What replica would you build?

[603DX]

Westland Whirlwind - loved that 'plane since I made an Airfix model of it when I was about 10; it looks right - pity the engines were not developed further to make the reliable but the war demanded otherwise.

I would agree with this, and hence recommend the Westland Welkin high altitude fighter, with its Merlins instead of Peregrines. I am an admirer of the sheer brilliant versatility of Edward Petter as the designer of extremely useful and interesting aircraft (Lysander, Whirlwind/Welkin, Canberra, Gnat, Lightning, etc), and the Welkin was a very specialised machine built to meet a threat from high altitude Luftwaffe bombing which never materialised.

Westland Welkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Planemike]

Maybe pushing the boundaries of the rules a little: but how about a deH 86 ????

A formation comprising deH 84 Dragon, deH 86 Express, deH 89 Dragon Rapide and deH90 Dragonfly would be stunning and certainly make the troops at the Moth Rally sit up and take notice!!!

Do you think we can have it ready for August ?!!!

Planemike

[Herod]

Agree with Airclues. HP42. Finest airline job ever. Second, a proper Short "C" flying boat (only 4 engines, so it qualifies). Second-best airline job ever.

[Mechta]

This is a great idea for a thread!

De Havilland Albatross - scale it down a bit, make it from composite.



Others would be Santos Dumont Demoiselle (scaled up to fit me), English Electric Wren, De Havilland Hummingbird, and scaled down - Hawker Fury biplane, P38 Lightning , Dornier Do335, single seat Hamilcar glider.

If we are going to do the Lympne Trials, how about the 1922 Itford gliding competition as well? Any of these could be fun: de havilland | airdisco | 1922 | 0607 | Flight Archive

[cambioso]

What about a Travel-Air type R Mystery Ship.........................

[Mechta]

bral, You're right!

Of wooden construction, it introduced the ply-balsa-ply sandwich fuselage structure later used so successfully for the Mosquito

from: de Havilland DH91 Albatros

Now which Itford glider are you going to build?

[Lightning Mate]

Since I live on the coast and have flown some movers:

[Proplinerman]

Vickers Vanguard, or even better, when I win the lottery, I would launch "Vanguard to the sky" to get G-APEP out of Brooklands and flying again. Somehow tho, I don't think "Vanguard to the sky" would quite achieve the same interest etc that "Vulcan to the sky" did.

[treadigraph]

What about a Travel-Air type R Mystery Ship

What happened to Pancho Barnes' Mystery Ship which was supposedly on rebuild in the UK?

[Agaricus bisporus]

Just imagine that beauty without the encumbrance of floats! Oh Lord!

ps. Defiant. One of the worst aircraft in the forefront of those best forgotten, surely? An unmitigated disaster despite any minor "successes" as a "night fighter". Night fighter! Defiant? Sorry. Only remembered as a flying coffin afaik. Binnit.

[chiglet]

A "Shagbat" [built the Merit 1/48 one in the mid '60s]
Tiffie, or Tempest11, Dh88, or my WW2 fave, Bf110G

[PEI_3721]

MB 5

Martin-Baker MB 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin Baker - Martin-Baker MB5

Anyone know where this replica is … Reno; has it flown yet?
File:Martin-Baker M.B.5 replica.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mechta]

http://johnmarlinsmb5replica.mysite.com/index.html

Looks like it was put up for sale three years ago. With a Mustang wing and a RR Griffon engine in Reno it was probably broken for parts. Would have been good to see it fly...

Martin Baker MB-5 Rep for sale.... - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums

[vintagemember]

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy! Welded up from steel tube, three gash Leonides engines and no paperwork!

YouTube - Armstrong Whitworth Argosy

[Mechta]

bral, Given that it took the duration record for the Itford Hill competition at 201 minutes, the Maneyrol's Peyret must be a good choice. It hardly looks the ultimate soaring machine though. Its a pretty sad state of affairs that that's almost twice my best in an Astir!


There's some good stuff about the full-size and a large flying model of it including a three view here (I hope your French is good): RETROPLANE.net :: Voir le sujet - Le Peyret Alérion et Alexis Maneyrol

[safetypee]

JF, a glider and a competition; a great idea, but what would tow the Horsa … a WWII bomber replica or a Grizzly ?
What would the towing requirements be for a Horsa?

[Mechta]

[pigboat]

In honour of the first person to understand the principles and forces of flight, one of these would be appropriate.

[John Farley]

safetypee

Not too much of a tug needed perhaps if it was empty.

If we had the comp the top three could do a final shot at an unknown field in the dark. I think the Glider Pilot Regiment were a totally underrated bunch.

[Rory57]

Cierva Autogiro, as used by the RAF in WW2
or, more ambitiously (and noisier), the Fairey Rotodyne.