Does anyone know what colors were used on the two DH 53s at Lympne? They were numbered 8 and 12 for the trials and look to have clear doped wings with two-tone colors separated by a pin stripe on the fuselage. Here’s a photo of number 12.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
By: Buzzard Bait - 10th January 2014 at 00:38
Thanks for responding, but I do share your doubt about the reliability of the caption. I have seen pictures of the prototype that could be interpreted to be blue and silver, but all the pictures I’ve seen of the DH 53s at Lympne show translucent flying surfaces that I think must have been clear doped. Also, it seems pretty clear that the fuselage had two colors, not one.
Maybe there is no record of how they were painted. Too bad there isn’t some nice doggerel like the one about the Gloster Gannett…
Engine feeling very blue,
Fuselage same color too.
Jim
By: wieesso - 8th January 2014 at 18:28
Maybe this is of any help…
“The DH.53 Humming Bird, painted in its original colors at shown at the Lympne competition in 1923.”
http://fly.historicwings.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/HighFlight-Hummingbird6.jpg
Don’t know if this caption is reliable…
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January 8, 2014 at 5:23 pm