Post by acklington on Jan 1, 2014 12:43:40 GMT 1
'Ere we go again, but this one is easier - honest!
See how many of your grey cells have survived New Years Eve.
Many (but not all) of these photos are from the wonderful, but long defunct Lasham scrapyard;
1 Elstree, November 1969. 5 points, and an extra 10 if you can spot the popular film this airframe was featured in.
Westland Widgeon, used in the Alistair Maclean film "When Eight Bells Toll". Two Widgeons were involved, both former Bristow examples from Nigeria, with 5N-reggies. I don't know which one this is, and the partial paintjob may mean that it was only used for studio shots. The one in the film was given a pseudo Royal Navy scheme of blue/grey and dayglo. This was not as far-fetched as it might seem, because there was a plan to convert RN Dragonfly helicopters to the larger cabin Widgeon format, but funding was never obtained and it didn't proceed.
2 Lasham October 1968. 5 points, and 5 more for the bits in the rear.
Lockheed T-33A 51-4343 ex 10 TRW. Meteor F.8 wings & nacelles behind; Sea Hawk tail to rear left, and Hunter fins in the foreground.
3 Lasham August 1970. 5 points each for the three aircraft types.
Sabre F.4s, ex RAF and with RCAF serials. 19529 was ex RAF XB626. The other is 19764. The TF947 wing is from a Sea Fury FB.10, and the Hunter F.4 wing in the foreground if from WV378.
4 Luton Airport April 1968. 10 points for correct type.
It is a Hornet Moth, G-ADKK.
5 Southend Airport March 1968. 5 points, plus extra 10 for cowling in foreground.
This is Miles Magister G-AIDF (ex P6411), partially repainted in wartime colours for the embryonic Southend Museum, but wrecked in a storm. The cowling is from the museum's dismantled Sea Fury.
6 Ouston 1976. 5 points each type.
Proctor 3 G-AIHD (ex DX241) which did belong to the Airwork manager who maintained the Northumbria UAS Chipmunks at Ouston. The Hunter F.5 is WN948.
7 Elstree February 1968. 5 points.
Messenger 4A G-ALAW (ex RH426). Another genuine WW2 aircraft getting the chop.
8 Luton Airport February 1967. 10 points.
Airspeed Ambassador (Elizabethan) G-AMAF, still wearing original BEA trim, and used by Autair for spares.
9 Coventry c 1972. 5 points.
Lockheed Constellation G-ANTF after the alleged arson fire.
10 Biggin Hill May 1968. 10 points.
Automobile Association PA-23 Apache G-APZE with it's naff replica / travelling exhibit.
11 Newcastle June 1976. 10 points each for the two MISSING Dan Air types.
The date is crucial, and by then the DC-3, York, and Ambassador had been retired. I don't think the Nord 262 was still in use either, so the two missing types are the Boeing 727, and the Viscount. This photo very nearly didn't happen because the 748 G-ARAY was parked the other side of the pier, out of shot. But the 748 and the Comet G-BDIW both started engines at the same time, and we were screaming for the 748 to taxi first. Fortunately they must have heard us! The BAC 1-11 is G-ATPJ, and the Boeing 707 is G-AZTG.
12 Biggin Hill June 1971. 5 points.
HP Jetstream 1 G-AXEL, cn 207. This aircraft crashed near Hunstanton September 1969, but it must have been more of a forced landing, given the minimal structural damage. It looks more like a prop came adrift in flight.
13 Carlisle 1966. 10 points.
Famous for the sole surviving Firebrand bits, this yard also contained two Seafire F.46 fuselages, LA546, and LA564. Both were eventually rescued and apparently continue a very very slow restoration to this day. One may fly again? Like most Spitfire / Seafire 'restorations' it will be 90% replica.
14 St Athan July 1967. 10 points for the exact mark.
Meteor F.3, an original WW2 example with an EE--- serial. St Athan used several F.3s for maintenance training, and these bits were probably the last survivor. RAF Coltishall had a complete F.3 example on the gate until well in to the 1960s, but it was scrapped in a disgraceful act of mindless destruction, thus leaving no example of Britains first operational jet fighter.
15 Southend Airport March 1968. 5 points.
Piper Cherokee 140 N4507R, together with several other broken examples, were all imports for the UK register, but suffered terminal shipping damage to the fuselages only. So N4507R did eventually become G-AVME with a replacement fuselage.
16 Luton Airport February 1967. 5 points.
This is a (piston) Provost T.1, a relic of the Provost production at Luton. I haven't been able to identify it (yet).
17 Southend Airport March 1968. 10 points for correct type.
This is Lincoln B.2 RF342, the Napier de-icing testbed, after joining the embryonic Southend Museum. It was later re-marked with its previous 'Class B' reg G-29-1. When the museum closed it was reported to have gone into storage, but more recently there is reference to 'surviving bits' only.
