By: EHVB - 26th July 2005 at 22:29
Here 2 recent pics of the ARG Stirling project in Fort Vldhuis in Holland. BW Roger
By: Papa Lima - 26th July 2005 at 21:10
The S.29 Stirling Mk V was an entirely unarmed transport, the prototype being LJ530 and first flown by Geoffrey Tyson in August 1944. 160 were built, all at Belfast.(Putnams)
By: G-ORDY - 26th July 2005 at 20:20
Here are a couple of photos of a Stirling (Mk V I believe), don’t know where or when:
By: Harm-Jan - 26th July 2005 at 19:49
No complete Stirlings survive.
The RAF museum have the motal remains of a crashed Stirling and there are two museums in France and The Netherlands that have some substantial aft-fuselage sections. Also in The Netherlands is a mock-up of a Stirling frontfuselage with many original fittings. A search on this forum should produce more info and some photographs.
There are several initiatives to recover or reconstruct a Stirling and although the people involved do invest a lot of their time and money this has not yet resulted in fysical results (apart from a substantial amount of recreated drawings which in itself is a tribute to the dedication of these people).
Beware; some people on this forum might mention a Stirling that apparently should exist in China. I’ll believe them when the aircraft shows up at Legends.
Harm-Jan
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July 26, 2005 at 6:28 pm