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Reply #15 - Dec 10^th, 2003 at 2:03pm

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Hi Hagar

Re Jeffery Quill - fantastic! Mind you, I have seen Ray Hanna do something equally exciting............

And just how do you loop a Walrus!!!! The mind boggles!!! Wink

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Reply #16 - Dec 10^th, 2003 at 2:06pm

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Hi Felix

Here is my source..........

"The first country believed to have made enquiries for Spitfires was ??? which sent a military commission to Woolston and to Eastleigh for flying demonstrations."

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Reply #17 - Dec 10^th, 2003 at 2:30pm

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Hi Hagar

Re Jeffery Quill - fantastic! Mind you, I have seen Ray Hanna do something equally exciting............

And just how do you loop a Walrus!!!! The mind boggles!!! Wink

Cheers Paul

I've seen Ray Hanna & all the current display pilots many times. However mad they appear & brilliantly they do it they're still subject to restrictions. This would not be so in wartime & there's nothing like the original. Some descriptions of Alex Henshaw's regular displays at Castle Bromwich make my hair stand on end. He even barrel rolled a Lancaster with another pilot standing by his side & not strapped in. He took great delight in keeping the poor chap suspended about 6 inches off the floor on the way round. Henshaw regularly rolled the Lanc during testing with 2 engines feathered on one side & rolling the "wrong" way.

Apparently looping a Walrus was a regular event. Wink

PS. Check this out.http://www.angelfire.com/sd2/spitfirefactory/man.htm
If you haven't read it I can strongly recommend Henshaw's "Sigh for a Merlin". It's excellent.

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Reply #18 - Dec 10^th, 2003 at 3:44pm

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Hi Hagar

I never attend an airshow hoping to see the best performances. As you say, too many restrictions Roll Eyes

. I always have aimed for practice sessions.

I can think of at least a dozen (frightening Wink

) occasions when I have seen an exciting performance only for the pilot to be banned from flying at the airshow 'proper'. In two instances that I can think of, the aircraft were overstressed and was retired shortly thereafter.

BTW, I still can't imagine looping a Walrus...... Shocked

( not that I doubt what you say, I just can't imagine it!!!!!)

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Reply #19 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 5:28am

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Question 2 remains unanswered........... Roll Eyes

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Reply #20 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 5:56am

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Mind's a blank Fawlty, mind's a blank. I shall retire hurt at this point & go for an early bath followed by a late breakfast. ??? Wink

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Reply #21 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 6:15am

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The first country to have made enquiries about the Spitfire were Yugoslavia, and the order was dispatched on the 28th January 1938 Grin

This was also part of an order for Hurricanes and Blenheims as well Wink

Ozzy

PS. I can't find any references to a twin engined Spit (I'm still looking) but I did find some to the Supermarine 305 which was a two-man fighter...

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #22 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 6:24am

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Hi Hagar

Dont give up on me now!!!!! Wink

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Reply #23 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 6:27am

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Hi Ozzy

Try again........ Wink

According to my source, the Yugoslav delegation was the second

So does anyone know the answer?

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Reply #24 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 7:37am

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Are you perhaps talking about the unconfirmed order by Lithuania, which was allowed to lapse?
I know that in early '38 Japan ordered one, and Egypt 18.

Ozzy

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Reply #25 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 7:49am

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Stab in the dark. The good ol' US of A.
This is my last pathetic attempt at showing my ignorance in public - for now anyway. Shocked

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Reply #26 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 9:06am

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Hi Ozzy Hi Hagar

Sorry, but No! and No! Wink

As I said before -

"The first country believed to have made enquiries for Spitfires was ? which sent a military commission to Woolston and to Eastleigh for flying demonstrations."

The above is a word for word ( with the keyword missing Grin

) extract from the book.

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Reply #27 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 9:09am