Good to see this aircraft being rebuilt!Laiden Maiden
By: Rob68 - 8th September 2006 at 22:17
Glad some one is restoring her, every time i saw her at Cov she seemed to get more and more neglected
By: adrian_gray - 7th September 2006 at 16:11
Adrian – await developments on the Lincoln!
Brief and enigmatic – but optimistic too. Waiting with bated breath…
Adrian
By: T J Johansen - 5th September 2006 at 22:04
T.J. I loved that programme. I liked the one Hawke was flying… So rough and ready but they made it. I can never hear Albatross with out thinking of the B-25’s swinging across the screen.
I visited the guy who sold the B-25 “Doolittle Raider” N86427 to Hawke in 1978. He was astounded when I told him the plane had been flown across to Europe. He didn’t see it fit to go around the circuit!
Laden Maiden, aka 44-30925, in better days with the CAF (John Stokes, really) at Airsho ’76 at Harlingen. It carried the same name in Catch-22 when operated by Tallmantz Aviation out of Orange County Airport, California.
Wonderful photo. Thanks for sharing. You wouldn’t by any chance have one of N9455Z as “Tokyo Express”?
T J
By: Peter - 5th September 2006 at 15:48
pm sent
By: David Burke - 5th September 2006 at 15:39
Peter – speak to me by PM
By: aerovin - 5th September 2006 at 15:36
Laden Maiden, aka 44-30925, in better days with the CAF (John Stokes, really) at Airsho ’76 at Harlingen. It carried the same name in Catch-22 when operated by Tallmantz Aviation out of Orange County Airport, California.
By: Peter - 5th September 2006 at 15:00
Does anyone know whats happening to the Lanc parts at sandtoft? The lanc centre section minus spars would really help repair one of the canadian lancs here.
By: Arm Waver - 5th September 2006 at 09:03
Laiden Maiden was her Mitchells do fly in IMC colours.
Gorgeous George-Ann was the film colours.
Both are visible on the website photo of the nose…
T.J. I loved that programme. I liked the one Hawke was flying… So rough and ready but they made it. I can never hear Albatross with out thinking of the B-25’s swinging across the screen.
By: T J Johansen - 5th September 2006 at 06:16
And this was probarbly the best of the lot when they arrived in the UK back in 1978. Too bad that none of them are in flying condition anymore! Ever since I first saw “Mitchells do fly in IMC” this was my favourite B-25. Always hoped that it would be restored to flying some day, but alas… Just have to be happy it didn’t end up as pots and pans I guess…!
T J
By: David Burke - 4th September 2006 at 17:42
Adrian – await developments on the Lincoln!
By: David Burke - 4th September 2006 at 17:41
Texan – She was ‘Laiden Maiden’ before that! I will dig out my photographs of her taken in 1990 at Coventry .
By: adrian_gray - 4th September 2006 at 17:35
Well, good luck with her chaps! Lay off the Kwak until you’ve finished!
To digress somewhat, anyone know what IS (as opposed to be should) happening to the ex-Sandtoft Lincoln?
Adrian
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 4th September 2006 at 17:14
Thought she was Gorgeous George-Ann anyway!
One Helluva project their chaps as PT says – good luck – and we know cos we nearly bought it!
TT
By: philip turland - 4th September 2006 at 16:52
I wish them the best of luck with this project. surveyed this airframe a couple of years back and it was frightening the amount of work and money required to get it back to even a static exhibit standard
exfoliating corrosion in many areas
more cost effective to buy a project in the states rather than re-spar this one
good luck guys
pt
Sign In
September 4, 2006 at 4:10 pm