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Post by mw5 on May 26, 2012 21:16:33 GMT 1
I think these three shots are of an Avro Apollo. Does anyone know where these are taken and any other info is appreciated. Mark Attachments:
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Post by mw5 on May 26, 2012 21:17:14 GMT 1
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Post by mw5 on May 26, 2012 21:17:44 GMT 1
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Post by groth on May 26, 2012 22:06:39 GMT 1
Armstrong Whitworth A.W 55 Apollo. VX224 G-AMCH. 1 of 2 research aircraft
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Post by mw5 on May 27, 2012 19:53:58 GMT 1
Where are these photos taken and was the aircraft in use at this point, it appears out of use to me...
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2012 22:47:32 GMT 1
Looks like Farnborough, where it ended up scrapped as far as I know. Think it was last noted on the dump there in 1974, but had been there for many years before.
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Post by buspilot on May 27, 2012 22:58:07 GMT 1
Correct Dave.
Def Farnborough.
Is this where the BAe Jetstream design came from?
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Post by Cityflyer on Jun 1, 2012 12:50:35 GMT 1
Is this where the BAe Jetstream design came from? The BAe Jetstream 31 was a development of the Handly Page / Scottish Aviation Jetstream |
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Post by mw5 on Jun 12, 2012 13:40:08 GMT 1
Trying to pinpoint the location and details of this Lancaster. It was found amongst a set of MAN photos but is possibly Farnborough? Other types here are Fairy Gannet, B&P Balliol, Airspeed Ambassador, so post 2nd September 1947 when the prototype first flew. The serial of SX372 is a Lancaster ? Obviously fitted with experimental Bristol Hercules 101 sleeve valve engines and larger propellor spinners as fitted to the HP Hastings. Therefore not a Lancaster II as these used much smaller spinners. There are an awful lot of people in white overalls littered about the place denoting that it might be an airshow. Unable to find any details on SX372.. Attachments:
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Post by viscount on Jun 12, 2012 15:10:20 GMT 1
Serial SX372 is in a 'black-out' block in a batch of partly cancelled 500 Supermarine Seafire F.17s, SW781 - SX546.
SW342 Lancaster GR.3 had a Mamba and Adder in nose and tail, Lincoln B.2 SX971 had a Derwent under the belly, SX973 had a Proteus installed, SX974 a Nomad installed and a cut-away bomd bay. So, certainly there were a number of engine test-bed Lancaster/Lincolns of that period. Looking at the photo again in the light of the above, then SX972 looks like the serial. Source: Bruce Robertson's 'British Military Aircraft Serials 1912-1963', Ian Allan 1964.
An early post-War SBAC Farnborough Show would certainly be my candidate for a where and when. The 'black sheds' certainly seem to indicate Farnborough. The aircraft is certainly a Lincoln, not Lancaster (look at the nose glazing).
Wikipedia, in its entry for the Lincoln implies that SX972 was fitted with two Armstrong Siddeley Python turboprops in the outer nacelles, and later a pair of Bristol Proteus engines while used as a test-bed.
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Post by mw5 on Jun 12, 2012 15:30:30 GMT 1
Glad I asked!
I wouldn't have known where to start to de-construct this photo!
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Post by john1958 on Jun 12, 2012 17:35:17 GMT 1
I would certainly agree Farnborough. The "black shed" is the givaway!!!!
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