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09-26-2008, 02:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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|  Fairey Battle restored
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09-26-2008, 04:11 PM
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| I never cease to be amazed at the effort and skill that goes into restoring aircraft remains that are little more than scrap. Good luck to them |
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09-26-2008, 06:25 PM
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| And another rises from the ashes..........
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09-28-2008, 01:03 PM
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| On the other hand - why? Why remind people what crap aircraft they were, underpowered, and undergunned - death traps. |
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09-28-2008, 03:44 PM
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| If only to remind people of the bravery of those that go to war. |
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09-28-2008, 04:33 PM
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09-28-2008, 08:29 PM
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 to the crew that had to fly her.
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10-02-2008, 02:56 PM
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 | That's just down the road from where my parents live and I grew up. Used to be a Short factory there as well
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10-02-2008, 04:11 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
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| I dunno, I'm with Merlin on this one. It's a dog, let it die. Like restroring a Hugo. Let it go, there are other, far better aircraft to restore. |
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10-02-2008, 04:13 PM
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| 3 guys and 2 parachutes! Screw that! |
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10-03-2008, 02:25 AM
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| Its not about how useless they were as aircraft. Its about preserving history
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10-03-2008, 09:14 AM
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Agreed. In a way I'd rather see something like this restored than yet another Spitfire or Hurricane
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10-03-2008, 02:18 PM
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| The Battle always gets panned as a piece of junk, which is a bit lazy imho. Compare it, say, with the Ju-87 which is a plane with a much better reputation. The Battle was more advanced and had a higher performance. Where it fell down was the way in which it was required to be used, this is not a fault of Fairey's or the Battle, similarly with the Defiant. another well designed and built aircraft that did as it was asked, it was the question that was wrong.
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10-03-2008, 02:27 PM
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10-03-2008, 03:52 PM
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| Like to see that must be a few at the bottom of Lake Erie they were used as target tugs up here |
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