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ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
I agree , stupid phone finger playing up !!
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I think my dad joined around 1949 but he went down the bomber route, Valiants then Vulcans, spending almost his entire 20 odd year career with them. He didnt like fighters, too fiddly, too difficult to work on, trying to access stuff he'd worked briefly on wartime machinery, mosquitos etc, but I remember saying to him...when you think about the pace of change and technology post war, it must have been mind boggling, new machines , technology and engines almost constantly.
He replied along the lines of....it was perhaps some of the most exciting times of his life, this was cutting edge stuff at the time. Mum said a few months ago when we were reminiscing...your dad almost used to run out the door to work, he loved it that much.
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
would this be a Mitchell with some modifications .
classic33
Leg End Member
Mitchell had twin tailplanes, only one visible there.
Quick check shows it's a Douglas A-20 Havoc.
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VelvetUnderpants
Über Member
Could it be a Lockheed Hudson with a nose alteration?
VelvetUnderpants
Über Member
Just noticed undercarriage on a Hudson is different.
classic33
Leg End Member
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Yes, it's an A-20G, the only example of a Havoc/Boston still flying.
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
No mistakin, this Baby !!!
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I was once on the M1 when XH558 came the other way doing what for all the world looked like a simulated bombing run -even in the car the noise was a physical force. Imaging how terrified the Argentine conscripts must have felt when the first of the Black Buck bombers appeared above Stanley Airfield - it must have been like the Devil himself had come to fight for the British.
Saw an Apache this morning - we see a fair few around here, so I presume we're on some kind of training or transit route. It's was a fair way way off, but it clearly was not a Longbow so I'm guessing it was an American bird.
Saw an Apache this morning - we see a fair few around here, so I presume we're on some kind of training or transit route. It's was a fair way way off, but it clearly was not a Longbow so I'm guessing it was an American bird.
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
the first photo of this Spitfire was taken outside of Royton Air Cadets cica 1950, the second is it is now .the cockpit is different from one to the other and I’d say the earlier looks as though it’s got a four blade prop,
I think I’d be right to say say the first was a later Marque ,
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figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
It looks like it has had a couple of different appearances.
https://warbirdaviation.co.uk/Profiles/supermarine-spitfire-xv-te184-stephen-stead/
ozboz
Guru
- Location
- Richmond ,Surrey
I notice the wing tips have been clipped ,
I do not remember seeing this on a Spit before
