fozzy280472 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Wow ......that Victor looks like something out of Thunderbirds !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 In the summer, a Bristol Scout was exhibited outside The Royal West of England Academy. I watched it being assembled prior to its day in the sun. This is about the rebuilding of the aircraft. It has been flying at The Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire, and there are clips on youtube. https://bristolscout.wordpress.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 A captured Spitfire which looks distinctly odd in German markings... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Just come across these Pics I took in Lima about 10 years ago We were walking past the gates and I saw this, I asked the guard if we could go in and he very kindly let us in Anyone translate Spanish? I would love to know if it's an original Bleriot and the story of how it ended up in the Aeronautical Club of Peru 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted November 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2017 Just come across these Pics I took in Lima about 10 years ago We were walking past the gates and I saw this, I asked the guard if we could go in and he very kindly let us in 101_0124.JPG Anyone translate Spanish? I would love to know if it's an original Bleriot and the story of how it ended up in the Aeronautical Club of Peru 101_0123.JPG 101_0122.JPG Something to do with this I think . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Ch%C3%A1vez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 6ac4d45f6577068b8a0807f09273d4b3.jpg 08c41e818971d9255bc97000ccba724a.jpg 8db614b94c10320244be174cd87b8241.jpg 036eead0e26770b2942655eb89a852b4.jpg 63f8e66f13a6089d3b0f150f1537d2b7.jpg 133c6ef5c654916031b1da35b1ea847f.jpg A captured Spitfire which looks distinctly odd in German markings... 310ad4fd1acf6197ae08410263e16bcb.jpg 418fc2bbf07b4458a67e7374c0cc72e6.jpg 493e9e6de8417f9c8bc32a285e540c46.jpg 572e324036998e4ea09b5c30355c74a1.jpg Once again a superb set of historic pics thanks. The line up of Vampires caught My eye. They turned up everywhere when I was a kid as the RAAF disposed of them. Theres still a few floating around West Oz on Plinths even now. There's one outside a machinery place in Wangara, one down near the coast at Rockingham and a couple in Beverely. (I think I may have posted one of the Beverly ones on this thread sometime back, with My Triumph parked in front of it. Is the one at the front of that picture above a Sea Venom ? It looks different (apart from the Camo). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I don't know if it's a Venom, but there are subtle differences to the other aircraft behind... cockpit canopy shape, nose shape, tailfin shape. Didn't really notice when I posted the photo as it was in small thumbnail form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 A few more while the tea is brewing... Captured Lysander, would make a nice model too... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I don't know if it's a Venom, but there are subtle differences to the other aircraft behind... cockpit canopy shape, nose shape, tailfin shape. Didn't really notice when I posted the photo as it was in small thumbnail form. It looks as the first and fourth are Venoms, not Sea Venoms though I don't think. The Vampires were mostly powered by DH Goblin engines, with some Australian ones RR Nene powered. The Venoms were larger a/c powered by the more powerful DH Ghost engine, the same as used in the Comet 1 airliner. When I started my apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce at Leavesden, Hertfordshire, in 1968, Goblins were still being overhauled for the Indian AF.....I believe that building is now part of the Harry Potter studio. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I'm wondering if the 'captured Lysander' is actually a Finnish version as their aircraft markings featured a 'full' swastika emblem. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) I'm wondering if the 'captured Lysander' is actually a Finnish version as their aircraft markings featured a 'full' swastika emblem. steve Indeed. The Finnish AF had several. It is a blue swastika on a white background. The swastika was apparently a Viking symbol for good luck. Edited November 5, 2017 by Jeff Smith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Thanks for the info on the Finish Lysander gents, duly noted. A few more oldies... A Vulcan casting its own shadow over a crashed B24 in Libya... 306 Polish Fighter Squadron... P-51 at Iwo Jima... Northrop XB-35... Me 323, the largest single fixed wing aircraft to fly during WW2... Me P-1101 at Oberammergue, 1946... Mosquito Night Fighter MkXIII... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 No 6 Sqn Vampires doing a "Big Six" Habbaniya 1954 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Those Mosquitoes look like 105 Sqn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 6sqn 1954-01.jpeg No 6 Sqn Vampires doing a "Big Six" Habbaniya 1954 Venoms had the wing-tip tanks, not Vampires. