Simviation Forum - Flying Legends 2004, part 4

Jul 11^th, 2004 at 4:49pm

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A selection of Warbirds on the flight line at Flying Legends 2004.

Hawker Hurricane XII.

TFC’s Hurricane IV KZ321 wearing the markings of No.6 Squadron, the flying can openers.

Close up of KZ321 showing the “Flying Can Opener” design on the nose.

Three big old birds.

HAC’s Hurricane XII is wearing a Malta scheme and it’s code letters just happen to be HA-C.

Another long-term restoration project was this DH 89A Dragon Rapide belonging to DeHavilland Support.

US Warbirds.

Merlins.

Griffons.

In the final part, the finest…

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Reply #1 - Jul 12^th, 2004 at 7:25am

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At last some Spits Grin

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

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Reply #2 - Jul 12^th, 2004 at 4:07pm

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Was ML407 around? (it's a Mk IV i think Roll Eyes

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More importantly : Did it fly?

Thanx. Carl

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Reply #3 - Jul 13^th, 2004 at 7:57am

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Was ML407 around? (it's a Mk IV i think Roll Eyes

)
More importantly : Did it fly?

Thanx. Carl

ML407 (It's a Tr 9 not a MkIV Wink

) was sadly missing. Infact neither of Duxford's Tr9s were around. It did appear at the D-Day airshow at Duxford last month however and you can find the photos somewhere in this forum.
PS, I'm currently building a model of ML407 at the and will post some photos when it's completed Grin

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Reply #4 - Jul 13^th, 2004 at 8:09am

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ML407 (It's a Tr 9 not a MkIV Wink

) was sadly missing. Infact neither of Duxford's Tr9s were around. It did appear at the D-Day airshow at Duxford last month however and you can find the photos somewhere in this forum.
PS, I'm currently building a model of ML407 at the moment and will post some photos when it's completed Grin

Bummer. Being based at Duxford I assumed it would be there Roll Eyes

Can't wait to see the pics of the model

Hoe detailed are you going?

Thanx. Carl

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Reply #5 - Jul 13^th, 2004 at 1:22pm

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Actually ML407 rarely appears at Legends but usually displays at the May (June this year) and September Duxford shows. I did expect to see Historic Flying’s Irish Air Corps Tr.9 on the flight line though.
The model will be as detailed as time, patience and the restrictions of the basic kit allow. I’m still researching at the moment and still need to determine weather ML407 had link or spline type undercarriage fitted in June 1944 (it has link type now but that may have been fitted later as MkIXs could be fitted with either) and because it was built as a “C” wing MkIX with “E” wing armament I’m not sure if it had the outer machine gun cartridge ejection ports blanked off and the upper wing covers with the small bulges replaced with the bulge-less “E” wing type. I actually enjoy the research as much as the building Grin

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