By: Bluebird Mike - 20th February 2005 at 11:14
Arrrggghhhh! Another budgie perch!!!!
By: Whitleyfreak - 19th February 2005 at 19:08
Papa Lima,
You really did the GRAND tour! Nice photo’s.There was a proposal for a new site for the museum in Langley. I hope it goes through, I hate to see the Hampden out in the rainey weather 6 months out of the year.
Cheers,
Todd
P.S – I haven’t made it out to Hooters to see if your photo is on the wall. I will soon. I’ll give my regards to all the nice ladies for you. 🙂
By: Papa Lima - 19th February 2005 at 15:31
. . . as you can see, it’s pretty well hemmed in!
By: Papa Lima - 19th February 2005 at 15:28
Hampden in Canada
Just to show the one in Canada . . .
By: Charley - 19th February 2005 at 14:44
Sounds similar to the proposal to new-build a static Whirlwind that was running on a WIX board some time ago. Apparently that proposal never went any further because one of the driving forces had to drop out. I gather they were having a lot of trouble being able to accurately obtain fuselage dimensions. I suppose a Whitley or Hampden might be even more difficult because they are bigger aircraft but at least there are substantial Hampden remains to help the process.
By: Whitleyfreak - 18th February 2005 at 23:34
Hi Elliott,
I thought maybe he had. I tried to email you awhile back. He had an oil tank from my Uncles Whitley wreckage. I heard it was for sale at an Aerojumble over your way. Did you come across it by any chance? I can’t think of a better place for it to go. It’s a good thing I came over when I did last year…
Nice to hear from you!
Todd
By: Whitley_Project - 18th February 2005 at 15:22
There are drawings for the Whitley, but not a complete set – I doubt there is a complete set for the Hampden either. This is the reason so much emphasis is placed on recoveries and reverse engineering. To build a batch of airworthy Whitley’s would be a very difficult job – many of the systems parts are vitually unobtainable and we have hoovered most of the available ones up. It would be great though, of course!
Todd – did you hear that Mr Reynolds had died? Very sad news.
Cees,
They’ve done a pretty bang up job on the Hampden here in British Columbia. Considering it was an absolute wreck after they pulled it from Patricia Bay. I had a good look at the airframe not to long ago and it looked fairly straight forward. The Whitley on the otherhand…There’s a question for Elliott! Are there complete drawings for the Whitley????
Cheers,
Todd
By: Whitleyfreak - 18th February 2005 at 14:46
Cees,
They’ve done a pretty bang up job on the Hampden here in British Columbia. Considering it was an absolute wreck after they pulled it from Patricia Bay. I had a good look at the airframe not to long ago and it looked fairly straight forward. The Whitley on the otherhand…There’s a question for Elliott! Are there complete drawings for the Whitley????
Cheers,
Todd
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