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) This turned up on another RMW topic.. Picture originally posted in "Things that make You smile" by David B in Oz. Edited November 7, 2017 by The Blue Streak 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Streak Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 More Vampires http://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/vampire#!vampire_1_188 Once You get to the link above regarding the RAAF vampire, there is plenty more on the site to have a look at from Spits and Lancs to Hueys and Canberras. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzy280472 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A couple of pictures of incidents i attended to whilst working at London City Airport the first time i was stationed there. First up , the remains of an Avro RJ main wheel tyre , we had been having anti skid problems on an aircraft and this was a result of a troubleshooting high speed taxi / braking test . Turned out it was a faulty Dual adaptive Anti skid valve , replaced shortly after this picture was taken , along with this wheel assembly ! Funny one this . The BA RJ was being positioned on stand and the tow team had made a bit of a mess on the positioning resulting in the stabilisers overlapping . They were both touching so the resulting solution was to leave the passengers on the Lufthansa RJ to keep both main leg oleos compressed and to collapse the nose leg oleo on the empty BA RJ forcing the nose down and tail to raise creating a small gap , then getting the tow team to move the Lufthansa RJ. Believe it or not there was only some minor paint damage to both after some pretty detailed inspections including NDT testing. I was on my own that day and it was pretty stressful dealing with it all , thats me in the lifter basket . Swiss RJ that had a tailstrike on landing , this was my last turnround on a Saturday and i was all set to shoot off home when this arrived . This was the aircraft that ended up being taken across the dock by barge and repaired in a temporary hangar constructed on the other side of the KG5 dock . Absolutely massive damage to the aircraft and it was in repair for nearly 5 months , a good friend of mine was the crew chief on the repairs . Bent airframe , around thirty frames replaced , five skin sheets , and lots of stringers . Finally for today , a couple of shots i took of the BA RJ that had noseleg failure and subsequent partial belly land on its landing roll . Aircraft was written off as the damage was huge and eventually she was dismantled on site. The nose leg had a manufacturing fault and cracks had formed leading to a stress failure and folding back into the airframe , flight crew and cabin crew whom i knew personally did a tremendous job of the landing and emergency . Pretty sobering when you looked around the damage i can tell you . Anyway hope they are of some interest , sorry about the quality of the photos , all off one of my old mobiles. cheer, Paul. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 You liked my SR71 story here is another true story RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AIRMAN Lt-Col L.A. Strange D.S.O, M.C., DFC First Published March 1933 This copy from Aviation Book Club Edition 1940 But on May 10th 1915, I reached 8,500 feet when going after an Aviatik belonging to von Leutzer’s Squadron from Lille Aerodrome. We were somewhere over Menin, and the Hun was still gaining though we were both near the tops of respective ceilings. Not all the enemy aircraft were equipped machine guns in those early days, but the German observer potted at from the rear cockpit with a parabellum pistol and as some of his bullets came unpleasantly close I thought it high time to retaliate, and gave him a drum from my Lewis gun without much effect But when I wanted to take off the empty drum and replace it with a full one, it seemed to jam and as I was unable to remove it with one hand, I wedged the stick between my knees and tugged at the obstinate thing with both hands. After one or two fruitless efforts, I raised myself up out of my seat in order to get a better grip, and I suppose that my safety belt must have slipped down at the critical moment. Anyhow, my knees loosened their grip on the stick just as the Martynside, which was already climbing at its maximum angle, stalled and flicked over into spin. As I was more than half out of the cockpit at the time, the spin threw me clear of the machine, but I still kept both my hands on the drum of the Lewis gun. Only a few seconds previously I had been cursing because I could not get that drum off, but now I prayed fervently that it would stay on for ever. I knew it might come off any moment, however and as its edge was cutting my fingers badly, I had to get a firmer hold of something more reliable. The first thing I thought of was the top of the centre section strut, which at that time was behind and below the Lewis gun, but as the machine was now flying upside down, I had