Have had this pic for a while now. My Mother bought it a a flea market while on hols somewere for 5p.
Its obviously a Sanders Roe Prinsess Flying Boat under construction on the IOW
What I would like to Know is whch one and when was it taken.
Regards
Mark
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th December 2009 at 11:28
Some footage of the Princess on You tube.
By: wieesso - 29th December 2009 at 10:08
. . . or this one http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Transports/44L.jpg
By: chumpy - 29th December 2009 at 08:44
Meant to add this..not sure where the photo came from.
By: chumpy - 29th December 2009 at 08:40
The photo shows G-ALUN ‘cocooned’, rather than under construction, circa 1963.
One of my earliest boyhood memoiries was gazing up at it…just wishing I could get inside!
By: wieesso - 29th December 2009 at 05:20
To begin with WHAT and WHERE: Princess at West Cowes.
Here is a pic from 1953.
– Princess Flying Boat Cowes Isle of White (1953) –
http://gb.fotolibra.com/images/previews/170599.jpeg?1187034999
And an aerial view from West Cowes
http://www.philbrace.com/Aerial%20Pics%20Web%20Site/IOW06%20-%20Cowes%20Marina%20&%20The%20River%20Medina.jpg
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December 28, 2009 at 8:42 pm