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KevinK
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On 3/12/2024 at 12:18 PM, Enzo the Magnificent said:
On 3 July 1938, this engine set a world speed record for steam locomotives of 106 mph.
126 mph, I believe!
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1 hour ago, Hoppy said:
Only improved with a runny egg in the sandwich, or is that another conversation ?
No - that's aftermarket !
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Well, given that the world's oldest known buildings are at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, dating from around 11,500 years ago, I would say that 1997 is pretty recent by their standards.
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Francesco Baracca?
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On 1/23/2024 at 8:01 PM, KevinK said:
A few more missing from the list:
F128 R-100 airship 1/500
355P Handley-Page Victor B.1 1/96
350P Bristol Britannia 100 1/96
Oh, and one more - how could I forget it, especially as I've just acquired another one - the Vulcan!
354P / F354 Avro Vulcan B.1 1/96
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A few more missing from the list:
F128 R-100 airship 1/500
355P Handley-Page Victor B.1 1/96
350P Bristol Britannia 100 1/96
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2 minutes ago, scotthldr said:
Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster still in active service.
The topic was "jets 50+years" and "active service" is a bit of a stretch for the BBMF.
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One that's been missed off the list so far is an aeroplane which has been much in the news lately, and not in a good way!
Still in production - the Boeing 737, first flight 1967, in-service 1968, therefore comfortably more than 50 years old as a type.
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Sorry - no, I'm building one right now! 😎
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4 hours ago, MrB17 said:
While I’m at it, I noticed that while looking for a 1/48 RE.8, the only one I could find was the Aeroclub Vacuform kit,
A minor point, perhaps, but the injection-moulded Aeroclub 1/48 R.E.8 builds very well.
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5 hours ago, PeterB said:
I gather Usk is a community just outside Washington in the US
Well, yes and no. Wikipedia shows it just inside Washington state, near the Idaho state line, but about 2500 miles from Washington DC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usk,_Washington
On 12/29/2023 at 1:41 PM, PeterB said:I have heard of them but wrongly assumed it was the Usk a few miles away from me in South Wales
It nearly is: according to the Wikipedia entry, "Usk was named for the River Usk in Wales around 1890"
From what I can find on Google Maps, it's as near to the back of beyond as makes no difference (so it's probably quite nice there).
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It was indeed around that speed: the original Kodachrome, marketed from 1935/6 to 1962 in 8/16/35 mm formats was 10 ASA, increasing to the dizzying speed of 12 ASA by 1955.
Kodachrome sheet film for large format cameras was as low as 8 ASA.
Kodachrome II, introduced in 1961 was 25 ASA.
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It may be a bit late now but there are good walk-around photos of the backup Skylab CSM-119 at:
http://heroicrelics.org/ksc/apollo-csm-119/dsc05850.jpg.html
and another CSM (105) displayed as the Apollo-Soyuz exhibit at the NASM:
http://heroicrelics.org/ksc/apollo-csm-119/dsc05850.jpg.html
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24 minutes ago, Bandsaw Steve said:
Presumably this is some sort of covering for the wiring and piping for the engine. Let’s call it the ‘protective cover’ for want of a better name.
That's exactly what it is, Steve.
The black circle visible in the red panel at the corner of the cover, visible in the photo, is the housing for the fill/drain/vent valves for the SM systems. There are two of the fill/drain/vent complexes, one on each side of the 'protective cover', one for fuels and one for oxidizers - safety. The SM was filled with propellants and other gases/liquids (oxygen, hydrogen, helium, nitrogen) when in the vertical nose-up position, so 'low point' access was at the skirt.
The cover is there not just to protect the plumbing from the radiant heat from the SPS engine but also the long-term solar heating.
...and, by the way, your work is some of the best scratchbuilding I have seen!
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16 hours ago, Graham Boak said:
The Starfire was one of the Frog/Comet releases: I had the Skynight and the Cougar. There was also an F-100 and perhaps an F-84F, I don't recall the sixth offhand. They're in the Frog Bible. Not on sale in Woolies, however, but in local newsagents.
Of course, there was also the Lincoln International version of the Starfire. I had one around 1958/59 when we lived in Malaya - bought in either White's or Robinson's department stores in KL. I also had a Merit Bluebird (Donald Campbell's boat) - that was a nice model!
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Actually, it was your answer
4 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said:He got confused and landed at the correct speed for a late-model Spitfire rather than a Seafire.
that triggered the distant recall of the difference between an RAF WWII spec and an RN spec.
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Because the Seafire's ASI is calibrated in knots, the Spitfire's in mph.
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23 minutes ago, Greg B said:
Joystick rocking gun button. Browning, Both, Cannon.
...and Greg wins a coconut! Well done - over to you....
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If you're interested in missions using the habitable Spacelab elements, "Columbia" flew more of those than the rest of the fleet put together - eleven out of sixteen. The reason was that Columbia was the first and the heaviest of the flight-weight Orbiters. The Shuttle system performance fell off rapidly with orbital altitude and it was preferable to use the later, lightest-weight Orbiters for high-altitude missions, so Columbia was equipped & kitted principally for long-duration low-orbit missions, which was well-suited to the desired Spacelab mission profile.
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Here's another one:
What would the mnemonic "B-B-C" mean to a late-war Spitfire pilot? (No, not the British Broadcasting Corporation!)
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Use of "their" made me suspicious: therefore female? Over 500 books +160 posthumously means potboilers rather than quality. Jilly Cooper is still alive, so the field narrows to one: Barbara Cartland?
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I was thinking Wells, also. Either him or Tennyson...
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8 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said:
Continuing the theme of bonkers and murderous designs, Walter Barling!
best,
M.
...and Matthew - you have the correct answer!
All yours to set the next one.
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Okay - here's one:
Who designed and built not one but two six-engined triplane bomber prototypes, on two continents, neither of which entered production?
F.140 Vickers Super VC10 (with Special Feature Flashing Lights)
in FROG Squad II GB
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added more operators
Oh yes: BUA/BCal, East African Airways, Gulf Air, Nigeria Airways, Ghana Airways, Oman, UAE, MEA, Sierra Leone Airways, Air Malawi, Air Ceylon and the RAE.