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See how many of your grey cells have survived New Years Eve.
Many (but not all) of these photos are from the wonderful, but long defunct Lasham scrapyard;
1 Elstree, November 1969. 5 points, and an extra 10 if you can spot the popular film this airframe was featured in.
Westland Widgeon, used in the Alistair Maclean film "When Eight Bells Toll". Two Widgeons were involved, both former Bristow examples from Nigeria, with 5N-reggies. I don't know which one this is, and the partial paintjob may mean that it was only used for studio shots. The one in the film was given a pseudo Royal Navy scheme of blue/grey and dayglo. This was not as far-fetched as it might seem, because there was a plan to convert RN Dragonfly helicopters to the larger cabin Widgeon format, but funding was never obtained and it didn't proceed.
2 Lasham October 1968. 5 points, and 5 more for the bits in the rear.
Lockheed T-33A 51-4343 ex 10 TRW. Meteor F.8 wings & nacelles behind; Sea Hawk tail to rear left, and Hunter fins in the foreground.
3 Lasham August 1970. 5 points each for the three aircraft types.
Sabre F.4s, ex RAF and with RCAF serials. 19529 was ex RAF XB626. The other is 19764. The TF947 wing is from a Sea Fury FB.10, and the Hunter F.4 wing in the foreground if from WV378.
4 Luton Airport April 1968. 10 points for correct type.
It is a Hornet Moth, G-ADKK.
5 Southend Airport March 1968. 5 points, plus extra 10 for cowling in foreground.
This is Miles Magister G-AIDF (ex P6411), partially repainted in wartime colours for the embryonic Southend Museum, but wrecked in a storm. The cowling is from the museum's dismantled Sea Fury.
6 Ouston 1976. 5 points each type.
Proctor 3 G-AIHD (ex DX241) which did belong to the Airwork manager who maintained the Northumbria UAS Chipmunks at Ouston. The Hunter F.5 is WN948.
7 Elstree February 1968. 5 points.
Messenger 4A G-ALAW (ex RH426). Another genuine WW2 aircraft getting the chop.
8 Luton Airport February 1967. 10 points.
Airspeed Ambassador (Elizabethan) G-AMAF, still wearing original BEA trim, and used by Autair for spares.
9 Coventry c 1972. 5 points.
Lockheed Constellation G-ANTF after the alleged arson fire.
10 Biggin Hill May 1968. 10 points.
Automobile Association PA-23 Apache G-APZE with it's naff replica / travelling exhibit.
11 Newcastle June 1976. 10 points each for the two MISSING Dan Air types.
The date is crucial, and by then the DC-3, York, and Ambassador had been retired. I don't think the Nord 262 was still in use either, so the two missing types are the Boeing 727, and the Viscount. This photo very nearly didn't happen because the 748 G-ARAY was parked the other side of the pier, out of shot. But the 748 and the Comet G-BDIW both started engines at the same time, and we were screaming for the 748 to taxi first. Fortunately they must have heard us! The BAC 1-11 is G-ATPJ, and the Boeing 707 is G-AZTG.
12 Biggin Hill June 1971. 5 points.
HP Jetstream 1 G-AXEL, cn 207. This aircraft crashed near Hunstanton September 1969, but it must have been more of a forced landing, given the minimal structural damage. It looks more like a prop came adrift in flight.
13 Carlisle 1966. 10 points.
Famous for the sole surviving Firebrand bits, this yard also contained two Seafire F.46 fuselages, LA546, and LA564. Both were eventually rescued and apparently continue a very very slow restoration to this day. One may fly again? Like most Spitfire / Seafire 'restorations' it will be 90% replica.
14 St Athan July 1967. 10 points for the exact mark.
Meteor F.3, an original WW2 example with an EE--- serial. St Athan used several F.3s for maintenance training, and these bits were probably the last survivor. RAF Coltishall had a complete F.3 example on the gate until well in to the 1960s, but it was scrapped in a disgraceful act of mindless destruction, thus leaving no example of Britains first operational jet fighter.
15 Southend Airport March 1968. 5 points.
Piper Cherokee 140 N4507R, together with several other broken examples, were all imports for the UK register, but suffered terminal shipping damage to the fuselages only. So N4507R did eventually become G-AVME with a replacement fuselage.
16 Luton Airport February 1967. 5 points.
This is a (piston) Provost T.1, a relic of the Provost production at Luton. I haven't been able to identify it (yet).
17 Southend Airport March 1968. 10 points for correct type.
This is Lincoln B.2 RF342, the Napier de-icing testbed, after joining the embryonic Southend Museum. It was later re-marked with its previous 'Class B' reg G-29-1. When the museum closed it was reported to have gone into storage, but more recently there is reference to 'surviving bits' only.
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