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Windermere Waterbird replica flies...
Spotted this on the Flypast site (good to see Peter Kynsey keeping himself busy! 
) Registered as a Replica Avro Curtiss 1911, the build was started by Gerry Cooper...
https://www.waterbird.org.uk/waterbi...as-a-seaplane/
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/20211...ff-windermere/
) Registered as a Replica Avro Curtiss 1911, the build was started by Gerry Cooper...https://www.waterbird.org.uk/waterbi...as-a-seaplane/
https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/20211...ff-windermere/
Lovely!
That picture immediately reminded me of one of my treasured books “All About Flying” by Gertrude Bacon.*
There is a chapter about early “hydro-aviation” in which she describes flying at Windermere and includes two aerial photos taken from the original Waterbird:
I’m not lending my copy to anyone, but luckily the book is available online as a PDF:
https://ia802209.us.archive.org/2/it...acouoft_bw.pdf
* I have always felt that Flight’s Roger Bacon must have been inspired, as a young lad, by his favourite Aunt Gertrude!
She was a very adventurous, multi-talented women and a prolific author:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bacon
That picture immediately reminded me of one of my treasured books “All About Flying” by Gertrude Bacon.*
There is a chapter about early “hydro-aviation” in which she describes flying at Windermere and includes two aerial photos taken from the original Waterbird:
I’m not lending my copy to anyone, but luckily the book is available online as a PDF:
https://ia802209.us.archive.org/2/it...acouoft_bw.pdf
* I have always felt that Flight’s Roger Bacon must have been inspired, as a young lad, by his favourite Aunt Gertrude!
She was a very adventurous, multi-talented women and a prolific author:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bacon
Last edited by India Four Two; 28th Jun 2022 at 05:35.
There is an interesting wee documentary still available on UKTV - filmed partly at Gerry's Vintage Skunkworks at Wickenby,Gerry was responsible for building and test hopping the replica (as a landplane).One of the Warbird Workshop Series.
https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/wa.../6249499726001
https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/wa.../6249499726001
Thanks longer ron.
A wonderful documentary.
A wonderful documentary.
