Seems a shame that this is being left to rot, which Prentice is this?…………….Martin
http://theflyingengineer.com/training/aerospace-engineering-in-india-the-gaps/
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By: Bunsen Honeydew - 4th June 2018 at 13:45
How is it I’ve been to India seven times and outside the airports not seen anything aviation other than a Sea Hawk on a stick?
By: dp_burke - 3rd June 2018 at 21:39
If I’ve done this correctly… image ought to be centered on her.
Dropped pin
near 8575012908, El Monte, CA 91731, USA
By: olly_s - 3rd June 2018 at 19:34
Dumped plane in India? One of the buried spitf- wont dare say that on here :p
By: Elmdon Boy - 2nd June 2018 at 19:36
He obviously doesn’t want to sell it!
By: longshot - 2nd June 2018 at 18:27
Did Edgar Percival claim to have designed the Prentice single handed like his pre-war work or was he more reticent about it ?
By: buzzbeurling - 2nd June 2018 at 17:57
I have an update on the Prentice in America. I flew into El Monte, California(one of the many airports in the Los Angeles area) the other day and the Prentice was sitting outside in the sun. It pretty much looks the way you see it in the picture(ie it definitely needs work to get to flying condition). It certainly didn’t look like it was under restoration but that is just a guess on my part. I talked to the owner(very nice chap) who has several other types from this era and earlier and he said that it was for sale.
By: DH82EH - 2nd June 2018 at 01:49
1.5 Million!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t you get a Spitfire for that money?
OK, maybe not, but come on!
By: avion ancien - 1st June 2018 at 21:26
That’ll have Freddie Laker turning in his grave!
By: WebPilot - 1st June 2018 at 15:14
I gather N1041P / VS385 was up for sale last year with an asking price of US$1.5m!
By: 24 Threshold - 1st June 2018 at 01:20
US Prentice
Prentice N1041P, as it was at Camarillo Ca in October 1995.
By: WebPilot - 31st May 2018 at 12:23
349 built, of which 17 remain I believe. All built in the UK except the HAL built aircraft
There are 3 or 4 flyers in the UK (or at least recently airworthy) and 1 in the USA that was being rebuilt but I’ve no idea of its current status other than wearing a lurid WW2 camouflage scheme
By: kartman - 31st May 2018 at 11:43
Many thanks for that, so how many in total were produced and in which countries, is there a list of surviving airframes worldwide? I know most were smelted after purchase by Aviation Traders…………..Martin
By: WebPilot - 31st May 2018 at 11:29
It’s one of the 55 HAL-built examples, possibly HV895, though the data plate information isn’t very clear. There’s one other survivor in the IAF museum.
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