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  1. Geoffrey Harris
    Two photos showing crew of Squadron 15 bomber command together in 1944/5. The person on the left standing and second left squatting is my father James Harris who was the navigator and I am pretty certain the person in the middle of both groups is F/O Bithell who was the pilot. I have a copy of my father's log book detailing 23 operational sorties. The internet has not offered much information and the only piece of interest found was that on returning from that infamous raid on Dresden they were forced to emergency land at Laon in France(reason not known), operated by the Americans at the time, and promptly ran into a Mustang P51. Othe than this I have no information and cannot recall my father ever talking about any of their experiences, and in fact these two photos only came into my possession a couple of weeks ago, I had never seen them before. It is a long shot I know but I wondered if anyone out there had any information of any kind or could identify any of the other crew members. One other snippet of information is that from April 14th 1945 a Wing Commander Macfarlane was designated pilot.
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  4. Geoffrey Harris
    Have used Halfords in the past with some good results having had spray paints specially mixed and matched to a particular colour.
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    I have just read what i consider to be a well written book and which I found difficult to put down.The title is: A HIGHER CALL ,written Adam Makos, an incredible true story. Has anyone else read this?.
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      Loves in a mist. Edited By Geoffrey Harris on 22/01/2016 09:19:09
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    Put Christmas on hold this year as my wife and i were both somewhat under the weather, but pleased to say that I was a lucky "winner" in the advent competition and was able to get in some simulated flying .nice and warmly tucked up indoors. Just about getting better now so hopefully can enjoy the New Year and wish everyone best wishes for 2016. Regards........Geoff.
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    A bit late but should be well worth watching BBC2 tonight(Sat)@ 10 mins. past nine First light the story about Geoffrey Wellum.
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    Yes please ,stick me in thanks
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    Rob said his wife is a clean freak but does anyone else have a wife who washes the dishes before she puts them into the dishwasher. Back to the shed time I think..
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    Better late than never, please count me in, thanks
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    Better late than never...................
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    Yes please, to win anything would be unbelievable.
  14. Geoffrey Harris
    Band saw, can't imagine being without one now
  15. Geoffrey Harris
    Yes, about 5 mins after my posting. Got all enthusiastic after scanning new Radio Times. Apologies if it seemed I was stealing someone else's thread. G.
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    Dare to be Free by W. B. 'Sandy' Thomas. After the Germans invaded Crete in 1941 Sandy Thomas was shipped to the Greek mainland as one of their prisoners. Despite being severely wounded in the leg he attempted several escapes, including being carried out of his POW camp in a coffin. "The Big Show" by Pierre Clostermann. Drawn from his wartime diary it is a story of how he made it through the war. It contains all the ingredients of the truly great war memoir,wonderfully observed descriptions of wartime Britain, evocative dogfights over occupied France and all the drama of a young man fighting a desperate war thousands of feet above the ground. These books are published at £7.99 @ £8.99 respectively but I aquired mine from The Book People among a set of 10 for £9.99, a bit of a bargain. Geoff.
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    Knowing James May's enthusiasm for all things "hands on" it might be worthwhile to watch BBC2, Sunday 23rd December. You can always press the record button if it clashes with something that SWMBO wants watch. Geoff.
  18. Geoffrey Harris
    Yes, all the across for me too.
  19. Geoffrey Harris
    Thanks for your responses which are appreciated Being fairly new to electrics I find it to be something of a black art as I also do with soldering. I would point out that it was not the actual battery lead that failed but the connecting lead which I think failed due to flexing at the point where it was soldered, sadly all my own work. There is a possibility that the wire was not ideal but I have now purchased some silcon wire which should be more pliable. I am aware of dry joints etc. so must keep practising. However the incident highlights a" possible" future weakness and having seen both sides of the argument I am somewhat in limbo until I perfect my soldering techniques, so I might adopt the belt and braces approach. Any other thoughts will be appreciated as it becomes obvious that it is quite a large learning curve. Geoff.
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    Whilst charging a battery one of the supply leads parted company with a connector and it struck me that had this happened during a flight not only would I have lost power to the motor but also to the Rx and therefore all the controls. So,as a safeguard would it be sensible to fit a seperate battery and if so does one leave the battery lead from the esc/Rx unconnected as the power would now be supplied by the dedicated battery, or should it still be connected.
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    well worth a try, here's hoping
  22. Geoffrey Harris
    Have digested all the advice offered but cannot "trial" aflight with raised wing t/e until next week ,weather permitting. However the comments from Eric stirred up the old grey matter.and I recalled an article on "designing your own plane", RCM@E mags of Feb, Mar, Apl. 2009 by Peter Miller, so I fixed a wing chord datum line(spruce strip) through the wing seat long enough to go over the tailplane. At the t/p leading edge the distance between them was 21/4", and at the t/e it was 17/8", a difference of 3/8". I can only conclude that in effect the tailplane needs lifting at the l/e .by this amount. Is my thinking correct?. Of course I may be tempted to leave things as they are and live with the visual aspect, on the other hand the t/p might come for a little surgery. Thanks to everyone again in furthering my knowledge and understanding. What a mine of information the forum is. Geoff
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    Thanks for that advice. I could'nt see that the engine would need down thrust as it has always flown straight , hands off. Geoff
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    My thanks for the prompt and informative responses and for "steering" me towards possible action. As the tailplane is well epoxied I think the first step will be to pack wing trailing edge. As an aside someone else at the club suggested adding some downthrust to the engine. ????? Appreciate all your advice, thanks again. Geoff.
  25. Geoffrey Harris
    My "Boomerang" trainer (through pilot error) crashed on landing and broke its back just behind the wings, Duly repaired an experienced club member carried out a test flight and it was found that the plane just wanted to climb. He put in sufficient down trim to achieve level flight but there is now about 1/4" of down elevator and this looks really strange. Obvious care was taken to keep things straight during rebuild and everything looks ok but ???????? Is it possible to adjust in any way, mechanically or otherwise so that the elevator can be neutralised to what should be its correct position. It has been suggested that CofG might be too far back but it balances exactly as it should. It is possible I suppose that I may have inadvertantly altered the tailplane incidence and if this is perhaps a factor, is there anything one can do without resorting to deliberately re-breaking and resetting???????????????? As ever I look forward to your comments and adding to my learning curve. Thanks.
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