Warbird Information Exchange

Hi all,

I was pleasantly surprised to find the #3 of Warbird Digest waiting for me when I came home from work today.

Another excellent issue. Gratulations to the Editoral staff and contributors, you have done a great job.

One minor point

The listing of Gallant Warriors is not complete, as the Handley Page Hampden (3 under restoration) and Halifax (3 airframes including one reconstruction and of the others one is under restoration being NA337) and the other unrestored on display W1048) are not listed (it also happened in WWW in the old days).

But that is just a minor point

Cheers

Cees
Member of the Royal Society for Preventing Cruelty to Handley Page types

That Rob is because someone is going throgh all your mail before you get it

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Cees,
When I started the Gallant Warriors survivor directory over 20 years ago, my goal was to develop a directory of warbirds that were flying or had some hope of flying in the future, since I could find many excellent published guides to the aviation museums. So, my list does not include aircraft types that are all on static display [or are intended for static after restoration]; like the Stirling, Hampden, Halifax, Battle, and other rare types both Allied and Axis. I highly respect those aircraft, their pilots and the service they rendered but they didn't fit my intent for a list of flying warbirds. Over the years I've added types to the directory if examples have been acquired by owners/collectors who plan/hope to fly them, like the Ki-61 Tonys in Australia. No slight is intended for the Handley Page types.

With regards, Dennis

Rob

Actually it is some guy after a few of your unwanted Aviation Ladies photos ....................... but I didn't find any more!!! darn!!

Regards
John P

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Air Vice Marshall
Sunshine State Air Farce

Got mine in the mail today...

Unfortunately, it looks like the USPS drove over the magazine a couple times with a truck, then chucked it down the intake of one of their freight jets.

So much for my collection!!



But...I've just scanned the articles briefly and they look great! I'm especially looking forward to reading the article on the Jug.

Randy-

I will get you another copy.

Tim

Another excellent issue.
Another night where I will defer doing dishes!!!
Thanks, Tim & Jim.

Wow, this thing just keeps getting better and better every issue. Great job Tim, et al...

Randy and Brad, I'm saving my copy to get autographs the next time we meet up. You studs, you...

My best photo award for this issue goes to Happy Meal for the cover story shot of Rich Sugden and the FJ-4B, shot from below. Excellent work, Xavier.

Tim, live a little...time to put a classic jet on the cover! Maybe a story about Thunder City and the EE Lightning or Bucaneer?

Nice job on the newest issue, but the star of it is the Firefly from the CWH.

Nothing like maple leaves roundels, eh!

The las tshot, where you see from starboard and a bit below is just the cat's ass. After the Spit, the later Mark Fireflies are my favourite aircrafts!!

Steve, Xavier's article is a reprint of what he did for "Le Fana", I read it almost a year ago in this French magazine.

It pays to speak more than one language!

Keep up the good work chaps!

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

Steve-

We won't forget the jets! We just need a volunteers with interesting jets to fly for us

Thanks for your other kind comments..it makes all the hard work worthwhile. (I am having a little bit of fun along the way too )

Tim

Hi

Not in Aus yet - I'm not getting worried as I know it takes a little longer - just so you get a feel of how long the distribution takes I will let you know the day it gets here.

As far as the Firefly goes - Thank god for the RAN hanging onto these things and the people who collected them here - Aus seems to have provided most of the worlds Flying Fireflies over the past few decades - Now if they could all stay in the air it would be good.-

Regards
John P

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Air Vice Marshall
Sunshine State Air Farce

Thanks John. We mailed them from here on 1/20 (same day as the US). You should see them any day.

Tim

Received mine here in Victoria, Australia back on Tuesday. Good work by the postal services of our respective countries and great work by yourself and the rest of the Warbird Digest crew.

Cheers,
Matt

I submitted a nude photo to Tim, too, but unfortunately that one didn't get printed.

My autograph fee, by the way, is a ride in the Sea Fury. In the front seat.

Tim, the issue is *awesome*! Great work...I really enjoyed the history on the Fury, which I've been wondering about ever since seeing it at Reno.

Thanks for the nice words chaps
It is so pleasing to know that our french magazine is read on the other side of the Atlantic…
As far as M. Patterson is concerned, I would like to remind him that I am always available to do feature (if Tim will accept it) about the Hoppers, a certain L-39 fourship that he knows quite well
Actually some of the wingmens own some nice classic jets, that would be worth a feature also. Anytime you want to burn Jet A-1 guys, I am your man. Check with me before OSH, I will be there once again !

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Paris, FRANCE