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BluBear

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  1. The Flying Bulls have arrived! Check out the link to the blog in the first post. That is one stunning looking Lightning.
  2. Flying Bulls P-38 is reported to have left it's base in Salzburg, Austria. Well it vanished from the live webcam about 20 mins ago, I can confirm that much! :)

  3. @ FT Sorry to be a pedant but that is the Nimrod II not the Fury along with the Hind and Demon. Three Kestrels all the same though @ Jabo That is the reason I don't post there anymore. Over the past few years it's got worse and worse! However, there are still a good few members who have a lot of interesting things to share, and for that reason I still 'lurk'.
  4. Let me just get my anorak on... Ahem... There are two Nimrods at DX, a mk1 and a mk2. Now there is a Fury also. Just down the road at Old Warden you will find a Hind and a Demon. Hawker bi-planes FTW!
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    GoofBall

    This is awesome! Talk about adding to the immersion. Next step? How about air-con that reaches sub zero temperatures? And a smoke generator!
  6. Hi guys, For those interested in seeing the build up to Flying Legends here are some places to start: This thread on the keypublishing forum The official TFC blog As of today (4th July) these are the notable happenings: Fighter Collection P-40F - Arrived today and is awaiting assembly, can't wait to see it! The Horsemen, arrival and assembly - Both Mustangs are now mostly assembled and looking sweeeet. Buchon (Spanish 109) and Night Fighter F4U-5 Corsair arrival from Germany. Hawker Fury (The ultra rare biplane!) assembled for the first time after 18 year restoration - unsure if it's going to be flying, but it'll be there all the same. :D :D :D I'm excited, can you tell??!!
  7. That's the one mate. Hopefully with a bit of TLC (and a wad of cash!) she'll be up in no time.
  8. First reported on the keypublishing forum: "A report in this morning from Ben Gilbert that SX336 made a wheels up landing at Bondues near Lille, France, yesteday 2nd July. Pilot is unhurt. Damage minimal and about as light as it can get in these circumstances. - Mark" Original Post Here This is a real shame, but glad to hear the pilot (believed to be Anna Walker) was unhurt. By the looks of the photos, the landing was absolutely text book and hopefully the aircraft will be repaired soon. This unique aircraft is a regular to Duxford and would have been at Flying Legends next weekend, so that is also a shame. The full landing sequence was captured on camera. The images can be seen here: Pictures
  9. Great to hear you've completed another successful bombing run Jim! Hope to fly with you again soon. ~S~
  10. To be honest i've got on ok with UP3 so far, it installed ok and in general runs ok. I do the same as Jabo, and have seperate installs for different versions of IL2 and this has worked out well for me. Currently I have UP3, 4.101 (ModAct) and good old UP2 just in case! (Plus a stock 4.101 vanilla) However, when it comes to playing co-ops I agree that we have to fly a version that is stable for everybody, and this last week has proved that not everyone is having such a smooth time of it. We have to remember that UP3 is still a release candidate and many of the bugs experienced are being worked on for the final release, whenever that may be! There does seem to be a lot bugs that are affecting mission building/conversions from 4.09, which is particularly worrying. I for one am willing to give the UP team the benefit of the doubt and continue to trial version 3, because I like what it has to offer. BUT, I absolutely agree that for the time being we should stick with what is best for the majority, and if that is 4.101, then so be it!
  11. After cracking my ribs last Saturday in a cycling 'incident', I didn't feel up to doing much the following day. But as the weather was glorious, I headed down to the former Lashenden ALG to see what was happening and relax in the sun. See my pictures of the day in the gallery
  12. Fantastic! Nice pictures, the smiles say it all! VWC have a beautiful collection of aircraft, and I like the fact that they often paint them in colour schemes relevant to the history of the aircraft or history of aviation in Canada. The Mustang in particular is refreshingly different to the usual 352nd, 357th FG colours...
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    Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    A few pictures from my local airfield, the former RAF Lashenden (A prototype ALG in 1943). It was briefly home to 421 and 403 Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying the Spitfire IX before, on 17 April 1944 the 354th Fighter Group arrived from RAF Boxted. Wikipeadia has a pretty good entry on its history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashenden_%28Headcorn%29_Airfield It is now one of the busiest GA airfields in the south of England, offering pleasure flights, skydiving, warbird experiences (AT-6) and the Tiger Club (www.tigerclub.co.uk) along with a fantastic little museum of many interesting artifacts, wrecks and relics of downed aircraft and such from the WW2 period. Oh and lovely Cafe! I grew up with this place on my doorstep, and still love going there to chill out and imagine what it was like nearly 70 years ago...
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    Signs of the past

    From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    As the caption reads, examples of the steel matting used to stabilise muddy English fields in order to take the weight of heavy aircraft.<br> <br> Further reading: <br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsden_Matting" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">http://en.wikipedia....Marsden_Matting</a><br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommerfeld_Tracking" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">http://en.wikipedia....erfeld_Tracking</a>
  15. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    Treading on historic ground.
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    Huskey G-HSKE

    From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    A modern 'Cub-like' high wing jobby. You can definitely see the inspiration!
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    Van's RV-8 G-LEXX

    From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    A sweet looking homebuilt aircraft.
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    One for Fenrir!

    From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    <img src="http://dangerdogz.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/3D/thumbsu.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt="">
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    Spam Can

    From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    Actually this Cessna (172?) was recently refurbished on site and it looks great... for a spam can.<br> I had a pleasure flight with the family when I was young in this very aircraft.
  20. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    This French fighter has received some treatment over the years but generally suffers in the elements.
  21. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    This poor jet has seen better days for sure.<br> It's been outside ever since I can remember, but the worst thing that happened to it was when a parachute plane failed to takeoff on the crosswind runway and crashed into it a few years ago. It skewed it 45 degrees and made a mess of the nose.<br> Unfortunately the pilot lost his life and the parachute plane was written off, very sad.
  22. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    Complete with art <img src="http://dangerdogz.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/3D/laugh.gif" class="bbc_emoticon" alt="">
  23. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    See next picture!
  24. From the album: Headcorn Aerodrome (26.6.11)

    Where's the rest of it?!
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