And I thought that it was a "Hart" variant......
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So who can find a piccy of the Bonanza flying between the lower legs of the Eiffel Tower:E

No piccy, fillum:
http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/video/eiffel.php :cool:

Taildragger67
What is Milt supposed to know?

Two of my claims to fame in Canberras are

1. Flight for a while in the middle of an air show with no engines and a fire going in one nacelle. The nav was quite purturbed.

2. First successful firing of full bins of ammo from a weapon bay gun pack. Wonder what the Flight Test Observer is doing now. Where are you now Miss Williams?

Milt,

I would've thought that, had someone flown a Canberra through a hangar, you've have known about it and so be able to verify or debunk it.

noip,
I would like to see the Canberra jacks which would lift it that high off the hanger floor. I don't know how the photo was doctored, but airbrushing out jacks ain't the answer. I know, I jacked enough of em' up in my day..:p
However, I'm almost certain that the stealth photo is genuine.

Never did hear of the flight of a RAAF Canberra through a Townsville hangar. The hangar looks like the big old one at Darwin.

PhotoShop could readily combine two or more photos. The big mistake in the shot is the airman on the floor. He would not have known of the approach of the aircraft in time to go prostrate.

The forward view from that terrible Canberra canopy would be a huge deterrant to such a blatant act even though I had much subdued asperations to loop a Canberra around the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The visual target of the open mouth of a hangar seems incredibly small until one is very close and this would be enough to deter anyone in an aircraft at speed unless both occupants were prepared for inevitable nasty consequences. Unknowns would be obstructions hanging down from the hangar roof and what clearance to allow for the fin.

There seems to be something wrong with the top of the nacelle of the right engine.

I was at a small museum in Comox CFB (Canadian Forces Base) in BC this last weekend and there, to my amazement, was a picture of a 409 Squadron RCAF Mosqito flying under the Eiffel Tower. (and it looks a damned sight bigger than that Bonanza.)

It is labelled "Sweeping out the cobwebs."

I have quite a good copy in my camera but probably ought to get permission before publishing here as it may belong to a private donor.

Now, this is flying... ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...WellieFake.jpg

But this is more believable . . . . :E

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http://www.canberra.plus.com/pics/hangarhunter.jpg

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I think all the aircraft shown are real, as is the hanger... You can see the passage of time in Beeayeate's picture with the appearance of the buildings outside... :rolleyes:

The only thing that is showing it's age is the old theatrical dummy they keep using to show some sort of scale... ;)

The George Formby film incident was real - done at RAF Debden and the pilot was a certain "Dickie" Lee who flew hurries in the battle of France and then the BoB with 87 Sqn I believe. He was a double ace at least by the time he was shot down and killed..............Believe he flew a biplane in the footage

Sorry if I'm a bit late on this thread!!
 

Seeing the previous pics reminded me of this!
http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/oldstuff/wow/wow.htm
The story and repercussions I particularly enjoyed:)

I believe a RAuxAF Spitfire blatted the far end of a blister hanger at Aldergrove in the fifties..

Pendrifter,

What would've been really fun is if he'd hit Mach 1!

Wouldn't have been a window left in-tact for miles around! :}