The Royal Wedding
05-12-2011, 06:17 AM
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RE: The Royal Wedding
lovely couple, well suited, ant the bride and groom where not bad either, as for the lanc, i had a sneak tour through it at its birthplace, at BAE systems chadderton a few years ago, it had been broken down for a re-spar, the thing looked ancient inside, full marks for keeping it flying, worth everyone of my tax pounds in the BOB memorial flight, there are many spitfires, from the baby spit, right up to the newly restord mk24, officially, they are RAF aircraft, but they belong to the nation, to be honest, i was in florida when the event was aired, saw enough of it though, biggest draw for me was the vintage Aston Martin the lovely couple went for a spin in, true british class, as for the front line fighter deployment for the fly over-i was ashamed, we have no aircraft, nimrodscrapped harrier-scrapped, jaguarscrapped, the list goes on, one day, we will be in deep do-do over these cuts, also, BAE have just closed down the plant where many many superb aircraft where born, woodford, home of the lanc, lincoln, shackleton, vulcan, open one day, shut the next, sorry to go on, but i feel a tad sad at my country at the moment
05-12-2011, 11:38 AM
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RE: The Royal Wedding
Rolls Royce Griffon first flew November 1941 designated Mark IV.
Soon afterwards in an effort to rationalise the growing profusion of Spitfire mark numbers the Griffon Spit was re-designated as the Mark XX then a Mark XII. The Mark XII was essentially a Mark V or Mark XIII with room made for the Griffon.
Then they made the Mark XIV which was essentially a Mark XIII fitted with the new Griffon 65 engine that boasted a two-stage supercharger.
Now, that should be clear as mud!!!
Soon afterwards in an effort to rationalise the growing profusion of Spitfire mark numbers the Griffon Spit was re-designated as the Mark XX then a Mark XII. The Mark XII was essentially a Mark V or Mark XIII with room made for the Griffon.
Then they made the Mark XIV which was essentially a Mark XIII fitted with the new Griffon 65 engine that boasted a two-stage supercharger.
Now, that should be clear as mud!!!
05-13-2011, 03:50 PM
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RE: The Royal Wedding
ORIGINAL: tevans55
Rolls Royce Griffon first flew November 1941 designated Mark IV.
Soon afterwards in an effort to rationalise the growing profusion of Spitfire mark numbers the Griffon Spit was re-designated as the Mark XX then a Mark XII. The Mark XII was essentially a Mark V or Mark XIII with room made for the Griffon.
Then they made the Mark XIV which was essentially a Mark XIII fitted with the new Griffon 65 engine that boasted a two-stage supercharger.
Now, that should be clear as mud!!!
Rolls Royce Griffon first flew November 1941 designated Mark IV.
Soon afterwards in an effort to rationalise the growing profusion of Spitfire mark numbers the Griffon Spit was re-designated as the Mark XX then a Mark XII. The Mark XII was essentially a Mark V or Mark XIII with room made for the Griffon.
Then they made the Mark XIV which was essentially a Mark XIII fitted with the new Griffon 65 engine that boasted a two-stage supercharger.
Now, that should be clear as mud!!!
