DH-9 airborne at Duxford

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One of the DH-9 wrecks discovered in India nearly 20 years ago and which has been painstakingly rebuilt by Aero Vintage, flew again at Duxford this afternoon... :ok:

[Herod]

Thanks for that. Nice to hear some good news.

[Blossy]

It seems to be a larger aircraft than I expected.

[spekesoftly]

There was a nice little piece about this DH.9 on 'The One Show' last night, starting at about 19:21. Available to view on iPlayer BBC1.

(Dave Reid - thanks for directing me here)

[Herod]

Well worth the watching.

[Fournierf5]

It seems to be a larger aircraft than I expected.

I dunno, it appears to be the same size a DH9 has always been . . . certainly a great occasion for the HAC but I 'm sure they wouldn't want it blown out of proportion, as it were - tee hee!

[India Four Two]

Fournierf5,

I suspect the point Blossy was making is that the DH-9 is a lot bigger than a typical WWI single-engined aircraft. It is 30' long, with is 50% longer than a Camel.

It's on a par with the first time I saw a Thud. Much bigger than I expected. It is 64' long, which is the same length as a DC-3! I was expecting something about the size of an F-100.

[Fournierf5]

Fournierf5,

I suspect the point Blossy was making is that the DH-9 is a lot bigger than a typical WWI single-engined aircraft ...etc.


Y e s, I realised that , , , clearly my attempt to establish a 'pilot humour network' failed to take off!

[Blossy]

Although I have seen many aircraft in my time I'm pretty sure the DH 4 or the 9 wasn't among them. Obviously I am not 'the total aviation person' that would please Uncle Roger. (Readers of a certain age will know who I mean). :-)