Westland Wallace At Shuttleworth

It looks like this project has stalled.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=88427&highlight=Westland+wallace

Project website..www.wingsovereverest.com

With what is/was it intended to power the Wallace replica?

If the project has stalled, wouldn’t it be a great idea to finish the build for display in one of the UK’s major aviation museums (and providing funding as well of course). Pity that such a nice project is gathering dust in a corner of a hangar.

It’s actually a ‘sister’ replica to the recreation/restoration by Skysport of the essentially identical Westland Wallace II fuselage now in the RAF Museum.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/westland-wallace-ii.cfm

According to the project website the aircraft is ‘40% complete’ and presumably the intention is still to complete it to be airworthy as was the original plan. I guess completing it for display would go against those plans and cost has brought the (building) programme to a (hopefully temporary) stop.

If the project has stalled, wouldn’t it be a great idea to finish the build for display in one of the UK’s major aviation museums (and providing funding as well of course). Pity that such a nice project is gathering dust in a corner of a hangar.
Just my opinion
Cees

An Alvis Leonides 125 from a Sea Prince

It’s actually a ‘sister’ replica to the recreation/restoration by Skysport of the essentially identical Westland Wallace II fuselage now in the RAF Museum.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/westland-wallace-ii.cfm

The RAFM recreation / restoration was made possible thanks to the sets of frames recovered by the founders of Newark Air Museum from woods near RAF Cranwell in the early 1960s.

Stored for many years at the Abbotts Boiler Works in Newark, these were exchanged with the RAFM by the late Neville Franklin in the 1970s.

Am I alone in thinking that the the Everest project is rather strange, I don’t see the point especially using a non standard engine. Don’t get me wrong I would love to see the Wallace restored and flying but the use of a small diameter Leonides, turning a small diameter (probably three blade) prop is going to spoil the whole effect. The Gauntlet in Finland always looks very odd with the Leonides and yet the Flycatcher when it was flying with a Wasp looked very good despite not being a two row like the original types Jaguar.

John

Am I alone in thinking that the the Everest project is rather strange, I don’t see the point especially using a non standard engine. Don’t get me wrong I would love to see the Wallace restored and flying but the use of a small diameter Leonides, turning a small diameter (probably three blade) prop is going to spoil the whole effect. The Gauntlet in Finland always looks very odd with the Leonides and yet the Flycatcher when it was flying with a Wasp looked very good despite not being a two row like the original types Jaguar.

John

I agree John

Its a replica anyway so why go for a Leonides!!!!! A 985 (Wasp) is a far more useable engine and looks the part as well. I would love to see the Wallace flying.