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Oct 18^th, 2005 at 1:12pm

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My cordless mouse packed in last night Roll Eyes

, so here are some of the shots I did not get posted yesterday. Various aircraft from the Duxford Autumn airshow.

KC-135 Stratotanker

When Paul Bonhomme is not throwing one of TFC's Warbirds around or flying a BA 747, this is what he gets up to.

C-130J Hercules.

Percival Pembroke.

The Aerostars.

Royal Navy Lynx.

DC-3 Dakota from Air Atlantique.

Merlins and Griffons. Spitfires on the flightline.

Duxford's Mustang population.

Merlins over Malta.

OK, that's the lot then. I have plenty more static shots though so if anyone is interested I may post some another day

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Reply #1 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 1:26pm

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Outstanding shots Tempest. Shot #8 of the Spit line definitely my favourite.

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Reply #2 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 1:35pm

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Very nice Roger. I still think they would look a lot better if they were a tad bigger. Wink

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Reply #3 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 2:41pm

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Spitfires

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

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Reply #4 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 3:51pm

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mmmm. Can't decide whether I like BM597's temporary colour scheme though...

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Reply #5 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 4:31pm

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mmmm. Can't decide whether I like BM597's temporary colour scheme though...

Well I think it's a tad too light, should be more like US Navy dark blue and the underside should be RAF Azure blue, but I have to admit I do quite like it.

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Reply #6 - Oct 18^th, 2005 at 4:47pm

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I like it too. You're outvoted Charlie. Tongue

PS. As for the shade of blue, I don't expect those matelots were too worried about that or how carefully they slapped it on. They probably used whatever they had in the stores at the time or even mixed their own.

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Reply #7 - Oct 19^th, 2005 at 12:25pm

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I like it too. You're outvoted Charlie. Tongue

PS. As for the shade of blue, I don't expect those matelots were too worried about that or how carefully they slapped it on. They probably used whatever they had in the stores at the time or even mixed their own.

Legend has it that they were painted aboard the USS Wasp with thinned down US Navy dark blue but what that looked like over the standard RAF desert scheme I guess we will never know. I do like blue Spitfires though

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Reply #8 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 12:47am

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Love the Herc.

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Reply #9 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 2:35pm

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I like it too. You're outvoted Charlie. Tongue

Just to mix it up again, I'm with Charlie, maybe it's the brown panel behind the BM597, it just looks a bit half hearted....... Sad

I think blue could be a great colour, it just needs to look like they really mean it

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Reply #10 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 3:06pm

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Just to mix it up again, I'm with Charlie, maybe it's the brown panel behind the BM597, it just looks a bit half hearted....... Sad

I think blue could be a great colour, it just needs to look like they really mean it

The brown panel is authentic and it was all a bit half hearted back then. The real aircraft was finished in RAF Desert scheme of mid stone, dark earth and they simply masked off the serial number when they painted them blue on the USS Wasp. When the masking was removed it left a brown panel with the serial number in it so they got that bit and the brown antenna mast spot on. The only thing they missed was the azure blue underside.

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Reply #11 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 3:09pm

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very nice photos:)

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Reply #12 - Oct 20^th, 2005 at 6:01pm

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The brown panel is authentic and it was all a bit half hearted back then.
When the masking was removed it left a brown panel with the serial number in it so they got that bit and the brown antenna mast spot on.

Fair enough Roger, consider me slapped down Wink

So I'm not authentic, I still think an all over blue could be great, just not that blue....

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Reply #13 - Oct 21^st, 2005 at 12:06pm

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Fair enough Roger, consider me slapped down Wink

Please don't consider it a "slap down" pal, it was not ment as such. As I said earlier, I don't think the shade is correct anyway. Just out of interest, this is a pic of the aircraft it is painted as.

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