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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2024, 10:49
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

How about the Bell XP-59A Airacomet?

How about the Bell XP-59A Airacomet?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jan 2024, 11:38
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Hmmm. I’m wondering if your clue refers to the...

Hmmm. I’m wondering if your clue refers to the Battle of Plattsburgh bay.

So, if it is the right battle, it took place on Lake Champlain. To the east lies Vermont, to the West, New York.

Let’s...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Dec 2023, 12:49
Replies: 43
Views: 5,593
Posted By BSD

Jimxty - blooming ‘eck! It might be more...

Jimxty - blooming ‘eck! It might be more difficult to find 44 pilot who hasn’t logged a 3-engined ferry!

So, if Transmeridian had 7 (I think it was 7, plus the Guppy) and one of them went to...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Dec 2023, 09:35
Replies: 43
Views: 5,593
Posted By BSD

I flew the CL44 with Transmeridian. In the 1000...

I flew the CL44 with Transmeridian. In the 1000 or so hours I flew it, t flew 4 engine out ferries. Kano to Stansted, Taif to Stansted, Mineralnye Vody to Karachi and Lubumbashi to Kinshasa.

On...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Dec 2023, 11:50
Replies: 95
Views: 11,124
Posted By BSD

Has anyone mentioned the Convair B58 Hustler? ...

Has anyone mentioned the Convair B58 Hustler?

I think the USAF had about 80 or so operational. I can't think of when it might have been used in anger...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Dec 2023, 14:48
Replies: 76
Views: 18,962
Posted By BSD

Ah me, lovely to see pics of '44s reappearing...

Ah me, lovely to see pics of '44s reappearing after all these years.

After TMAC (British Cargo as it became) went bust and Redcoat acquired one of the '44s, I thought the one they got was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Nov 2023, 18:34
Replies: 33
Views: 3,291
Posted By BSD

Wasn't there a Royal Australian Navy Se Fury that...

Wasn't there a Royal Australian Navy Se Fury that shot down an Auster which managed to get airborne without a pilot from Bankstown?

The RAN got called in after the RAAF couldn't get it in a jet...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Nov 2023, 14:36
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,157
Posted By BSD

Well, this may not count as I didn't see them on...

Well, this may not count as I didn't see them on my computer initially, but.....

Driving past Lakenheath on Monday, there were 2 Canadian Alpha jets and an A4N Skyhawk. Having seen them at the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Nov 2023, 18:51
Replies: 56
Views: 5,547
Posted By BSD

Wasn't there also a Fairchild Packet which had a...

Wasn't there also a Fairchild Packet which had a jet engine on a pylon above the fuselage roof?

I seem to recall seeing a TWA one years ago in Nairobi. I think it was used for shipping engines...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Oct 2023, 07:49
Replies: 241
Views: 157,091
Posted By BSD

I very much subscribe to the "there but for the...

I very much subscribe to the "there but for the grace of God, go I" theory. I feel for the crew, who as others have pointed out, hadn't started the day planning an excursion snd were just caught out....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Sep 2023, 09:18
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Hang about: I'll bet it rhymes with...

Hang about:

I'll bet it rhymes with "gutless" and came from a company who made aeroplanes with cranked-wings....

I haven't got a cockpit post to hand (should my guess be on the money) so I'll...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Aug 2023, 18:19
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Africa? Can't work out if the barbed wire us...

Africa?

Can't work out if the barbed wire us to keep people out or keep them in!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2023, 07:46
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Hmmmm. Wheel lock? That makes it a Tail wheel....

Hmmmm. Wheel lock? That makes it a Tail wheel. All those engine controls, ignition switch, carbon heat etc., has to make it a big piston, probably a radial. I'm thinking some sort of large ag-plane,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2023, 11:35
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

East Malaysia? Somewhere on what was once...

East Malaysia?

Somewhere on what was once the Rural Air services network in Sabah or Sarawak? Served by Twin Pioneers, BN2s Twin Otters?

Does that narrow it down?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd May 2023, 09:42
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Oops! Failed to spot the earlier answer that...

Oops! Failed to spot the earlier answer that precludes Belgium.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd May 2023, 09:39
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Kortrijk-Wevelgem or Flanders international?

Kortrijk-Wevelgem or Flanders international?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st May 2023, 15:58
Replies: 38
Views: 5,489
Posted By BSD

Fokker produced a scheme for an F27 which I think...

Fokker produced a scheme for an F27 which I think was the maritime patrol version.

Not long after, Mike Keegan introduced Heralds to BAF which he'd acquired a little earlier.

