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by WebPilot
Fri 14 Feb 2020, 10:29 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Another gate guard being withdrawn
Replies: 2
Views: 1701

Re: Another gate guard being withdrawn

Flat tyres, faded markings and corrosion... :-(
by WebPilot
Mon 10 Feb 2020, 10:44 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Duxford Storm Damage
Replies: 36
Views: 7906

Re: Duxford Storm Damage

Negligence can be tough to prove in some cases, in others it’s often clear cut. Duxford would be bang to rights with a roof threatening to breakup in storm conditions and not doing what needed to derisk
by WebPilot
Mon 10 Feb 2020, 1:22 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Duxford Storm Damage
Replies: 36
Views: 7906

Re: Duxford Storm Damage

IWM isn't a Government organisation so why would there be claims against the Government.?. When I got run over by the site transport, the claim wasn't against the Government but the IWM insurers. Brian [/quote] The Imperial War Museum is an executive non-departmental public body under the Departmen...
by WebPilot
Mon 10 Feb 2020, 10:45 am
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Duxford Storm Damage
Replies: 36
Views: 7906

Re: Duxford Storm Damage

Flyforfun wrote:Closing the motorway seems a bit OTT ,Surely anyone driving faces more danger from trees .


If someone was injured by the damaged roof coming off the Highways Agency / IWM would be burned to a crisp by the lawyers in the inevitable litigation. Trees are a different issue
by WebPilot
Wed 05 Feb 2020, 3:33 pm
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project
Replies: 1383
Views: 623545

Re: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project

So where did she disappear to? What happened to the rest of her? Could it be that the rest of her (including that really nice canopy!) still exists, dismantled in a barn somewhere? One day we might find out... I have this airframe as scrapped at Aldergrove in 1991. The tail appears to be in a "...
by WebPilot
Wed 29 Jan 2020, 1:25 pm
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Fort Paull - auction
Replies: 1
Views: 1590

Fort Paull - auction

by WebPilot
Mon 13 Jan 2020, 10:25 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project
Replies: 1383
Views: 623545

Re: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project

I concur that the crest on the nose is the Station crest rather than 1 ANS. Though magnifying the picture doesn't resolve the image well enough to see what is in the centre, the outer "rim" is well defined and you can see it does not have the two rectangular blocks at 3 and 9 o'clock where...
by WebPilot
Tue 19 Nov 2019, 12:15 pm
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project
Replies: 1383
Views: 623545

Re: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project

I'm very happy to see this thread, I've been very frustrated to not have a regular update!

RE Jaffas cake / biscuit, its simple. When a cake goes stale it goes hard, when a biscuit goes stale it goes soft. Stale Jaffas are hard, ergo they're cakes.