sufficient wits left to realize that it was behind and above me, though where it was exactly I could not tell. Dare I let go the drum with one hand and make a grab for it? Well, there was nothing else for it but to take the risk; I let go and found the strut all right, and then I released my other hand and gripped the strut on the other side. I was then in a more comfortable position, and at least I felt rather more part of my machine than I had done in my original attitude. My chin was rammed against the top plane, beside the gun, while my legs were waving about in empty air. The Martynside was upside down in a flat spin, and from my precarious position the only thing I could see was the propeller (which seemed unpleasantly close to my face), the town of Menin, and the adjacent countryside. Menin and its environs were revolving at an impossible angle —apparently above me—and getting larger with every turn. I began to wonder what sort of a spot I was going to crash on. Then I got angry and cursed myself for a fool for wasting time on such idle speculations, while at the same time it dawned on me that my only chance of righting the machine lay in getting my feet into the cockpit. If I could manage it, I knew that I was bound to fall automatically into the cockpit when the machine came over. I kept on kicking upwards behind me until at last I got first one foot and then the other hooked inside the cockpit. Somehow I got the stick between my legs I again, do and jammed on full aileron and elevator; not know exactly what happened then, but somehow the trick was done. The machine came over the right way up, and I fell off the top plane into my seat with a bump. I grabbed at the stick with both hands and thanked my lucky stars when I got hold of it Then to my surprise I found myself unable to move it. I suddenly realized that I was sitting much lower than usual inside the cockpit; in fact, I was so low down that I could not see over the edge at all On investigation I found that the bump of my fall had sent me right through my scat, with the result that I was sitting on the floor of the machine as well as on the controls, which I was jamming. The cushion had fallen out when the machine turned upside down, along with everything el.sc that was loose or had been kicked loose when I was trying to find the stick with my feet. Something had to be done quickly, as although the engine had stopped through lack of petrol when the machine was upside down, it was now roaring away merrily and taking me down in a dive which looked likely to end in the wood to the north of Menin. So I throttled back and braced my shoulders against the top of the fuselage, and my feet against the rudder bar; then I pulled out the broken bits of seat and freed the controls. Luckily I found them working all right, so that I was able to put the machine's nose up and open the throttle again. I rose and cleared the trees on the Menin road with very little to spare. I did not trouble to climb any more, but just flew back along the Menin road. In my efforts to find the control stick with my feet, I had smashed all the instruments on the dashboard, and as I gazed at the damage, I wondered if I could ever make anyone realize how it had been done. I had only a very hazy idea myself as to what had really happened, but I felt happy to be alive, and thought it simply marvellous that I was still able to control the machine. I hurried back to Abeele, without worrying about the increasing strain on the small of my back or the futile shots that the Germans on the ground were sending after me. I went to bed early that night and slept for a good solid twelve hours; but, Lord, how stiff I was the next day! It took a long time before I was able to move about with any comfort. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Fascinating stuff Fozzy. A few more from WW2... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Bit more about Strange. He was an amazing guy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Yorkshire Air Museum last year: steve 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Looks like a nice collection. The Javelin hiding behind the Lockheed Shooting Star was Gloster's last aircraft as a stand alone company, 1954. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetmorgan Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 A few screen shots of aircraft from the film Breaking Point that was on Talking pics TV the other week. Principally C-47 Dakota G-AMPZ (crashed in 2010 somewhere in Germany, I don't know if was completely written off) and Airspeed Consul G-AJNE. But with a few other views of aircraft at Gatwick airport in 1961. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Looks like a nice collection. The Javelin hiding behind the Lockheed Shooting Star was Gloster's last aircraft as a stand alone company, 1954. It's definitely worth a visit. There are lots more aircraft and a great deal of fascinating historical material on show. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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