Old Warden's Westland Wallace Replica

Thanks indeed DH for the link.
Of course there is a Wapiti of sorts with the Indian Air Force museum.
The Wapiti at least started off with DH 9a ( “Nine Ack”) Wings as a cheap and cheerful stop-gap for an over stretched and cash-strapped pre expansion air force ( sounds familiar?)
It would indeed be lovely to see one of the D.H. 9a/Westland Wapiti/Wallace family recreated in the U.K. .

So are there two Wallace reps, and if so why?
There certainly needs to be a Wapiti replica, that is a very important type that sems to be missing.

Have you seen this older thread?
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=36647&highlight=Westland+Wallace+Replica

Whoops sorry!, a silly slip.
A Wallace 11 allegedly. Has anybody got the relationship ( if any) with the “Shuttleworth” fuselage to hand?
(IIRC for the film there were to be replicas of both the PV3 “Houston-Westland” and the Wapiti VII/P.V.6/ Wallace 1 prototype. )

There certainly was a Wapiti Fuselage at Hendon some years ago : it was near the Southampton IIRC.

Not a Wapiti but a Wallace and still on show.

Anne.

There certainly was a Wapiti Fuselage at Hendon some years ago : it was near the Southampton IIRC.

Was the fusalage displayed at RAFM Hendon for a while, seems Like i have seen it?

Yeah, it does mention that film on the Skysport website (thanks for the link, New Forest!)

I recall meeting a guy in the mid 80’s who was working on a film script for a “fictionalised” account of the flight over Everest ( lots of lurv interest etc.)
I think this may well be linked as flying replicas were mooted.

What’s nineteen years, it first flew seventy seven years ago!:D

Thanks for that!-so work stopped 19 years ago??-i dont hold out a lot of hope, then!

I was told by my Dad who was working on the SG38 (EON 7) glider, That all work on the Wallace had stopped,

Dave

The project was started by Skysport and stopped in 1989 when the funding ran out. The project is stored until a new sponsor is located.

http://www.skysportengineering.co.uk/film.htm

I think its owned by a group trying to re enact the everest flight-not the collection

Work seems to have stopped on the fuselage which has been stored / displayed at the back of one of the hangars for several years now. Of course work may be ongoing with wings or engine.

Is this project actually part of the collection even, or is it just housed there?