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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Aug 2011, 21:23
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

In post-war Briain there was a huge merchant navy...

In post-war Briain there was a huge merchant navy fleet, almost all oil-fuelled by this time, which picked up bunkers all around the world sometimes thousands of tons at a time. There was also the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Aug 2011, 13:23
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

Lancastrian instead of York

I believe this is a Lancastrian service (the types were not shown) from a June 1946 timetable in my collection.

London : 1145 Tu
Lydda : 0200/0400 We
Karachi : 1530/1730 We
Singapore :...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2011, 20:33
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

Both the BOAC Stratocruisers and the Connies seem...

Both the BOAC Stratocruisers and the Connies seem to have been flown to and from Fiton quite a bit over the years (several accounts and photos) Did Bristol get involved in their product support at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2011, 23:19
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

BSAA1947 : I am, in fact, very grateful for...

BSAA1947 :

I am, in fact, very grateful for your account of this actually quite short-lived forbear to BOAC. I wouldn't judge something I didn't know (for it was long before I even existed) on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2011, 09:04
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

Thanks to the above I have dug out the details of...

Thanks to the above I have dug out the details of the C-54 Skymasters with the RAF, whose existence I was attempting to deny. It would have helped if I had computer-searched my source for them, not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2011, 09:02
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

Well I suppose the prototype's first flight...

Well I suppose the prototype's first flight (G-AGSS, December 1945) getting completely out of control on liftoff and crashing just three miles away, killing all the senior Handley Page test pilot...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2011, 12:39
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

The Argonaut was of course an uprated...

The Argonaut was of course an uprated DC4/Skymaster, with UK (Rolls Royce) engines, pressurisation, etc, and built in Canada, all to circumvent the critical shortage of US Dollar foreign exchange....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2011, 11:26
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

I'm not particularly aware that the RAF had any...

I'm not particularly aware that the RAF had any Skymasters at all. Loads of DC3s (which BOAC did take) but not DC4s.

There weren't a lot of Yorks built, and the RAF seems to have wanted to keep...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2011, 19:34
Replies: 67
Views: 26,459
Posted By WHBM

Merger of Imperial AW and British AW Ltd at the...

Merger of Imperial AW and British AW Ltd at the end of 1939 had been agreed before the war but by the time it was carried out both carriers' services, being international only, had either been...
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