Danny42
(c) if there's something wrong with that, why prop it up out of reach ? (d) why would a Hastings need a retractable tailwheel anyway ? (it doesn't go fast enough) (e) how come the ghostly mirror image script got on the back ?
I don't think it's a prop. I reckon it could be the escape rope hanging from the main fuselage door on the port side.
As regards the "ghostly scrip", I've removed it, if only to save you a premature visit to Specsavers complaining about seeing ghostly images or similar!