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Afraid I couldn't open your second link as my work net nanny blocked it on the basis of 'racism and hate' - is Oswald Mosely's site really the best place to direct your readers to DG?
Marc | 13.07.09 - 9:18 a.m. | #
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I did wonder if you'd made this, you must have been there early, I was there late so missed you (not that I was looking out)! I did mange one unobstructed view of the plane too. 
NiC | Homepage | 13.07.09 - 9:48 a.m. | #
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Marc, I think you meant the 3rd link,"100 years" is a link and then "ago today" is 2nd link. Mosleys link is "Sir Alliot" - 3rd. Maybe you've been missing some of djs links in the past, he splits a group of words into several links sometimes.
All interesting stuff dg.
John | 13.07.09 - 12:47 p.m. | #
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A V Roe was a supporter of Oswald Mosley, so a link to Mosley pages would be appropriate in this context.
Roe's policy on numbering designs is interesting. He started off with I, II, III, IV, etc. Then he moved to A, B, C. The Type E was designed with the War Office in mind in the run up to the First World War. But Roe thought that Type E suggested the company was only on its fifth design and lacked experience.
So he renamed it the Avro 500 (later to 502), feeling that 500 was a good place to start. There is still an 1918 Avro 504 flying at the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire (as well as a replica of a 1911 Avro Triplane), although the oldest British aircraft in flying condition is the Blackburn Type D monoplane, also at Shuttleworth.
Been to Shuttleworth? Might be worth an outing on one of their flying days. It's less like an airshow and more like a village fete. But with planes.
graybo | Homepage | 13.07.09 - 3:29 p.m. | #
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Also its nearly the 50th birthday of the Hovercraft - a truly British invention but not as successful as the plane!
http://logistical.wordpress.com/
Ian | Homepage | 13.07.09 - 7:08 p.m. | #
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Great stuff, DG. I popped along yesterday after seeing the info on your site - thanks!
Alistair | 13.07.09 - 10:37 p.m. | #
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I often pass over that viaduct on the train. I have never realised the historical significance of the land it passes over!
Andrewh | 14.07.09 - 12:27 a.m. | #
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Fabulous story! There's nothing quite like the early age of flight. Those pared down aircraft are so aesthetic in their simplicity.
That must have been a marvelous lifetime... from the first airplane to live almost until the Concorde came along.
Jon | Homepage | 14.07.09 - 1:29 a.m. | #
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Having read that it was happening somewhere (possibly here) I then got annoyed with Lea Valley Park for not having any map or indication where exactly it would be and then promptly forgot about it.
So it was quite a surprise when on a Sunday afternoon stroll we spotted a tent and decided to investigate.
We were there really late - they were beginning to dismantle the plane - which actually made for great photos and a fascinating chat with one of the curators.
Great stuff.
Cal | Homepage | 14.07.09 - 10:53 a.m. | #
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RAF Brooklands wouldn't have become RAF until somewhat later though?
dg nods: Ah, yes, it was a racing circuit at the time. Let me change that bit.
Paul | 14.07.09 - 11:11 p.m. | #
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Forgot to say - if you do visit Shuttleworth, make time to go into the Swiss Garden next door - a haven of Victorian romanticism with a couple of fascinating buildings (namely, the Swiss Cottage and the Grotto). On flying days, they offer a combined admission ticket.
graybo | Homepage | 15.07.09 - 10:36 a.m. | #
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