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24th Sep 2015, 22:07
Replies: 99
Views: 37,473
Posted By Proplinerman

Sole surviving North Star in Ottawa

Photographed by me there in 2014:...
24th Sep 2015, 21:57
Replies: 162
Views: 66,614
Posted By Proplinerman

SAS Sunderland/Sandringham in 1950s

Photo from my collection:...
18th Sep 2015, 20:20
Replies: 6
Views: 3,073
Posted By Proplinerman

Just watched it all the way through-superb!...

Just watched it all the way through-superb! Especially as I transited LHR/Thiefrow in 1964, aged 6, flying in on a BEA Vanguard from Manchester, then on to Biarritz via Bourdeaux, on a BEA Viscount....
7th Jun 2015, 09:54
Replies: 72
Views: 24,046
Posted By Proplinerman

"Air Atlantic at Coventry have a Devon they do...

"Air Atlantic at Coventry have a Devon they do pleasure flights in & for £80 is a nice way to spend half an hour watching Warwickshire out of those big windows."


And here she is in the air...
5th Jun 2015, 21:57
Replies: 72
Views: 24,046
Posted By Proplinerman

Here's a photo of G-APSK at Biggin in 1974 (and...

Here's a photo of G-APSK at Biggin in 1974 (and plenty more photos of Doves in my Flickr photostream):...
29th Apr 2015, 16:13
Replies: 251
Views: 348,858
Posted By Proplinerman

Polish Aviation Museum at Cracow

Definitely on my list of future visits.


However, I wonder if the Mig alley there can top the one at Datangshan-here's shot of just one side (opposite side contained just as many) of this:...
17th Feb 2015, 20:01
Replies: 82
Views: 47,887
Posted By Proplinerman

G-FIRE

And here's a photo I took of the aircraft at the 1986 Woodford air show:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/6014975886/in/photolist-
16th Feb 2015, 16:46
Replies: 19
Views: 6,927
Posted By Proplinerman

Corgi 1/144 die-cast BOAC Britannia G-AOVB, mint...

Corgi 1/144 die-cast BOAC Britannia G-AOVB, mint condition, any reasonable offer considered.
12th Feb 2015, 19:34
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

"It's OK, I was at Arnhem." Again,...

"It's OK, I was at Arnhem."


Again, priceless!
11th Feb 2015, 17:21
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

Para drop

"Everybody thought somebody else had co-ordinated the drop with ATC and it ended up with a Br31 flying through the paras."


I couldn't help laughing at this, but it could easily have led to a...
3rd Feb 2015, 15:52
Replies: 362
Views: 138,609
Posted By Proplinerman

And here is how TG528 looks today: ...

And here is how TG528 looks today:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/5379823349/in/photolist-9arScW-9cp13Z-pbyprk-ci2HHy-8vbscS-97w341-9xo2fj
13th Dec 2014, 11:06
Replies: 19
Views: 4,687
Posted By Proplinerman

There's a small museum there, which I visited a...

There's a small museum there, which I visited a few years ago. No aircraft then (I think there might be one or two there now), but there was this old heavy aircraft recovery truck, which I thought...
25th Nov 2014, 18:23
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

Awesome photo of those Yorks LTNman and Dave...

Awesome photo of those Yorks LTNman and Dave Welch.
25th Nov 2014, 09:34
Replies: 63
Views: 21,579
Posted By Proplinerman

BIA and Air Anglia's successor

Shot of a KLM UK Fokker 50 in 2002:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/15874531905/in/photostream

And of one of their Fokker 100s in 2001:
...
17th Nov 2014, 07:14
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

The Invicta Vanguards

LTNman: thanks for posting that great photo of one of these wonderful aircraft, wearing one of the best liveries Vanguards ever wore, imho.
5th Nov 2014, 20:07
Replies: 63
Views: 21,579
Posted By Proplinerman

"The condition of G-ASKK is a credit to the...

"The condition of G-ASKK is a credit to the museum management at Norwich, the paintwork still looks quite good."


Don't forget that my photo dates from more than seven years ago-though I have...
5th Nov 2014, 07:24
Replies: 63
Views: 21,579
Posted By Proplinerman

Just uploaded to my Flickr photostream: 1. Air...

Just uploaded to my Flickr photostream: 1. Air Anglia F-27 G-BAKL at M/C in 1973:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/15691508866/in/photostream


Then, taken a few minutes later,...
5th Nov 2014, 05:30
Replies: 63
Views: 21,579
Posted By Proplinerman

Yes, I don't recall Air Anglia going bust in...

