Can anyone share more light on this one?
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1349959/
Doesn’t look to me like the usual Replica Plans job…
By: The Blue Max - 18th June 2012 at 22:38
What was the story with the one at Corwall Aero Park/Flambards at Helston? It certainly looked very good. Where did it end up and is it on display?
I would love to know where all the Replica’s went from there. Particularly the “Flambards” TV series A/C. Only the Blackburn Mercury seems to have surfaced at Elvington.
By: The Blue Max - 18th June 2012 at 22:36
What is happening with this one now? Is it returning to the UK?
Yes it is.
By: Roobarb - 18th June 2012 at 21:57
What was the story with the one at Corwall Aero Park/Flambards at Helston? It certainly looked very good. Where did it end up and is it on display?
By: Mike J - 18th June 2012 at 20:55
John went on to build a replica SE5 to the original drawings and powered with an Hispano Suiza which untill recently was flying with the Memorial Flight in France.
What is happening with this one now? Is it returning to the UK?
By: DazDaMan - 18th June 2012 at 17:18
Ah yes, I should have thought to ask you! 😉
When I looked up the reg on the CAA website, I saw the name “John Tettley” and thought it looked familiar! I didn’t think it was the one that went to France, mind.
One wonders how this one might have fared had the project kept going…
By: The Blue Max - 18th June 2012 at 10:23
Daz you only had to ask!
This was built by John Tettley and a frieand many years ago. Full size with a ply box type construction and was going to be powered by a Gipsy Major. Various issues arose and it was not completed and the project abandoned. John went on to build a replica SE5 to the original drawings and powered with an Hispano Suiza which untill recently was flying with the Memorial Flight in France.
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June 17, 2012 at 11:17 pm