Blenheim project update

Cheers for the accident report link.

Fuel indeed
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_avsafety_pdf_025507.pdf

Here it is at the last Coventry Airshow (2003). Note the pilot making the most of the weather before his display 😎

Great pics Darren – thanks everso for sharing!

TT

1930’s fuel system ergonomics.

Eh?! :confused:

http://www.bristolblenheim.com

Update video before the wings went on including shots of the car

1930’s fuel system ergonomics.:)

WA$.

Looking very good, there!

Can someone just remind me what it was that caused this last prang, please?

Their was a photo of the MK1 nose in Flypast when the Car was given to Blenhiem team, many years ago

Brilliant. I wonder when the last flight of a short nose Blenheim was? Well before 1945, I’m sure.

Not sure, as unless it was either stock footage or well-used models, two or three of them appeared in the classic The Way to the Stars, from memory, and that came out in 1945….

You beat me to it!

I’ve always wondered about that footage. I’m sure it wasn’t models and if it was stock footage it was well ‘grafted’ into the film.

Great photos. And yes, excellent progress!

Wasn’t this Mk1 nose ‘preserved’ as a home-built car? Does anybody have a photo?

WA$.

Not sure, as unless it was either stock footage or well-used models, two or three of them appeared in the classic The Way to the Stars, from memory, and that came out in 1945….

It occurred to me that short nose Blenheims were built in Finland and so I checked in the Putnam “Bristol Aircraft since 1910”, which says there were 45 Mk 1 and 10 mk IV built, but 5 of the Mk IV were not completed by the armisitice and then abandoned. In 1945 about 40 were serviceable and were flown until 1956 on forestry and survey duties, becoming the last Blenheims in service anywhere. If there were only 5 Mk IV then there must have been Finnish short noses flying after 1945 and possibly into the 50s! I know there are short nose parts extant in Finland, although the last flyer BL200 was a Mk IV.

Brilliant. I wonder when the last flight of a short nose Blenheim was? Well before 1945, I’m sure.

Not sure, as unless it was either stock footage or well-used models, two or three of them appeared in the classic The Way to the Stars, from memory, and that came out in 1945….

Brilliant. I wonder when the last flight of a short nose Blenheim was? Well before 1945, I’m sure.

Looks very good.

Nice pics DH – a superb job they’re doing as ever. Looking forward to seeing it with a “proper” Blenheim nose on instead of the Bollingbroke nose for a change.

Great stuff – looking forward to seeing her airborne again 🙂

Wonderful to see!

Thanks Darren – keep em coming!

Roy.

Looks lovely. I did see it last week end. Cant wait to see her fly, always have had a soft spot for the Mk 1