
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: : Cheers
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: : Cees