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Wings And Wheels 2004
6, 7 and 8th of august 3rd Wings and Wheels meeting in Ursul Belgium
www.wingsandwheels.be WINGS AND WHEELS 2004 Postbus 77 - B 9000 GENT 12 BELGIUM |
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Wings & Wheels 6-7-8 August 2004, Ursel, Belgium
See http://www.wingsandwheels.be/
Should be quite a number of CMPs there: I see Nick Bullock will be present with his Chevrolet C8. If I am correct, the Dutch Army will be there with a CGT + 25-pdr gun just like last year. I plan to go there for a day, possibly taking along my son Stijn (3+ years old), as he likes planes and trucks so much. Hanno |
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Ursel
Hi Hanno
We visited Ursel last year and had a real good time. I entered the C8 there and then for this years show... However its looking more likely that this time around we'll take the HUA ( and a three year old!!!) regards Nick |
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Re: Wings & Wheels 6-7-8 August 2004, Ursel, Belgium
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Nick, Dirk,
See you there on Saturday! I'll be bringing along Stijn. Regards, Hanno |
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As said before, I went down there with my three-and-a-half year old son, and we had a great day. A good variety of vehicles (both WW2 and post-war) and aircraft, lots of stuff to see. Good organisation, nice atmosphere. Sadly, there was a noticeable lack of British participants this year, probably due to the busy 60th anniversary season. Well worth a visit, next year I'll go a couple of days.
Stijn and I saw a Spitfire doing a circuit before landing, and it taxied to park right in front of our noses: At the end of the day, Stijn was more impressed by this crane: Brussels Tank Museum Sherman VC Firefly, judged by yours truly as the winner in the tank class: Source: http://www.wingsandwheels.be/framespagina-nl.htm |
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Really, I find the Multibank truly awesome, and having heard a Merlin just before, the jury is still out on deciding which of the two sounds the best.... H. |
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Whilst I have a video of the now ex Mr Gas-Axe Multibank-Brown's M4A4, there is the disappointment of the necessary audio compressor on magnetic tape devices, at least 30dB of audio range missing, which is 1000 times in sound pressure level for the non-technical. Even a good CD has only some 90dB of dynamic range which is a far cry from the 120 odd of the Mk.1* ear hole. :idea: I shall have to speak nicely to Mr Tankbarrel for an audio "fix" it seems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. |
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Meanwhile, go to http://tankfreak.tripod.com/ to see and hear the Brussels Tank Museum's Firefly in action. H. |
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I bet the Multibank sounds awesome too Sean
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Luckily, all I have to do to get my fix is go in the shed! Mind you, the price of fuel being what it is.... Adrian |
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Then of course museums have a habit of sectioning stuff so the grockles and tyre-kickers can see the internals; there is no more comprehensive way of ultimately wrecking an engine than this. Even the Science Museum has a sectioned Napier Sabre (37 litres of H configured sleeve valve) and latest news suggests Kermit Weeks may never get his Tempest V flying with Sabre power since Ricardo's down here (probably the world's only source for re-worked esoteric aero engines) have declined to handle them owing to the sleeve re-manufacture necessity and potential liability claims. Of course the sleeve manufacture beat Napier at the time and they sub-contracted them to Bristol who were very secretive about their techniques and materials, I suspect the know-how is lost and even Kermit cannot fund a start-over and re-qualify project. Quote:
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