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I'm with you John on it being yellow and a rushed job at that. A photo I have of a post war Hadrian shows that its overall Silver scheme has been crudly applied by brush (you can see the brush marks).

I still wonder about the speed of the Heyford though. The maximum tow speed for a Hotspur was 130 mph (Note mph not Knots) and its VNE was 160 mph, airspeeds which were limiting when it came to towing Hotspurs with Spitfires and probably the reason the Canadians gave up on the idea of using Hotspurs behind their Spitfires for the invasion of Normandy.

I agree its nomal to lower the nose and gain speed before casting off, but the slack in that cable in the photograph is excessive.

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some sources for you to look up ...

Handley Page

Heyford

Putnam

ident

Handley Page

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Profile

#182

booklet

colour views

Handley Page

Heyford

Pri-Fly

00040

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Pri-Fly

00056

drawing cockpit int

Handley Page

Heyford

Air Enthusiast Quarterly

00104

article

dev

Handley Page

Heyford

Planes

01 01

article

Handley Page

Heyford

Dirty Plastic

0107

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Aviation News

02 08

article

plans 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Airfix

197006

article

drawing

Handley Page

Heyford

Air Pictorial

197012

letter

7102 re write off

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Heyford

Air Pictorial

197012

letter

all sqns and a/c

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Heyford

Aeroplane Monthly

197405

photos

Handley Page

Heyford

Airfix

197705

article

Handley Page

Heyford

Scale Aircraft Modelling

198007

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Aircraft Illustrated

198008

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Scale Models

198010

article

Matchbox 72 drawingint

Handley Page

Heyford

Air International

198104

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Air Fan

198104

kit review

Matchbox 72

Handley Page

Heyford

Scale Models

198213

article

drawings 3d

Pat Martin

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