The red-nose Spit in post #105 must be PT462 as it has canon fairings and blisters, MH367 over in NZ is the only other canon "armed" two-seater as far as I'm aware.
AS1428 AW.139 of the Armed Forces of Malta was doing circuits yesterday at Duxford and was back again today. Wonder what the taped wiring is along the fuselage side ???
I believe that the wiring is for a temporary vibration sensor recorder / analyzer for the tail rotor bearings, shaft, etc.. I could be mistaken though.
Cheers,
Itch
Sycamore,
have you seen the amount of speed tape holding the cable on? It’ll do a trip. I’d be more concerned about the actual dynamic of the helicopter contraption itself, I mean look at it, beating the air into submission... ;-)
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By: DCW - 23rd February 2019 at 16:36 Permalink
Duxford Saturday 23rd February:
Trident G-AVFB was looking splendid in the sunshine today, back in the usual spot on Airliner Row:
The smell of black and white paint was also noted near the Stephenson Hangar. More soon !
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By: DCW - 25th February 2019 at 20:47 Permalink
Duxford Monday25th February:
Colourful Harvard G-TSIX visited for the day:
P-51D 'Sharkmouth' will be wearing D-Day stripes this year to mark the 75th anniversary:
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By: DCW - 26th February 2019 at 21:02 Permalink
Duxford Tuesday 26th February:
Boultbee's Spitfire SM520 was active today:
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By: Duxman - 26th February 2019 at 22:36 Permalink
A couple more pictures from today at Duxford.
Duxman
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By: Bob - 27th February 2019 at 19:42 Permalink
A couple of pics from this afternoon...
Liz sans panneaux...
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By: DragonRapide - 27th February 2019 at 21:30 Permalink
Post 105 Image 2 - PT462 before departing to Denham?
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By: R4118 - 28th February 2019 at 07:39 Permalink
The one in the foreground looks like PT as it has a red spinner now! The flame start one is SM520 I believe
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By: Bob - 28th February 2019 at 08:37 Permalink
PT462 always had a red spinner -
PV202 has recently had her nose 'Rudolphed'...
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By: R4118 - 28th February 2019 at 10:18 Permalink
So it has......it's the other spit PV202 that didn't have one before
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By: Ant.H - 28th February 2019 at 13:05 Permalink
The red-nose Spit in post #105 must be PT462 as it has canon fairings and blisters, MH367 over in NZ is the only other canon "armed" two-seater as far as I'm aware.
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By: DazDaMan - 28th February 2019 at 13:17 Permalink
TE308 had cannons and a red nose - although she still hasn't flown since her accident, and those items might have been changed since then.
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By: Rivet Joint - 1st March 2019 at 22:02 Permalink - Edited 1st March 2019 at 22:06
Duxford Friday 1 March 2019.
A very quiet day at Duxford today, the only action being an engine run by the newly 'Invasion-Striped' P-51D 'KH774'/G-SHWN:
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By: DCW - 2nd March 2019 at 18:08 Permalink
Duxford Saturday 2nd March:
Yale G-BYNF was busy training today:
The Classic Wings season starts in only three weeks, Dragon Rapide G-AKIF had a brief outing today
Start saving for June 22nd, wing-to-wing with Spitfire and Buchon at £799.00 (other warbird formations are available !)
https://www.classic-wings.co.uk/
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By: Duxman - 6th March 2019 at 13:09 Permalink
AS1428 AW.139 of the Armed Forces of Malta was doing circuits yesterday at Duxford and was back again today. Wonder what the taped wiring is along the fuselage side ???
Duxman
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By: Cajun21 - 6th March 2019 at 17:40 Permalink
Duxman,
I believe that the wiring is for a temporary vibration sensor recorder / analyzer for the tail rotor bearings, shaft, etc.. I could be mistaken though.
Cheers,
Itch
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By: red5 - 6th March 2019 at 18:34 Permalink
Is that anything to do with the AW139 Leicester accident ?
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By: Agent K - 7th March 2019 at 08:31 Permalink
Not aware of an AW139 accident at Leicester?, although there was a AW169 crash there last year.
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By: DCW - 11th March 2019 at 21:46 Permalink
Duxford Monday 11th March:
Strong winds have restricted activity at Duxford for the past few days, but there's always a hangar shuffle to keep us entertained:
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By: sycamore - 12th March 2019 at 00:06 Permalink
Ref #116,;very silly way to run cable on the same side of the fuselage and fin;;;if it comes loose ????
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By: KurtB - 12th March 2019 at 04:15 Permalink
Sycamore,
have you seen the amount of speed tape holding the cable on? It’ll do a trip. I’d be more concerned about the actual dynamic of the helicopter contraption itself, I mean look at it, beating the air into submission... ;-)