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Patrick Lockyer.
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Username: pat_lockyer

Post Number: 1628
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2017 - 08:22:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

I should know the plane but it escapes me at the moment.



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Larry Kavanagh
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Username: shadow_11

Post Number: 109
Registered: 5-2016
Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2017 - 08:47:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Harvard maybe? Just a guess.
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ross kowalski
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Post Number: 630
Registered: 11-2015
Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2017 - 13:22:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Dauntless?
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anton de bloch
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Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2017 - 10:28:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

It is a two seater tandem configuration T6 Harvard training plane.
Many were later converted to 4 seater light planes, by a company in Southend on Sea.
Cordialement
ADB

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Patrick Lockyer.
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Username: pat_lockyer

Post Number: 1629
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Friday, 17 November, 2017 - 19:09:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Thanks for your replies.
The plane was flying at RNAS Yeovilton a few weeks ago snapped a few pix on finals.



maybe this is the plane.

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Mark Luft
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Username: bentleyman1993

Post Number: 138
Registered: 10-2016
Posted on Saturday, 18 November, 2017 - 01:12:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

That's a T-6 "Texan", a WW2 fighter trainer. My lovely wife sent me up in one for our 10th anniversary. They put me in the front seat, took me up and walked me through air maneuvers like a loop, barrell roll and a Cuban eight. Best time ever. A fun plane to fly.
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Patrick Lockyer.
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Username: pat_lockyer

Post Number: 1631
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Saturday, 18 November, 2017 - 08:14:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Mark sounds as you had a super time.
like riding a bike you never forget it.
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Patrick Lockyer.
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Username: pat_lockyer

Post Number: 1636
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Wednesday, 22 November, 2017 - 04:17:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Low cloud today, the Merlin engine was in full song, this was the Hurricane snapped on the circuit.



Thought the plane was a little low on finals.

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Robert Noel Reddington
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Username: bob_uk

Post Number: 1582
Registered: 5-2015
Posted on Wednesday, 22 November, 2017 - 07:55:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Are the wings clipped on this Hurricane ?

I think all Merlin engines were grounded recently
due to some engine components---- faulty materials. They must have sorted the problem out.

I think maybe a one off failure.

The old warbird guys are getting super careful because of bad press and stotage of warbirds.
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Larry Kavanagh
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Post Number: 110
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Posted on Wednesday, 22 November, 2017 - 11:48:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Are these photos taken in Melbourne by any chance?
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Patrick Lockyer.
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Username: pat_lockyer

Post Number: 1637
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Wednesday, 22 November, 2017 - 18:35:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Bob the wings are clipped but some later Spitfires do as well.
The wheels retract inwards, Spitfire outwards.
Spitfire IMO better all round style.
Photos taken yesterday from home nr RNAS UK.