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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Nov 2016, 15:57
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Probably not:

Probably not:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2016, 06:36
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Judging from the photo in post #61, it looks like...

Judging from the photo in post #61, it looks like the 2-abreast seating is staggered, with 6 on the left and 7 on the right.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 15:57
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, see posts #180, #205 and #208.

Yes, see posts #180, #205 and #208.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 10:56
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Are you thinking of this well-known photo: ...

Are you thinking of this well-known photo:

http://www.mediastorehouse.com/p/164/avro-lancastrian-g-agls-nelson-takes-off-from-heathrow-9893303.jpg

It shows G-AGLS departing from Heathrow on 28...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 09:15
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

"Brisbane Sees Fast Airliner"

Another newspaper cutting that muddies the waters even more, from the Brisbane Courier Mail, 30 April 1945::

"Australia's fastest civil transport plane, the Lancastrian, was visited by hundreds of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 08:39
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

VH-EAS 16/7/1947:...

VH-EAS 16/7/1947: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGMD.pdf
VH-EAT 12/9/1947: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AGML.pdf
VH-EAU 2/11/1947:...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 07:02
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

BOAC's 21 Lancastrians were all registered on 1st...

BOAC's 21 Lancastrians were all registered on 1st December 1944, and all remained on the British register until withdrawn from service, apart from the previously-mentioned three that went to Qantas...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Nov 2016, 17:50
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

I thought we had established that Qantas didn't...

I thought we had established that Qantas didn't take delivery of their own Lancastrians until 1947, with the joint BOAC/Qantas service prior to then being operated by BOAC aircraft ?

Or are you...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Nov 2016, 08:21
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Strictly speaking, the cause of TCA 810's demise...

Strictly speaking, the cause of TCA 810's demise was being in the wrong place and flying into a mountain.

The engine shutdown, plus turbulence and/or icing, were classed as contributory factors.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2016, 12:06
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

There's an original cutting about the...

There's an original cutting about the disappearance from The West Australian newspaper here:

Missing Plane (http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50332493)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2016, 10:05
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

A bit more delving around into...

A bit more delving around into BOAC/Qantas/Kangaroo route history would suggest we're unlikely to find one (except for perhaps any pre-delivery photos).

The joint BOAC/Qantas UK/Australia service...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2016, 08:05
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, it seems clear now that the same aircraft...

Yes, it seems clear now that the same aircraft continued up or down the route, with the uniforms changing at Karachi.

That doesn't preclude the possibility that it was only BOAC's 20-odd...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2016, 22:57
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Well three in fact, Volume I only covers Aeronca...

Well three in fact, Volume I only covers Aeronca to Chilton. :O
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2016, 19:00
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Looking at Jackson (which I should have done...

Looking at Jackson (which I should have done originally :\) and answering my own question from earlier, he confirms that BOAC's 21 Lancastrians

"were for joint use with Qantas on the Kangaroo...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2016, 08:00
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Thanks for the additional background. Do you...

Thanks for the additional background.

Do you mean that the crews swapped at Karachi, or that the BOAC and Qantas flights connected there and both aircraft turned round? If the QF Lancastrians...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Nov 2016, 07:45
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Qantas had 4 Lancastrians: VH-EAS...

Qantas had 4 Lancastrians:

VH-EAS Lancastrian I ex BOAC G-AGMD (1184) - Written off at Dubbo on 7th April 1949
VH-EAT Lancastrian I ex BOAC G-AGML (1191) - Broken up at Sydney in 1952
VH-EAU...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Oct 2016, 09:50
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

The early conversions had a single row of 9...

The early conversions had a single row of 9 sideways-facing seats (see photo in post #31), in fact the first ones only had windows on the starboard side.

Later Lancastrians had 13 forward-facing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Oct 2016, 09:14
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Plus cutting an apparently random number of...

Plus cutting an apparently random number of windows, which appeared to vary from airframe to airframe on the Lancastrian.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Oct 2016, 07:51
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

No, the Lancastrian name was only applied to the...

No, the Lancastrian name was only applied to the passenger conversions. Those four freighters remained Lancasters.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Oct 2016, 20:29
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

The batch converted at Bracebridge Heath were: ...

The batch converted at Bracebridge Heath were:

G-AGUJ "Star Pilot", ex PP689
G-AGUK "Star Gold", ex PP688
G-AGUL "Star Watch", ex PP690
G-AGUM "Star Ward", ex PP751

The other two of the six...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Oct 2016, 21:38
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

From Jackson's British Civil Aircraft Since 1919:...

From Jackson's British Civil Aircraft Since 1919:

"Early in 1946 the British South American Airways Company took delivery of six Lancaster Is from the Ministry of Supply. Four of these were ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Sep 2016, 21:49
Replies: 257
Views: 88,073
Posted By DaveReidUK

Langley, perhaps ?

Langley, perhaps ?
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