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What other aircraft do you think the BBMF should be able to operate?

Discuție în 'Everything Else Heritage' creată de martin1656, 8 Iul 2018.

  1. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

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    They may have missed a trick there then - they were worth the wait. The RAAF used F-111s for over 40 years. Fantastic aircraft. Full vertical with afterburner at night was truely something to behold!

    I got to "cab" one when i was a youngster. There are quite a few on display around the country, but never to fly again. :(
     
  2. Johann Marsbar

    Johann Marsbar Well-Known Member

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    Only RAAF one I saw was at the USAF 50th Anniversary event at Nellis, NV, back in 1997..........

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    Never saw (or heard) any of them when I was near Amberley in Queensland!

    For anyone who thinks a Lincoln should be added, the Argentinians still have a couple. This one is seen at the museum at Moron, outside Buenos Aires, 9 years ago......

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  3. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Prehaps we can offer a deal to them, we have a few captured ground attack aircraft of theirs, in a few of our museums, exchange these for a Lincoln .
     
  4. big.stu

    big.stu Well-Known Member

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    Of course, the main advantage of sticking with WW2 (or earlier) period warbirds, is that they have no official fatigue life - you can just keep on rebuilding them as long as you use like-for-like materials and methods. Unfortunately I believe the BBMF Chipmunks will eventually fall foul of this as they are late enough to have fatigue life limits.

    Perhaps what the BBMF needs is a two seater Spitfire (or Hurricane!) for tail dragger conversion once the Chipmunks are no more. (Yes, I know they could use a Harvard, but a two seater Spit is more in the spirit of the BBMF.)
     
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  5. martin1656

    martin1656 Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    I would defiantly say yes to a Harvard , I suppose the BBMF send pilots on one of the TR9's schools for conversion when a new pilot needs to progress from the chipmunk to either the Hurricane or Spitfire ?
     
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    35B Nat Pres stalwart

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    My understanding was that they use the Chipmunk to train on tail draggers, then pilots go solo in the Spitfires or Hurricanes.
     
  7. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    It was the Lincoln in the background of the Me163 photo (at Cosford) that I was referring to :)
     
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    Old Kent Biker Well-Known Member

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    Maybe not an impossibility to see one eventually - even if it isn't part of the BBMF: http://www.peoplesmosquito.org.uk/
     
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    I've just been reading through this thread. There have been some interesting remarks/suggestion. As ever the spectra of cost cutting was raised with regards to funding, at one point a number of years ago the funding for the Fleet Air Arm historic flight was to be cut. The Navy responded with the reply; "OK then cut the funding to the BBMF too....." Needless to say they kept their funding. I got to thinking, ok then combine all three services Historic flights, with hopefully being able to reduce the overall costs of the three flights. As has been stated/hinted at the armed forces aren't here to preserve the past, rather defend the country. Though they should to a minor degree preserve their history.
     
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    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Nicely done single engine divert landing executed in the BBMF Dakota at Manchester Airport over the weekend.
     
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  11. Martin Perry

    Martin Perry Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Moderator Friend

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    The RNHF has now changed into a fully civilian manned/operated organisation, Navy Wings, which is operated as a charitable trust, with some support from the MoD.
    https://www.navywings.org.uk/about-us/
     

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