well today was the day the last parts of douglas invader 4434172 left england for her new home in france.we travelled to snetterton and loaded both main wings onto a lowloader and by now they should be in calais.shame all the work i did on her is past use by and out of shelf but at least she will fly with her new owners.brought back lots of memories of my time on it after not seeing the wings for three years.the last time she sat on her wheels was in the old national airways hanger my employer purchased which by weird twists of fate i ended up working on her and moving to kent to ash and then shifting her to manston then to yarmouth way and then canterbury and norfolk.at about one this afternoon the wings were on the dartford bridge.the highest they have been for twenty years.
By: belfastboy - 24th February 2012 at 22:35
at the moment i am doing gmcs and jeeps.i tarted the panther up for our show a few years ago just to get all the bits in one place.we have far more important vehicles to do first.there are a few running panthers whereas we have some much much rarer pieces which many people arent interested in cos they arent big gun tanks.we have a converted sexton,extremely rare and used in an important op,a aec command vehicle,only one left.our invader cockpit was sold on too as was the steen skybolt.our three flak 38ts are more likely to get done before anything else german.
By: PanzerJohn - 24th February 2012 at 22:18
At least they will have the cash to to restore their Panther tank!.
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February 24, 2012 at 9:41 pm