He’s a challenging one..
We have a film set in 1920 where we see three people arrive by air (the suggestion is a pilot and two passengers). Now I’m not only struggling to think of anything suitable thats flying but even anything static we could use on the ground and cheat the flying bit with CGI.
Any thoughts clever people of the forum?
By: snafu - 28th February 2014 at 19:58
At last – going beyond dressing Tiger Moths up because it was easier!
Now if only someone would get a few genuine Bf109’s to replace those ersatz things in that celluloid monstrosity that was The Battle Of Britain…!*;o)
*I am joking, honest.
By: J Boyle - 28th February 2014 at 18:40
To fit two passengers in a Jenny they would have to be children.
By: Mike J - 28th February 2014 at 16:17
There isn’t exactly a glut of Jennies in the UK
By: Sideslip - 28th February 2014 at 16:12
Yes, definately the DH51, and I’m sure the Shuttleworth Collection would find a good use for the income; and I believe the top decking infront of the front cockpit just slides forward for the 3 seat configuration.
By: Arabella-Cox - 28th February 2014 at 15:07
How about a JN-4 Jenny? Fits the period and was used for some civilian operators. Can squeeze a second pax in there. I would think it would be close enough for 99% of the public. Likely only a few spotters here and a few other places would care.
By: Lazy8 - 28th February 2014 at 14:35
I did say “represent”… EBIR is configured as a two-seater, but the basic DH.51 design allowed for a second passenger seat in front. So the three-seat DH.51 had a pilot with two passengers in front of him, whereas the civil DH.9 had a passenger behind the pilot and one in front of him, otherwise the two aircraft are quite similar. (To make things even more complicated, the rear seat on the DH.9 was just wide enough to fit two people side-by-side, and occasionally that did happen, making it a four-seater…)
By: Propstrike - 28th February 2014 at 14:34
Avro 504’s were configured for two or three pax for post-war joyriding.
By: Taifun - 28th February 2014 at 14:09
Shuttleworth’s DH.51 was painted up to represent an Aircraft Transport and Travel DH.9 (pilot and two pax, correct for 1919-20) for the British Airways ‘Heritage’ advert a while ago. I don’t know if they’ve put it back into it’s ‘proper’ colours yet.
Ooops – how embarrassing. I did that commercial but always thought it was a two seater..
:-/
By: Lazy8 - 28th February 2014 at 13:21
Shuttleworth’s DH.51 was painted up to represent an Aircraft Transport and Travel DH.9 (pilot and two pax, correct for 1919-20) for the British Airways ‘Heritage’ advert a while ago. I don’t know if they’ve put it back into it’s ‘proper’ colours yet.
By: Ross_McNeill - 28th February 2014 at 13:15
DH.51?
Three seat tourer
Ross
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