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by jamesstables
18 Oct 2007, 12:50
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Replies: 102
Views: 15749

Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!

I've been watching here:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/livenewsevents#

Its not on at the moment, they only went to it for about 5 mins, but it was worth it!
by jamesstables
18 Oct 2007, 12:43
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!
Replies: 102
Views: 15749

Re: XH558 First Flight . . . . . Today!!!

Just seen it take off on sky news, well done to all concerned. :thumbsup: CHEERS :dance: :partyman: :welldone:
by jamesstables
02 Oct 2007, 08:20
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Subliminal advertising?
Replies: 18
Views: 2227

Re: Subliminal advertising?

I think they were being held up with restoring the Bucc due to certain parts (related to the seats I think) being hard to get hold of. Be nice to see it fly though :thumbsup: I'm not sure we're likely to seem much other 'complex' ex-military stuff coming on the register soon. Although I believe some...
by jamesstables
27 Aug 2007, 13:38
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Can You Identify This? No. 3
Replies: 10
Views: 1693

Re: Can You Identify This? No. 3

That would be the Hafner Rotachute.

The Lincoln shot is interesting, I hadn't seen photos of ice testing ones before
by jamesstables
25 Aug 2007, 19:48
Forum: Gallery
Topic: 1950s Helicopters - Colour Photos
Replies: 18
Views: 2660

Re: 1950s Helicopters - Colour Photos

Hadn't seen the L-59 before, it looks like a cross between the Cessna CH-1 (yes they did make a helicopter once!) and a Hiller 12.
by jamesstables
24 Aug 2007, 16:55
Forum: Gallery
Topic: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 1957 - Colour Photos
Replies: 16
Views: 2841

Re: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 1957 - Colour Photos

Would it be OK for me to download the helicopter ones for our archives please? I can't see why not provided you use your discretion about how they're used. For research purposes by a specialist group should be fine but please make sure they're not re-published in, for example, a commercial publicat...
by jamesstables
23 Aug 2007, 19:29
Forum: Gallery
Topic: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 1957 - Colour Photos
Replies: 16
Views: 2841

Re: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 1957 - Colour Photos

Nice shots!
Would it be OK for me to download the helicopter ones for our archives please?
by jamesstables
01 Aug 2007, 04:04
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Midland Air Museum - 56k warning
Replies: 15
Views: 3301

Midland air museum also have the sole surviving Flettner 282 'Kolibri', that was the 'original' intermeshing rotor helicopter used by the Germans in small numbers.
by jamesstables
27 Jun 2007, 23:53
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Charlie Fox progress
Replies: 19
Views: 2642

The other way to look at it is that Cosford is the RAF museum (yes I know there should be a national civvy collection too), as a result their collecting policy dictates that there isn't a place for non-RAF stuff, our Dove has just gone to the north east air museum as it doesn't fit with our collecti...
by jamesstables
25 Jun 2007, 20:20
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Whats happened to summer?
Replies: 34
Views: 6934

Our garden was ok when I took that, but its got into our garden a couple of hours ago, luckily we've got a 'pumping station' in the garden for the drains (we live in an old house and the drains are all over the place!) so we've taken the cover off and its pumping it all away under the house. Since t...