Yes, I don't recall Air Anglia going bust in 1972: I have photos of one of their DC-3s and a F-27 at Manchester, that I took in 1973, and I'm sure they went on flying for many years after that,...
4th Nov 2014, 20:35
Replies: 63
Views: 21,579
Posted By Proplinerman

BIA Herald at Ringway forty years ago, possibly...

BIA Herald at Ringway forty years ago, possibly G-APWJ:

...
4th Nov 2014, 20:18
Replies: 298
Views: 109,610
Posted By Proplinerman

"Out of the clouds"

"Anyone seen that 1955 movie "Out of the Clouds' with a brilliant cast including the late great James Robinson Justice playing the part of a BOAC Captain?"


Yes, recorded it off TV some years ago...
2nd Nov 2014, 17:34
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

atb1943: link does work. Nice photos-many thanks.

atb1943: link does work. Nice photos-many thanks.
25th Oct 2014, 08:27
Replies: 63
Views: 43,035
Posted By Proplinerman

I flew on a KLM Electra, from Milan-Linate to...

I flew on a KLM Electra, from Milan-Linate to Schiphol in June 1968 at age 10. Everything seemed just fine to me. And I'm very glad now that I had that flight, as I don't think that many people in...
25th Oct 2014, 07:35
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

Dart Herald preserved at Woodley

Aircraft is actually G-APWA, rather than G-APWC: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/8483015050/in/photolist-fw7APc-8tQM1X-9D6uS2-8Zf7Sq-dVBEQb-8vxFMM-8egbhS-8EEtxz-9D6siV-93MeFa-8ZrKQT
24th Oct 2014, 08:24
Replies: 63
Views: 43,035
Posted By Proplinerman

Well personally, despite the endurance test your...

Well personally, despite the endurance test your flight on the Hermes obviously was, I wish I'd been around to fly on the pistonliners "back in the day," but I wasn't (born late 1950s). Though I have...
20th Oct 2014, 20:26
Replies: 7
Views: 2,265
Posted By Proplinerman

Boeing 247D in the Smithsonian in Washington

And here is a picture of it (with an Eastern DC-3 in period colours):

...
17th Oct 2014, 18:47
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

The Autair Herald and the Britannia Brits:...

The Autair Herald and the Britannia Brits: another cracking shot-thanks for posting. Wish I'd been around to see airliners like these, but I wasn't old enough to start spotting till April 1971, by...
17th Oct 2014, 18:42
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

WR963 taxi run and the Sea Vixen at GAM

Great video Richard, thanks for posting link to it-and I've "Liked" and "Favourited" it.


Thread drift: here's a link to the photo I took of the Sea Vixen when I visited GAM in 2011:

...
16th Oct 2014, 22:57
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

Thanks for that Dave. And here's a link to a...

Thanks for that Dave. And here's a link to a photo of that handsome brute WR982, that I took on my visit to the GAM in May 2011:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/15368671217/

And...
16th Oct 2014, 21:53
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

Great shot-just look at those wonderful...

Great shot-just look at those wonderful Britannias; "proper" airliners.
16th Oct 2014, 21:51
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

Thanks Munster, but you need to revise that link...

Thanks Munster, but you need to revise that link slightly, to:


Contra-rotating propellers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra-rotating_propellors)

...
16th Oct 2014, 20:23
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

SHJ: I may be wrong, but the Shack at the GAM did...

SHJ: I may be wrong, but the Shack at the GAM did not look, to me at least, when I visited there in May 2011, like it was capable of running any of its engines.


PAXboy: a former crew member on...
16th Oct 2014, 19:34
Replies: 62
Views: 31,079
Posted By Proplinerman

Shot I took of her when she was whole, at GAM,...

Shot I took of her when she was whole, at GAM, three plus years ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975048@N06/8444765528/in/photolist-dSeCzE-9QBto8-dS93MH

Great to see she's going to a good new...
15th Oct 2014, 19:33
Replies: 3,898
Views: 1,705,772
Posted By Proplinerman

Britannia's early liveries on its 737s

Photo by me (not taken at Luton) in 1974, showing the second iteration of this. I do remember the first livery, but never got a photo of one in it-something I don't now regret (see my caption to the...
6th Oct 2014, 21:07
Replies: 46
Views: 11,682
Posted By Proplinerman

Just noticed this thread. I was the guy...

Just noticed this thread.


I was the guy who shot the video of N898AT taking off from Fairbanks in September 2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpV_K-iWAVM&feature=player_detailpage

...
7th Sep 2014, 06:37
Replies: 32
Views: 5,816
Posted By Proplinerman

I've got a Dinky Toys Comet 1 in BOAC colours,...

I've got a Dinky Toys Comet 1 in BOAC colours, G-ALYX, rectangular windows, but, strange to say, blue tail-ie not 100% accurate. I wasn't actually born when the Comet 1 disasters happened, so...
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