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Nigel Edwards
Comet
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by Nigel Edwards » 31 May 2008, 11:43
Again thanks to Rick for this great aeroplane, these paints going up at avsim today.
Training Command
Central Flying School
Coastal Command
RAF Manby
Signals Command
Training Command
College of Air Warfare
Hope you like them.
Best wishes
Nige
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Runway behind you
Fuel in the bowser
Money in the bank
TSR2
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by TSR2 » 31 May 2008, 11:46
Lovely work Nigel!
Scorpius
Concorde
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by Scorpius » 31 May 2008, 20:02
Outstanding work Nigel, thank you!
Paul K
Red Arrows
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by Paul K » 31 May 2008, 22:18
This may have been asked before, but why did Coastal Command operate the Varsity ?
Great paints Nigel, the Varsity is a favourite of mine.
Nigel Edwards
Comet
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by Nigel Edwards » 31 May 2008, 22:23
I'm not entirely sure, I think it may have been in the comms role. I was very surprised to find a photo of WF330 in Coastal Command colours nonetheless!!
All uploaded to avsim now, over to them :dance:
Best wishes
Nige
Things wasted to a pilot:
Runway behind you
Fuel in the bowser
Money in the bank
Trev Clark
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by Trev Clark » 01 Jun 2008, 09:13
This may have been asked before, but why did Coastal Command operate the Varsity ?
I am pretty sure it was part of the Met research flight based at (possibly) Ballykelly in N.I., I also have seen a photo saying that a Varsity was attached to HQ Coastal Command as a liason aircraft.
ATB Trev
Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 01 Jun 2008, 09:22
It's a bit like that Coastal Command Hastings we came across recently......unusal type but operated in small numbers.
Reeling off a list of CC types I doubt if many would include either.
Good to see the rarer ones
Garry
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Paul K
Red Arrows
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by Paul K » 01 Jun 2008, 12:05
Thanks all. Ah, the days when we could afford liason aircraft. ;-)
ianhind
Concorde
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by ianhind » 01 Jun 2008, 15:05
According to a small monograph on the Varsity:
".....issued in small quantities to a variety of other units, including some which used the aircraft for communications, notably .......... the Station Flights at Coastal Command bases."
And WF330 was issued to Station Flight St Mawgan in 1959 which matches the date of the photo:
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1073539/
Trev Clark
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by Trev Clark » 02 Jun 2008, 07:49
Sorry to bring bad news, Nigel.
The DL for WJ948 has no .cfg mod in the folder. Not a problem for me, but it might confuse some folks.
ATB Trev