How about a Handley page thread?

What is the story behind this fascinating picture?

Jon

The story starts in 1942 Jon and an outline can be found here with links to information about the recovery of the aircraft etc http://www.archieraf.co.uk/archie/1048tls.html

Hope that helps

Speaking of panniers and Handley-Page…….

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=77657&highlight=pannier

Now I have this idea for a diorama at the RAF Mus.

That’ll be 250 railway sleepers, 1000 Sq. metres of membrane…;)

Mark

What is the story behind this fascinating picture?

Jon

Nice pic longshot, was that a test example, looking at the pannier under the rear fusalage?

Seems to have been based at Pershore…afraid I don’t know the function of the pannier

Ojay dokey Pagan i will try and find the thread and look at it, cheers, meanwhile i am posting some Canberra info of some of the ones dad flew in the EE Canberra thread, take a look xx

Julie

Nice pic longshot, was that a test example, looking at the pannier under the rear fusalage?

I’ve always read it that if they are over 30 years old that they are public domain, and that in any case that you can show them but credit the pictures underneath as ‘crown copyright’, I think there is a thread about this somewhere!:confused:

Hastings WD499 Approaching St Mawgan Summer 1970

Seems a long, long time ago!

HI Pagan,

thanks for replying, would i not have to get permission as these are origionals, sorry but dont wanna get in the brown stuff for posting them anywhere lol

Julie

Then there was the British United HP Hearlad from Balckpool,
a women on holiday took views from the window while airborne which later revealed a UFO passing by very quickly and complete with humps and bumps.

Later a team from the BBC managed to get the same UFO in flight,it was the tip of the tailplane distorted by the window framing.

I think you should be able to post the pics, but anotate them ‘crown copyright’, be nice to see them.

VICTOR TEST PILOT – HANDLEY PAGE

Hi

My Father was a Test Pilot for the Victor Bomber mk1 and mk2 at handley Page, His name was E,R Gordon ( Ted ).

I am currently looking through his flying log books and will post the regs of the Victors that he flew while with HP. He also flew Hastings, Hampden and some others as well but not sure until i look into this deeper.

We have origional Victor pics, but these are stamped with M.O.D copyright to them so not sure about how i could be able to post them anywhere.

I do know that he did fly Teasin Tina and Lusty Lindy as well. i will look up the regs and post the info.

if anyone has any info that may help me with my dads history of flying with not only the Victor but u do have squadren info as well, then please add me a sfriend as i may need help as only a novice at all this.

Cheers xx

The section pictured was recovered by myself and some collegues from Nostell priory nr. wakefield where it had been displayed, We became “involved ” with YAM and subsequently the then “Halifax Project” I donated the section of fuselage after displaying it at several airshows over the years,the then commitee decided that it was of no use to the project and i believe it was scrapped without any thought( it certainly wasnt used )and without consulting me,at the time this piece of fuselage was the third largest piece of surviving halifax and we had spent some time doing cosmetic work on it to tidy it up for display,i dont think its around now as previously stated.:cool:

Dammit!!!! I wish we still had it at S.Y.A.M. 😡 However we do have a section of wing leading edge that came from Elvington I believe,we were also instumental in assisting Blyth Parish Council in errecting a memorial to a 425 Sqn Halifax,parts of which are on display at Doncaster.The memorial also commemerates Wellington HE616 (from R.A.F.Worksop) which came down less than 200 mtrs from the memorial.

The Halifax in question was B.III NA581 KW-U,which was on a daytime test flight from Tholthorpe N.Yorks 2/8/1944 when the aircraft began having engine problems(one of which had caught fire) & despite its predicament the crew were refused permission to land at nearby airfields.Compounding the tragedy,the aircraft was less than 3 miles from R.A.F.Worksop when it crashed.

Eyewitness accounts from the time suggest that the Halifax was extremely low(one account recalls the crew could be seen waving frantically) & the pilot made every effort to avoid crashing on houses in the village,coming down in a field 3/4 of a mile from Blyth on the Hodsock estate,sadly none of the crew survived.

However the saddest part of the episode was that all the crew members had only 1 more mission to do to complete their tour(many of them had written home,no doubt looking forward to going back to Canada) & the pilot was not aware at the time that he had been awarded a D.F.C.

The village of Blyth is on the Nottinghamshire/S.Yorkshire border just off the A1 trunk road,so if you’re passing that way you will find the memorial(in the form of a granite cairn) on the village green,adjacent to the road junction for Worksop.

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As this thread is turning into a celebration of the Handley Page Hastings I thought I’d add this to the mix. all I know is that it was taken in the Canal Zone in the early fifties. Ironic really as the last time a Jeep was dropped on Crash Pans was during ‘Suez’ in 1956.

Have you asked at Newark?

I believe that a quantity of spares may have followed the aircraft out of Scampton back in 1977.

www.newarkairmuseum.org

A couple of shots of Newarks Hastings when it was kept live.

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Does anyone know where I can find a set of four of these levers?

cheers

Cees

A fairly famous event as the three rear crew members became the first people to go supersonic backwards!

I would like to find out more on the HP Hermes ‘Theseus’ V.

XA917, the first production Victor. The nose was used as the crew trainer until the K2s were scrapped.

Just read in the Aeroplane mag that the test pilot flew the Victor at supersonic speed. Wow! Didn’t know my favourite V bomber was that fast!

Bri

Joe’s old thread explains the previous Newark ATC involvement as I understand things this all happened circa 1979 -1980.

During the1990s much work was done by a husband and wife team to get the internal fit up to spec and TG517 has been repainted three times since it arrived to my knowledge. These topics have been well covered through articles in Flypast.

I seem to think that ground running [turning over engine] ceased when Joe et al moved onto ‘real aviation projects’.

The airframe is no longer on loan having been gifted to museum by its previous owner. According to recent museum newsletter TG517 may go inside a third hangar that is being proposed at Newark.