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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Jul 2003, 09:31

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De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699

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Posted By DrSyn

Unfortunately, ORAC, it is not clear from that...

Unfortunately, ORAC, it is not clear from that record, contained in the Comet site I linked above, whether E Young (the F/E) or D Young (the site author) inserted that info at a later date. From a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Jul 2003, 10:09

Replies: 103

De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699

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Posted By DrSyn

Great stuff, Lukeafb1. As I said, there seemed to...

Great stuff, Lukeafb1. As I said, there seemed to be some doubt about the date, and your recollection would seem to favour an alternative of 3 Jun 59. This would have put 663 on 51 Sqn for the best...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jul 2003, 05:42

Replies: 103

De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699

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Posted By DrSyn

Check: Straight-jacket: - Off

Splendid post, Bof. It's a rare priviledge to be in at the beginning of a new era and you obviously had that. Imagine, these days, anyone keeping 3 spare Meatboxes to allow the "youngsters" to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Jul 2003, 13:21

Replies: 103

De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699

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Posted By DrSyn

Correction

Having made a few calls after this thread went rather quiet :(, I have a correction to my above post. I got in touch with The Museum and they also were uncertain initially about 699's ownership. I...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

11th Jul 2003, 05:57

Replies: 103

De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699

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Posted By DrSyn

You've probably had some PMs on this, country...

You've probably had some PMs on this, country calls, but fradu is correct about the ownership of Saggy 699. She actually belongs to the RAF Museum Reserve Collection (RC). This has moved around a...

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