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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:15 pm 
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It was brought to my attention that about 8 aircraft types missed the transition from the former Forgotten Jets to the new Forgotten Aviation site... I have started to fix this issue with the following two types:

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I will add the others as time permits (currently working three jobs so time permits are in short supply)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:43 pm 
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I've seen a couple of the few survivors...the Sea Vixen is a huge beast!

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 12:13 am 
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 5:24 am 
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Some good info there, thanks Scott. Can I just point out that the Scimitar illustration is actually of a Supermarine Swift, though.

https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-fre ... r-27119608


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:52 am 
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JohnB wrote:
I've seen a couple of the few survivors...the Sea Vixen is a huge beast!


I took an ex-RAF engine fitter who had worked on Vampires and Venoms in the early fifties to the de Havilland Museum some years ago.
When we got to the Sea Vixen his jaw dropped, there was a stunned silence, followed by "expletives deleted."


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:54 am 
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Neat I have a soft spot for the Attacker and some other less known types.

Is there any way to have these http links be posted/opened as https?


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 7:45 am 
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I'm guessing Scott doesn't have a secure certificate on his site server. He will have to look into that option to enable https:// connections. There's nothing you can do on your end to change this. Mind you, the risks from not using a secure connection are very low to negligable on sites such as these. It's more important when you're using online banking and such.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 1:59 pm 
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JohnB wrote:
I've seen a couple of the few survivors...the Sea Vixen is a huge beast!


And such a shame that Navy Wings have just announced that they are offering the damaged former sole remaining airworthy Sea Vixen to a museum as they have now abandoned any hopes of being able to raise the considerable funds required to repair the big beast after its wheels up landing at Yeovilton back in 2017.

Such an impressive thing to see in the air, and now a sight never to be seen again.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 8:53 pm 
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That was always the likely outcome. Despite a pretty well perfect "landing" the damage was massive. I read figures of around £2.5 million as a starting point.

As far as the UK is concerned, it was the last of the big, noisy fifties jets.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:01 pm 
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A few pictures from the Scimitar Flight Manual

ImageA23F163D-5468-47BD-BA65-7B8C58406240 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image63E716CE-154A-4D05-A5FF-0128E9D37282 by tanker622001, on Flickr

ImageA3E7D6CE-4491-4684-9F6F-33034393B00F by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image246715B9-85FA-49C4-ABA5-356A279C67E8 by tanker622001, on Flickr


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 10:05 pm 
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A few pictures from the Attacker flight manual

ImageCF9581CD-67F2-4789-8141-92F071D4D152 by tanker622001, on Flickr

ImageFC0A0CDF-1DBD-4823-96C5-5C7F048DD2AF by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image1D0F0184-CD18-4202-BEDB-68A79217A806 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image0FCBCFCF-7723-4722-B7F0-8ECD058B4D96 by tanker622001, on Flickr


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 2:22 pm 
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A few pages from the Javelin Mk 7 flight manual

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Image56214735-DED1-4BC3-BB57-12CED6CFBA37 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Image0BE064D1-B79F-4C8A-A2B9-E25014D3082D by tanker622001, on Flickr

ImageC257907E-2D6F-44C4-AB5E-78A28CC22ABC by tanker622001, on Flickr

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:16 pm 
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Archer wrote:
I'm guessing Scott doesn't have a secure certificate on his site server. He will have to look into that option to enable https:// connections. There's nothing you can do on your end to change this. Mind you, the risks from not using a secure connection are very low to negligable on sites such as these. It's more important when you're using online banking and such.


You are correct sir. I should look into it at some point but right now time never seems to come in sufficient quantities. One day when I get down to a single job again I will look into it.

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Some good info there, thanks Scott. Can I just point out that the Scimitar illustration is actually of a Supermarine Swift, though.

https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-fre ... r-27119608


Thanks Paul, I have made the correction!
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And Larry, than ks for the manual pics, I always love seeing those.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:22 pm 
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Another jet I hadn't forgotten because I never even knew it existed!

Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein P-16
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