Aircraft General Discussion

For UK residents: programme about the Lancaster Bomber on BBC2 9.30pm. Sorry about the late alert.

Gary

Well I was going to say Avro Anson - my first ever flight was in one - but it was a long time ago!

Norman

Ah - I've just noticed that if I hover my mouse over the images it tells me the title. NIL POINT for mystery Neil!

Edited By NJH on 20/07/2014 21:16:45

Strangely enough Norman my first flight was in an Expediter way back in 1946. My uncle was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm & he took me up for a "jolly"

Alan

Funnily enough, I thought it was an Anson too when I first saw it!

Canadian Bomber Command Museum says this:

The aircraft continued to serve after the war and its use in the Royal Canadian Air Force was expanded considerably as it replaced the Avro Anson in a number of roles. It became the primary multi-engined training aircraft and was also used as a navigational trainer, VIP transport, and search and rescue aircraft. Used by a number of different squadrons, the Expeditor continued to serve with the RCAF until 1968 and many served in the bush for years thereafter with civilian operators.

Neil

The D.H. Comet is a relic from RAF Transport Command, it is a Mark 2. If you look closely you can see it has square windows, similar to the ones that caused the Mark 1 to fall out of the sky as well as favour.

It has 'RAF Boscome Down' onthe cockpit sides.

Neil

The first two of the RNZAF's Beech T-6C training aircraft have arrived, and the second two of the eleven are on their way, they are being ferried out in pairs from the USA via UK etc etc. Saw the first two over home two days ago, nice wee planes. They should go well they have a P&W PT-6 of 1100shp up front.

Ian S C

Am I a bit late? Love him or hate him, Guy Martin is on the box again featuring in the reconstruction of a MK1 Spitfire.

Ch 4 Sunday 12 October, 7:30PM

BobH

A long way to go before we get an aeroplane, but a fuselage has come off the moulds for another Mosquito in NZ.

Ian S C

Moved to Aircraft thread by JasonB

Gentlemen,

I couldn't find the aviation thread so I have started this one, today I was replacing the utility room drain outside into the house waste pipe when I heard the rumble of a pair of rotary engines, a quick look up had me looking at the Duxford based Blenheim Bomber on his way north west, would have stayed away from Rik Shaws eyes I think as to east of him.

A nice sighting.

Martin P

Edited By JasonB on 28/05/2015 12:58:58

Jason,

Thank you, I couldn't see it for looking.

Martin P

Martin,

The Blenheim had radial engines not rotary ones. I know a bit anal or pedantic even but I wonder if a couple of rotary engines would have had enough power to pull a laden Blenheim off the ground. Looking forward to seeing it at Duxford. Strangely about the only thing we see nowadays flying over Huntingdon is that noisy Police helo circling Spittal`s roundabout.

Alan

Edited By Flying Fifer on 28/05/2015 13:51:06

Bristol sleeve valve engines I believe. Many years ago my father visited Duxford with the RAeS. One of his colleagues (who had worked on Blenheims in the war) commented to the team rebuilding a Blenheim that the engines were sensitive to rate of throttle opening. He was patted on the head and told to go away. A month after the rebuild finished the aircraft crashed during an unplanned touch and go at Denham; due to rich cuts in the engines when the throttles were slammed open. Ho hum!

Andrew

Yeah, inertia is a *itch.

It had a later front end then, this time its a mk1 front end, it wasnt unplanned he was doing a display, they couldnt land but could do touch and goes, read this and we are both correct https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5423040aed915d1371000c87/Bristol_149_Blenheim_Mk_IV__G-MKIV__11-87.pdf

Martin P

You are right about the Blenheim Martin, I would not have seen it as your directions have it flying away from me. However, we do get treated to regular flying displays overhead as a stunt team do their practice stuff here. I mentioned it to someone once and they told me they must be The Blades team from Sywell.

I have just briefly dougald "blades sywell" and it comes back with pictures of monoplanes. The stunt team I watch here fly small biplanes which to my untrained eye look a bit like Pitts Specials so "blades" they cannot be - right?

We are also regularly and noisily over flown by what I think are Apache gunships, very large military transporters and military jet fighters all at low level . It seems we are on the route they take to do their low level flying exercises

Tally-ho!

Rik

Rik,

We get the Apaches coming from or going to Wattisham where they are based at least once a week and usually in pairs.martin P

Walking the dog today along the sea front (Cowes) and a pair of F15's flew past at low level, twice must have flown around the island either that there were 2 pairs.

Bob

Oh wow Sywell. That brings back memories. The bump in 05/23 caught out many a visitor.