Snow on ground. Freezing cold in hangar, but nothing will stop Bod and the BB team. The wings are back on the BE-2 replica in time for Christmas.
Woo hoo!
More pictures at http://www.biggles-biplane.com
COMPLEMENTS OF THE SEASON TO ALL, AND HERE’S TO ‘BIGGLES BIPLANE’ TAKING TO THE AIR IN 2011!
By: me109g4 - 1st January 2011 at 22:25
if i recall the day he was shot down in his camel he was supposed to go back to England and take over a squadron of Sopwith Snipes if memory serves,, but i will freely admit to not having all his books.
By: me109g4 - 1st January 2011 at 22:22
yes, i have, but he had a camel,, “Biggles of the camel squadron” comes to mind, actually i have a lot of Biggles books that i kept from my youth,
By: The Blue Max - 1st January 2011 at 22:04
I always thought Biggles flew a Sopwith Camel???
Biggles flew lots of things, have you never read one of the books:diablo:
By: The Blue Max - 1st January 2011 at 22:03
Is that Rumplemoth one of the two built in 1961 by John Crewsden at Croydon for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’?
Nope, they left both of those in the dessert:diablo:
By: me109g4 - 1st January 2011 at 18:23
I always thought Biggles flew a Sopwith Camel???
By: low'n'slow - 1st January 2011 at 18:17
Is that Rumplemoth one of the two built in 1961 by John Crewsden at Croydon for ‘Lawrence of Arabia’?
By: Arabella-Cox - 1st January 2011 at 12:30
Thanks for that TBM, a long term query of mine sorted!
By: The Blue Max - 31st December 2010 at 20:54
Looks like one of the Rumpler/Tiger conversions from the Salis collection at Le Ferte alais 😉
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st December 2010 at 20:04
This is pure and simple thread drift, for which I apologise, but many years ago I enjoyed the marathon German TV series Heimat – Eine Deutsche Chronik.
In the first episode, this Biggles Biplane appears briefly. Not having seen Wings for a long time, I wondered if it was one and the same flying replica, but having the chance to compare them now, it obviously isn’t.
It does beg the question, though, which aeroplane is it? A Blue Max survivor, or something from a later movie? Anyone know? Thanks in advance!
By: low'n'slow - 31st December 2010 at 15:35
First we had ‘Biggles Biplane’ in miniature. Now thanks to simulator designer Ted Cook we’ll shortly all be able to fly a virtual BE-2c on FS2004!
It is currently being beta-tested by the people over at www.classicbritishfiles.com
By: low'n'slow - 29th December 2010 at 18:11
Not till we get to fly it! Waiting on some new flying wires at the moment, then some final finishing to do, as we wait for the snow to melt!
‘Baldeagle’ who has been flying the Rumpler replica in the USA, built around the same time, described it as a ‘flying blancmange’, unstable in yaw, but it does everything very slowly!
By: David Burke - 29th December 2010 at 15:47
Are there any reports on what the aircraft is like to fly??
By: G-ASEA - 29th December 2010 at 12:45
Do you get a 1/72 Texas Tomcat (Ben) with it!
Dave
By: low'n'slow - 29th December 2010 at 12:33
Now also available in 1:72nd scale. Most impressive!
By: galdri - 23rd December 2010 at 23:21
Well done chaps! :D:D
She has come along very nicely since I had the pleasure of seeing her (and her stablemates!) this summer. Now the inevitable question! Will she be at Le…..;):D:D
By: G-ASEA - 23rd December 2010 at 23:19
Well done. Looking forward to seeing it next year.
Dave
By: Consul - 23rd December 2010 at 22:45
Well done chaps – brings back memories of when I first saw her at Sywell shortly after her “birth” all those years ago. 🙂
Tim
By: John Aeroclub - 23rd December 2010 at 18:46
Look forwards to seeing it in the air.
John
By: DazDaMan - 23rd December 2010 at 18:36
Great news!
By: ozplane - 23rd December 2010 at 18:26
Excellent work,well done. Is that an Aeronca hiding in the background perhaps?
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