Their first...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2023, 14:56
Replies: 106
Views: 35,353
Posted By BSD

Reading around the subject more fully is good...

Reading around the subject more fully is good advice Timelord. It may be that as a junior officer his view might not be complete but as a non-military lay person this book has shocked me. Very much....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2023, 13:22
Replies: 106
Views: 35,353
Posted By BSD

For a further insight into the Falklands campaign...

For a further insight into the Falklands campaign a recently published book mostly about the land battle, written from a Welsh Guardsman's perspective and focusing on how the Galahad tragedy occurred...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Apr 2023, 08:41
Replies: 200
Views: 47,413
Posted By BSD

"Gun Button To Fire" by Tom Neil. ...

"Gun Button To Fire" by Tom Neil.

Staggeringly good. His description of shooting down a Messerschmidt (his first confirmed kill) is remarkable.

Ernest Gann's "Island in the Sky" is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2023, 22:02
Replies: 23
Views: 2,943
Posted By BSD

BrownDHC2, Thank you for the "Bussey...

BrownDHC2,

Thank you for the "Bussey Productions" YouTube pointer. Fascinating stuff but boy, was the Bristol one ugly duck in the sky!

Loved the low level tour of the channel forts too.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2023, 19:00
Replies: 23
Views: 2,943
Posted By BSD

G-APAU was operating for Channel Air bridge at...

G-APAU was operating for Channel Air bridge at the very least between May 1960 and June 1961, from Southend.

My old Dad flew for Channel Air Bridge having previously been a BOAC navigator.

'AU...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2023, 08:56
Replies: 86
Views: 11,368
Posted By BSD

Tax, Boeing and wind-tunnels: As I...

Tax, Boeing and wind-tunnels:

As I understand it, the profit Boeing made from selling B-17s to the US government in WW2 was colossal as too was the tax due on those profits.

By investing in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2023, 09:36
Replies: 86
Views: 11,368
Posted By BSD

Never flew the DC-8 but I believe it did not have...

Never flew the DC-8 but I believe it did not have speedbrakes/flight spoilers - hence inboard engine inflight reverse. The company I flew for had 2.

On a "dead-heading" sector cockpit ride back...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2023, 15:53
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Helicopter? Can't think what though. ...

Helicopter?

Can't think what though.

BSD.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Jan 2023, 09:29
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Montserrat? Not entirely sure though, I seem to...

Montserrat? Not entirely sure though, I seem to recall the terminal is on the other side of the runway.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Sep 2022, 21:22
Replies: 29
Views: 5,480
Posted By BSD

Wasn't there also a Trident with Air Ceylon?

Wasn't there also a Trident with Air Ceylon?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Aug 2022, 08:00
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Yay! That's the one I had in mind. Brilliant...

Yay! That's the one I had in mind.

Brilliant museum by the way (SAAF Ysterplaat), though not the easiest to visit. I'd gone on a day when I hoped they were going to run the Shackleton but alas, it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2022, 18:43
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Great challenge, I reckon I know what it is and...

Great challenge, I reckon I know what it is and even better, where TCU took the photo.

I haven't got a challenge to mount should I have it right so I'll leave this to someone who can post...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2022, 20:19
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

Hate to see this wonderful thread languishing...

Hate to see this wonderful thread languishing idle, even though I haven't got one to post, I'll give it a shot.

How about a C-17? Perhaps a prototype/early version?

Not sure about the throttles...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2022, 11:19
Replies: 85
Views: 14,866
Posted By BSD

Laker Airways Regency Class. I remember reading a...

Laker Airways Regency Class. I remember reading a review (can't remember where, most likely Sunday Times) suggesting it was like Harrods opening a boutique in Tesco.

Alas, it was probably doomed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2022, 17:22
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

I was trying to think of an airfield where a PZL...

I was trying to think of an airfield where a PZL M28 Skytruck and a suspected (now confirmed} BN-2 Islander might co-habit.

Wasn't a very good line of inquiry I admit. And by the way, the M28 has...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2022, 12:54
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

BN2 Islander? ...

BN2 Islander?


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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Aug 2022, 12:18
Replies: 4,077
Views: 312,949
Posted By BSD

Could it be..... Manchester? Ringway? ...

Could it be..... Manchester? Ringway?

Visited no doubt by many on this site. Bound to have a few world records too.

BSD
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jul 2022, 14:52
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,766
Posted By BSD

If this is correct, I'm afraid I'll have to...

If this is correct, I'm afraid I'll have to declare open house:

Breguet Alize would be my guess.

BSD.
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