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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2023, 23:13
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

These wouldn't by chance be the two engines, in...

These wouldn't by chance be the two engines, in wheeled stands and with simple props, which were displayed running, side-by-side, at Flying Legends at Duxford some years ago ? They were certainly a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Aug 2023, 19:02
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Showing your (and I suppose my) age, Mr DR ...

Showing your (and I suppose my) age, Mr DR ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Aug 2023, 13:32
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

I was there that day (if there was only one) as...

I was there that day (if there was only one) as well, and thought the engines being run on trailers was a fascination. Got a photo somewhere.

Big prop aircraft noise coming right through into the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jan 2022, 23:25
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Airspeed Ambassador used to do the same every...

Airspeed Ambassador used to do the same every morning after standing overnight !

LVPs for 5 minutes after one fired up.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Jan 2022, 14:32
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Yes, a Canadian relative said that Hovercraft was...

Yes, a Canadian relative said that Hovercraft was the closest thing they had experienced in a generation since a Trans-Canada Lockheed Constellation all the way from London to Vancouver, probably 20...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2022, 08:31
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Though presumably with the prop blades fully...

Though presumably with the prop blades fully feathered, so you're not going anywhere.

Unlike a jet engine test - particularly the Comet at LHR just a few years before you, which suddenly lunged...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2022, 16:18
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Well, the ABC Merchantman is in the museum at...

Well, the ABC Merchantman is in the museum at Brooklands, open to visitors. Would any engineer like to put their head in and say one way or the other ... ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Aug 2021, 13:21
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Freddie Laker must have been behind the...

Freddie Laker must have been behind the Accountant prototype, being CEO of ATEL at the time. A less beancounter-like aviation executive is hard to imagine !
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Aug 2021, 16:16
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

Always fascinated me too. He didn't actually...

Always fascinated me too. He didn't actually travel on it, despite the best endeavours of a ticket tout. It was a Merpati Vanguard, his error was mistaking Mandala for Merpati. Alex, Australian,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Aug 2021, 11:13
Replies: 107
Views: 18,812
Posted By WHBM

DC4 - rounded windows DC6 - squared windows,...

DC4 - rounded windows
DC6 - squared windows, three-bladed props
DC7 - four-bladed props.

PSA in their early years in California, up against United and Western with DC6s, and with passengers...
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