Old aircraft adverts
01 February 2009, 08:04 PM
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Old aircraft adverts
Ive had these pics for some time, no longer remember where they came from but they are from a bygone era when Britain was an engineering nation and men had huge moustaches 
Ive got a few more if anyone is interested
Ive got a few more if anyone is interested
01 February 2009, 08:35 PM
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Nice, I love old planes, I think the golden era of aviation was the bit where props were ending and the jet age was dawning, Constellation's, Caravelle's 707's, Lightnings, Vulcan's (of course), Hunter's, Trident's etc, the liveries of commercial airliners are always so of their time as well, Dan Air, BEA, B.O.A.C etc, as a kid I always remember photo's from the 50's of impossibly shiny jets on huge runways against an improbably blue skies.
Some good photos of Manchester airport through the years available here.
Manchester City Council - Manchester Local Image Collection - About the Collection
Some good photos of Manchester airport through the years available here.
Manchester City Council - Manchester Local Image Collection - About the Collection
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01 February 2009, 11:07 PM
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The folland Gnat was apparantly a bitch to work on (control surfaces) and the instructor couldn't see anything
Painted bright red it was a great recruiting tool so made the grade LOL
AFAIK we sold it to the Indians as the adjeet (spelling) who took it to bits and rebuilt it so it worked LOL
And as for westland.........just google whirlwind
three words.....Isambard Kingdom Brunell LOL
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The folland Gnat was apparantly a bitch to work on (control surfaces) and the instructor couldn't see anything
Painted bright red it was a great recruiting tool so made the grade LOL
AFAIK we sold it to the Indians as the adjeet (spelling) who took it to bits and rebuilt it so it worked LOL
And as for westland.........just google whirlwind
three words.....Isambard Kingdom Brunell LOL
Shaun
02 February 2009, 12:15 PM
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that first one nettlefolds, my dad has hundreds of boxes of their screws in the shed, i borrowed a plane off him the other day, it hard spare blades in the parts catalogue and the price was in opld money
02 February 2009, 01:37 PM
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The one on the first ad looks like a Mosquito.
I flew with the Arrows on a display in the Gnat. It was a little cracker to fly, the visibility in the rear was no worse than most in-line dual seaters. It was the best jet I ever flew for throttle control in formation. I don't think the Hawk is so impressive in their display as the Gnat was.
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I flew with the Arrows on a display in the Gnat. It was a little cracker to fly, the visibility in the rear was no worse than most in-line dual seaters. It was the best jet I ever flew for throttle control in formation. I don't think the Hawk is so impressive in their display as the Gnat was.
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02 February 2009, 03:26 PM
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Keil Kraft Kits - isnt that name a bit dodgy?
Also I love the line "Supplies may be difficult but we are doing our best" - that just wouldnt work in todays modern world of the consumer!
02 February 2009, 07:45 PM
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Cool pics. 
Reminds me of when I was a kid going round to see my grandparents and looking through old books and magazines they had in the loft and the cupboard under the stairs.
Reminds me of when I was a kid going round to see my grandparents and looking through old books and magazines they had in the loft and the cupboard under the stairs.
02 February 2009, 11:03 PM
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Les
It could be sour grapes as my Dad's brother built Blackburn Buccaneers in Brough, just about the time I was born.
The S2 used to tool around the east coast firing ranges when I was a kid, I collected the spent 20mm and practice bombs !!
Fast as **** without VG wings but with tiny (boundary layer control) wings / tailplane
Wouldn't trouble you in a Canberra or Iron Triangle at height.. but what a cracking high speed pass at ground level at the air shows I went to as a kid
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It could be sour grapes as my Dad's brother built Blackburn Buccaneers in Brough, just about the time I was born.
The S2 used to tool around the east coast firing ranges when I was a kid, I collected the spent 20mm and practice bombs !!
Fast as **** without VG wings but with tiny (boundary layer control) wings / tailplane
Wouldn't trouble you in a Canberra or Iron Triangle at height.. but what a cracking high speed pass at ground level at the air shows I went to as a kid
Shaun
03 February 2009, 09:12 AM
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Quality, love those pics, thanks for sharing.
The last time I was passing through Narita they had lots of the old Airline posters from the 50's and 60's on the walls, also very cool
The last time I was passing through Narita they had lots of the old Airline posters from the 50's and 60's on the walls, also very cool
03 February 2009, 10:53 AM
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It could be sour grapes as my Dad's brother built Blackburn Buccaneers in Brough, just about the time I was born.
The S2 used to tool around the east coast firing ranges when I was a kid, I collected the spent 20mm and practice bombs !!
Fast as **** without VG wings but with tiny (boundary layer control) wings / tailplane
Wouldn't trouble you in a Canberra or Iron Triangle at height.. but what a cracking high speed pass at ground level at the air shows I went to as a kid
Shaun
It could be sour grapes as my Dad's brother built Blackburn Buccaneers in Brough, just about the time I was born.
The S2 used to tool around the east coast firing ranges when I was a kid, I collected the spent 20mm and practice bombs !!
Fast as **** without VG wings but with tiny (boundary layer control) wings / tailplane
Wouldn't trouble you in a Canberra or Iron Triangle at height.. but what a cracking high speed pass at ground level at the air shows I went to as a kid
Shaun
The only worrying thing was the main spar problem. I thing two of them lost a wing-one was at Red Flag in Nevada just before we went out to that exercise in the Iron Triangle I know they really impressed the Americans with their ultra low level at high speed in the Nevada Desert as you say. They could not get a successful shot on them either with the simulated SAM sites or the F15's at height. Mind you they never did on the Triangle either. Their low level tactics when say attacking a fleet of ships were pretty mindbending. You would not know which direction to expect the next one from! I remember the high speed passes at displays too.I used to have a bit of fun on the East Coast ranges too. We used to run a book on who got the best results-two bombs each for the two pilots and 2 for the Radar Navigator who was also the bomb aimer. Loser bought the beer
Les
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