Portsmouth Aviation Aerocar G-AGNJX. Info?

And the giant nose access door -which just HAS the potential to come open in flight and end the flight!

And the giant nose access door -which just HAS the potential to come open in flight and end the flight!

Can you imagine the din sitting just between those motors! Another well thought out British design.

Oh I don’t know, but it looks like you could use the propellor blades to prop the cockpit doors open when parked. :rolleyes:

Can you imagine the din sitting just between those motors! Another well thought out British design.

Oh I don’t know, but it looks like you could use the propellor blades to prop the cockpit doors open when parked. :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the links. The pdf brochure is quite interesting.

Thanks for all the links. The pdf brochure is quite interesting.

Can you imagine the din sitting just between those motors! Another well thought out British design.

Can you imagine the din sitting just between those motors! Another well thought out British design.

Take a look at http://www.portav.com/docs/portav-downloads/portsmouth-aviation-aerocar.pdf and http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=84967 and http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9341.0. But as Pagen01 has said, there’s plenty about it on the web. Search and ye shall find!

Take a look at http://www.portav.com/docs/portav-downloads/portsmouth-aviation-aerocar.pdf and http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=84967 and http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9341.0. But as Pagen01 has said, there’s plenty about it on the web. Search and ye shall find!

For good background material on the Aerocar , including the stillborn plans to build the aircraft in India, read “Spithead Express” by Christpher Balfour (son of Lionel Balfour – founder of PSIOWA and Portsmouth Aviation).

ISBN is 0951942387, published by Magna Press.

For good background material on the Aerocar , including the stillborn plans to build the aircraft in India, read “Spithead Express” by Christpher Balfour (son of Lionel Balfour – founder of PSIOWA and Portsmouth Aviation).

ISBN is 0951942387, published by Magna Press.

So do I:)

So do I:)

I’d never heard of this type until seeing the playing cards today. I quite like it in a strange kind of way.

I’d never heard of this type until seeing the playing cards today. I quite like it in a strange kind of way.

Typo 😮

Typo 😮

I’m not sure that’s right as G-AGJM was a BOAC Hythe flying boat. Where is avion ancien when you need him?

I’m not sure that’s right as G-AGJM was a BOAC Hythe flying boat. Where is avion ancien when you need him?