Lobster …..but it’s not a Rapide. It is a de Havilland twin but an even rarer beauty, a Dragonfly (as the OP mentioned). One of only two worldwide and the sole UK based example.
I like your thinking Banupa …would also be nice to see Spitfire G-AIDN in its 1960s light blue racing scheme …..I don’t think it would ever happen, but oldies like me can dream 😉
A great deal is on display – why not pop along and enjoy a day there – better than wondering. 🙂 I first went to the museum in the year it opened and have always been impressed by the quality of the displays and their development over the years. It’s also commendable that they open their storage area – many museums across the world do not.
The release of that Curtiss was covered in the then aviation press about 1967. IIRC it was transferred straight from store. I have seen it in Canada. Here is a link to a detailed background:
Nice quality images Wallace. That final creation looks like the bird is thrashing about trying to get out of its cage ….or is it a tribute to Bananarama? 😉
Bloody annoying text contantly stuck over the images though, you don’t get a chance to actually really look at it. 🙁
Don’t understand this criticism as only few preview b & w stills have text over them – if you watch the lengthy and good quality colour video which then follows, it provides a very clear and detailed look at all aspects.
Both didn’t vanish – one went to Loughborough College and is now owned privately. When visiting the present owner I saw it hanging in his workshop only a few months ago.
Interesting programme – but having shown the substantial remains of the original aircraft there is no mention of what happened to that significant artefact. Even if parts were used as a pattern the original material provides the link to its history so is hopefully retained in parallel to the recreation?
HAC.1 was an Avro 504K replica built by Viv Bellamy and eventually registered as G-ATXL. