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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Mar 2017, 10:27
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

The BOAC ones (featured here) did not. However...

The BOAC ones (featured here) did not. However both British South American Airways and Trans-Canada used theirs across the Atlantic.

The first picture is of a Douglas DC-3, while the fourth has a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Feb 2017, 20:34
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Well done sir :ok: This is just a "best...

Well done sir :ok:


This is just a "best guess", but if it was the 1950s folding of Skyways (they had multiple financial mishaps !) then it could well be DC-4 frame 7454, which was delivered in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Nov 2016, 11:29
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Crashed carrying 1,000 gallons of milk. I...

Crashed carrying 1,000 gallons of milk.

I wonder how many gallons of fuel were used by the aircraft doing Belfast to Liverpool and back.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2016, 08:04
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

1947 we believe. I presume the above piece...

1947 we believe.

I presume the above piece should have read "a Qantas-crewed plane ...".

May/June 1945 would have been a time when communications from Sydney to a London-based magazine would...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Nov 2016, 23:13
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

I found an article stating that the Qantas...

I found an article stating that the Qantas Lancastrians, which don't appear in any old Qantas timetable I have seen, were employed on RAAF charters for the Australian occupation forces in Japan,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2016, 18:03
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Since we started this discussion I have found a...

Since we started this discussion I have found a wide variety of references to how many Lancastrians Qantas had, from one (my original opinion from two separate sources, both hitherto reliable) to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Nov 2016, 06:38
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Here it is VH-EAS Avro 691 Lancastrian...

Here it is

VH-EAS Avro 691 Lancastrian (http://www.aussieairliners.org/Avro/lancastrians/vh-eas.html)


My hunch would be that it was bought principally to maintain pilot currency and training,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Nov 2016, 21:35
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

I think there was only one, VH-EAS, bought from...

I think there was only one, VH-EAS, bought from BOAC in 1947. I wonder why they bought an oddball.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2016, 17:53
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

BOAC (and BSAA) eventually had plenty of Yorks as...

BOAC (and BSAA) eventually had plenty of Yorks as well, although they came about a year after the Lancastrians, but the Lancastrian must have had some advantage. Was the York rather slow/shorter...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2016, 07:35
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Seemingly so. The fast freighters run by BOAC in...

Seemingly so. The fast freighters run by BOAC in the late 1940s from London to Johannesburg and Sydney with just a handful of stops (tables 30 and 31 here), albeit lengthy overnight stops (probably...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Oct 2016, 12:25
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

It's sort of OK, but a bit lightweight.

It's sort of OK, but a bit lightweight.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Oct 2016, 21:20
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

This is 10 minutes of what LHR looked like in...

This is 10 minutes of what LHR looked like in 1946, including a range of the interesting types around at the time.

The opening, and departure of the first BSAA Lancastrian flight, with Bennett at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Sep 2016, 14:03
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

In the Propliner article referred to earlier,...

In the Propliner article referred to earlier, author Don Brown, who was taken on at BSAA to manage pilot documentation records, wrote of some decidedly unofficial previous practices. One man was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Sep 2016, 10:55
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

I know it's in the book but this all sounds a bit...

I know it's in the book but this all sounds a bit far fetched, doesn't it ? If nothing else BSAA built up their substantial maintenance base with hangars (and Bennett's office) at Langley, a couple...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Sep 2016, 15:52
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

My loft scaled. It's in Propliner 22 (Spring...

My loft scaled.

It's in Propliner 22 (Spring 85), article "Star Memories". Just four pages but interesting stuff. Brown writes that he had been at Miles Aircraft, seemingly as a company/test pilot...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Aug 2016, 21:27
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Same chap also wrote at length about BSAA and its...

Same chap also wrote at length about BSAA and its various types in Propliner in the late 1980s, I believe he was a senior employee there.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2016, 15:50
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Moot point whether this was a Lancastrian....

Moot point whether this was a Lancastrian. Another Lancastrian, RAF TX289, new 1946, was sold in 1947 to Argentinian airline of the times FAMA (who also bought Shorts flying boats at the same time),...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2016, 21:22
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

According to my notes the last Lancastrians were...

According to my notes the last Lancastrians were withdrawn in 1951. BOAC had a few which just lasted until early that year, while the last user of all seems to be Flight Refuelling, whose fleet of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Aug 2016, 10:07
Replies: 257
Views: 88,075
Posted By WHBM

Richard Branson's mum is probably the best known...

Richard Branson's mum is probably the best known former BSAA Stargirl. Her autobiography front cover has her standing in front of a Lancastrian (which I believe is an actual BSAA publicity photo, not...
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