Illustrated Encyclopeodia of Aircraft
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Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
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Lead Sled, Beautiful?
Now a Buccaneer...
The only replacement for a Buccaneer is , another Buccaneer!
The only aircraft to be designed to counter a whole class of ships.
And the Lightning. I think it's the name.
I remember being up a mountain in Scotland when I was a kid and seeing about 5 Lightnings fly below us. Amazing, and Jeez they were really really noisy.
Were Phantoms really known as lead sleds? I didn't know that, and am surprised 'cos they could climb pretty much vertical. I still think they're pretty
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
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I once had a very short flight in a T5, including it's tail stand takeoff! :-)
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Yellow Fang
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Were Phantoms really known as lead sleds? I didn't know that, and am surprised 'cos they could climb pretty much vertical. I still think they're pretty
They could climb, but they couldn't turn.
I liked the look of the Gloucester Javelin, but I don't suppose it was much good.
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
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Lead slead, Louseville Slugger,Flying Anvil, Rhino, DU ( Double Ugly)...Were Phantoms really known as lead sleds? I didn't know that, and am surprised 'cos they could climb pretty much vertical. I still think they're pretty
Well they had a Max weight of 25,000 Kg + as compared with a "real" fighter/interceptor such as a Lightning of 20,000Kg or Mig 21 at 18,000Kg
Little yellow Brompton
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First and best ( of it's generation) all weather fighter.
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Yellow Fang
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But according to Wikipedia had a tendency to stall and kill its pilots.
Maybe I'd go for the Hawker Hunter. It wasn't supersonic, but at least it had cannons and was easy to fly.
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
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And was the only aircraft to be able to shoot itself down with it's cannons.
NormanD
Lunatic Asylum Escapee
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- Heworth the other side of life!
Look to sell them on modeling forums, as these type of magazines are always in demand 
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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Donating to a museum would give you visiting rights to your collection YF.... sounds like you're still passionate about planes and that would give you an excuse to look round while you're there!
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Yellow Fang
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I will drop in and ask them. Like Hotblack Desiato says, they are not like primary documents. They may have plenty of aircraft books and encyclopedias. I was quite impressed by that museum. It was run by volunteers, mostly retired aeronautical engineers I suppose. They did a superb job at restoring some of those aircraft. When I went, I talked to a lady who used to be an engineer at Miles. She must have been one of the few female aircraft engineers at the time. I have to say Miles was probably the least exciting of the British aircraft manufacturers. They seem to have concentrated on trainers. I worked for its successor company, Link-Miles, after leaving college, but they were making aircraft simulators by then.
Little yellow Brompton
A dark destroyer of biscuits!
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- Bridgend
Miles was probably the least exciting of the British aircraft manufacturers.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Least exciting , apart from the M52, who's blueprints were given to the Merkins , under a deal that they then welched on, and morphed into the Bell X1
