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Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2024, 09:25
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Going back to my Post #687: This is...

Going back to my Post #687:



This is not correct! The "T.30" designation turns out to be a myth, stemming I suspect from a modelling magazine caption, and repeated (embarrassingly, by me too)...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 18:47
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Nice photo Megan. However VH-UET was C1-0126, ex...

Nice photo Megan. However VH-UET was C1-0126, ex WB678. It was written off following an engine failure on take off at Whyalla (having taken off on a taxiway) on 7.10.1962. A Neil Follett photo:...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2019, 19:38
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Possel - WP803 was with 8 Sqn from August 1988...

Possel - WP803 was with 8 Sqn from August 1988 until September 1991, so just after your time at HQRAFSC.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2019, 19:31
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

jbchippy - PM sent.

jbchippy - PM sent.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2019, 19:50
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

WK630 served with 18 RFS Fairoaks, 661 Sqn...

WK630 served with 18 RFS Fairoaks, 661 Sqn Kenley, 651 Sqn Feltwell. Army Air Corps, U Wales AS, Bristol UAS, Southampton UAS and 2 AEF, but I can find no record of it being with 8 Sqn.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2019, 19:08
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Not to my personal taste, but it's a beautifully...

Not to my personal taste, but it's a beautifully executed conversion. But wait, there's more! This is C1-0501, ex WG427, VH-BSQ and VH-GEB. In 1966 it was converted to an SA29 Spraymaster and 10...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2019, 19:36
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Isn't it ever? Much food for thought here as one...

Isn't it ever? Much food for thought here as one of the local Chipmunk owner's son flies Super Hornets. Hmmm.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2017, 18:20
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

XR219 - that's news to me (which is not for one...

XR219 - that's news to me (which is not for one instant to say that it's not correct), but I'm surprised that it's not mentioned by Hugh Shields who wrote a brilliantly researched and quite...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2016, 20:12
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

..and in Roving's first photo, a narrow-chord...

..and in Roving's first photo, a narrow-chord rudder (dating this as not later than 1953/1954). Thanks for posting these lovely photos.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2016, 19:40
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Think/look before responding, Dora! Looking...

Think/look before responding, Dora!

Looking again, the Chipmunk has the later DayGlo strips (just visible ahead of the fuselage roundel), which is confirmed by the c.1966 dating of the photo....
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2016, 19:33
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Wander00 and Nutloose: Thanks indeed for the...

Wander00 and Nutloose:

Thanks indeed for the response. I wasn't querying blue wing bands, but whether yellow wing bands appeared before the advent of the DayGlo markings. Looking at that evocative...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2016, 10:27
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Cranwell's Chipmunks

In recent days I've seen photos of two different Chipmunks recently restored/repainted as pre-DayGlo RAFC aircraft, i.e. overall silver with the trimmed blue fuselage band. One has the yellow wing...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2016, 03:19
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Thanks for that, Coff. We'll try the Tweet...

Thanks for that, Coff.

We'll try the Tweet address; they certainly don't respond to letters!

Interesting they say "Four Chipmunks commenced service on 5 May 1957" - I have WD287 (became the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2016, 02:08
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Gents: There's been some activity on the...

Gents:

There's been some activity on the "History and Nostalgia" Forum concerning my earlier query about RMAF Chipmunks.

There's also an explanation regarding the "Shipmunk":
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2016, 22:51
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Not quite the correct forum I know, but does...

Not quite the correct forum I know, but does anyone please have photos/details of RMAF Chipmunks? Did they carry underwing serials and if they did, how were they presented? I'm aware of the RMAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2016, 10:59
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Lovely photos, thanks John!

Lovely photos, thanks John!
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2016, 20:03
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

John Eacott: Lovely photo of Chipmunk "N". Any...

John Eacott: Lovely photo of Chipmunk "N". Any idea of the serial please? The unit I assume is 1 FTS?

Thanks.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2016, 19:45
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Is that possible? It must have been painfully...

Is that possible? It must have been painfully slow...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2016, 20:09
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Thank you for the photo id, Coff.

Thank you for the photo id, Coff.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2016, 06:28
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

G'day Coff: First off, do you have a...

G'day Coff:

First off, do you have a location/date/serial number for the Chipmunk with the Lightning in the background please?

Not really. On the day only two of the five local Chipmunks were...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th May 2016, 19:37
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Chickenlover: I thought the "70" formation was...

Chickenlover: I thought the "70" formation was brilliant! Well done to all concerned.

Two more AHB photos, both of 2 FTS and one of the same looping sequence:
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2016, 19:26
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Fabulous photos, simply fabulous. I wish I'd been...

Fabulous photos, simply fabulous. I wish I'd been there...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2016, 20:32
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

In my defence, I have trouble remembering what...

In my defence, I have trouble remembering what happened yesterday, let alone what I wrote last May!!!!

Cheers I42.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2016, 18:34
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

I'm puzzling over the context here, I42, but I AM...

I'm puzzling over the context here, I42, but I AM familiar with green grass (well occasionally anyway):
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2016, 17:52
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Basically, all UK registered Chipmunks must have...

Basically, all UK registered Chipmunks must have the strakes. No such requirement regarding the rudder...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2015, 18:24
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Mandator: Thanks indeed for that...

Mandator:

Thanks indeed for that clarification. It sounds rather like the false identity situation with Chipmunk "FM-1022" in the RMAF Museum at Kuala Lumpur.

I do know the owner of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2015, 00:26
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Leon: That's quite odd, as the rear fuselage...

Leon:

That's quite odd, as the rear fuselage of WZ868 was at Jandakot, West AUstralia - a very long way from South Wales -a few years back:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2015, 08:01
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Two more! ...

Two more!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/WK-589-WP-901-JUN-90-Berlin_zps3wgyyfxe.jpg...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2015, 22:58
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

We can't possibly ever get too many Chipmunk...

We can't possibly ever get too many Chipmunk photos! Trawling through my 6 AEF photos, I've come up with the following which may be of interest:

...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2015, 22:15
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Speaking of WP901, I have this lovely Eric Wagner...

Speaking of WP901, I have this lovely Eric Wagner photo of her with the East Midlands UAS, August 1971:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2015, 19:52
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Coff, re the WK589 photo - I have this Chris...

Coff, re the WK589 photo - I have this Chris England photo captioned as " 4 AEF Roborough 2nd November 1968".

Many beers owed....
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2015, 23:59
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Devil Flattery, Coff, as you well know, will get you...

Flattery, Coff, as you well know, will get you everywhere! Here are the histories I have for those two Chipmunks:

C1-0081 DHB.f.14
T.10
WB638
05.06.1950 ...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2015, 11:08
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Less hair: Actually all three were with...

Less hair:

Actually all three were with Gatow Station Flight.

WG486 (nearest) is now with the BBMF, WG466 (furthest) is with the Luftwaffe Museum at Gatow while WG478 (leading) is mine here in...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2015, 10:56
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Coff: Actually one of the spotter's reports...

Coff:

Actually one of the spotter's reports was that WZ870 was observed towing a glider that day. In Sept 1958 the strakes were in the process of being applied - I guess maybe Training Command...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2015, 02:38
Replies: 760
Views: 374,988
Posted By Dora-9

Now here's an odd one!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/Blithering/AG11371_zpsvkse5i1m.jpg (http://s10.photobucket.com/user/Blithering/media/AG11371_zpsvkse5i1m.jpg.html)

Recently I purchased this photo from the...
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