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Post by mickywest on May 31, 2020 15:16:03 GMT
Fake Views/News p117...there is an online archive of these Tuck postcards and about 10 are probably 'faked' (i.e have had their registrations/names retouched) e.g cards 48-52 G-ADVA-G-ADVE tuckdbpostcards.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=empire+flying+boat&commit=Transatlantic Flight p83 the carrier aircraft MAIA was designated Short S.21, and was substantially modified from the S.23 'Empire' design ( with a 17% bigger wing area,different nose&hull shape and floats, different tail, engines further from body).........  Attachments:
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Post by andym on Jun 1, 2020 15:50:45 GMT
A couple of tiny points from me:
a) In the Hunter article, the code of Hunter XF525 at the time of its loss on 7Jun57 seems to be in doubt (19 Sqn O or 111 Sqn X). Can anyone pin it down for sure?
b) In the Swift article, both WK208 and WK209 are shown as being coded A with 56 Sqn:
WK208 6Mar54-13May54
WK209 22Feb54-7May54
Which is correct please?
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Post by davidlegg on Jun 3, 2020 18:02:57 GMT
Already advised to the Editor but on page 80 in the article A Brief History of Transatlantic Flight Part 1, the destination for the flight by US Navy Curtis (sic) NC4s should read Plymouth, not Portsmouth Harbour. 'Curtiss' appears correctly elsewhere.
David Legg
Editor: The Catalina News
The Catalina Society
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Post by murgyc46 on Jun 26, 2020 12:59:57 GMT
Like others I have fedback via an alternate route but just found this channel on the forum so placing here too.
Can I feedback one correction to the excellent article on transatlantic flight - page 82 para 5 of section Into the 1930s? It states that Wiley Post and Harold Getty landed at Chester, England on their circumnavigation flight. They actually landed at RAF Sealand on the 24th June 1931, they took on fuel and undertook a basic engine check courtesy of the local mechanics. The entire base contingent turned out to wave them off. Sealand is very proudly inside Wales, if only just! Chester is a few miles down the road and the other side of the border.
Brian Matthews
AB 21637
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