fubar57
General
Wow..how long has it been since I last logged on?(Opened your notification 5 minutes ago).Great job on the list Vic. Also helps me decide what to build next.
Geo
Geo
The Next Generation Group Builds Listing
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Benevolens Magister
Good work Vic. Looks like the popular choices are the same stuff in different packages.
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lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Need to start a new thread and get it stickied with the results and proscribed dates Vic...
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Now that we are near the end of the list, I have a suggestion. What if there was a group build for military aircraft that became commercially or privately owned? I think this would open up to a lot of scratch building. These would include those bought by the forestry service as fire bombers or corporate transports. It would also include NOAA aircraft. I'm sure there are several private owners of ex-military aircraft that would also make interesting builds. What say you?
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Benevolens Magister
Nowhere near the end of the list yet - there's another two years' worth at least to get through. I think your idea might have been mentioned, and possibly included, but my head is so muzzy at the moment, due to this darned bug, I can't remember!
BTW, what's 'NOAA' ?
BTW, what's 'NOAA' ?
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
It's the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They control the weather. But like every other government department they mess it up regularly.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Bill, we have a new list, some say it goes on for ever……………..which is true, but each GB will be discussed with some flexibility as and when it is about a month out from start date.
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/group-builds/new-generation-group-builds-2013-onwards-33203.html
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meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
Yes. As implied by the name.WHAT!!!......................The weather………………………………
I wonder why they never respond to my letters?
A4K
Brigadier General
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Benevolens Magister
Control the weather??!!
I wish someone could do that in the UK - we don't have a climate, only weather, and it's normally the weather that no one else wants, and out of control !!!
I wish someone could do that in the UK - we don't have a climate, only weather, and it's normally the weather that no one else wants, and out of control !!!
Matt308
Glock Perfection
You stoopid bloke, throw more money at it! Sheesh, 
our NOAA was so successful this year that we destroyed half of our eastern seaboard. Half the staff got a raise.
our NOAA was so successful this year that we destroyed half of our eastern seaboard. Half the staff got a raise.
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
Thanks guys, I missed that posting. Figures I'd miss something when I get busy elsewhere. I'd been on a couple of NOAA planes. One of them was a PC3 Orion, another was a C-130. Another plane they keep that I found interesting was a U-2 plane.
T Bolt
Colonel
I've got one picked out already for that group build. The P-51 I did in group build 11 was sold to the Dominican Republic after the war and flew with them into the 1960s, and is currently a post guardian in front of their air base.
A4K
Brigadier General
Sounds good Glenn!
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Benevolens Magister
Ah, spend more money on the weather! Yes, I think we could double the budget, and maybe spend £5 this year .....
meatloaf109
1st Lieutenant
But no matter how many letters you write, they still won't send lightning bolts on your ex.
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
What about Hippocrocofrogs?
Crimea_River
Marshal
Somewhat related to this off topic stuff, one interesting subject for the warbirds in civilian use is the actual Mosquito restoration I'm volunteering on. Spartan Air Services bought, I think, 9 PR Mossies and used them in the 50's to map large areas of the Canadian north. Here's a pic of one of them:
A4K
Brigadier General
Great shot Andy!
Yep, some of the nice civvy schemes on military aircraft are part of what I was aiming at with the build idea. Growing up in NZ I regularly saw alot of civvy C-47s in various schemes, aswell as DH 89s (flown in ZK-AKY!) and of course Harvards and Tigermoths galore...
Yep, some of the nice civvy schemes on military aircraft are part of what I was aiming at with the build idea. Growing up in NZ I regularly saw alot of civvy C-47s in various schemes, aswell as DH 89s (flown in ZK-AKY!) and of course Harvards and Tigermoths galore...
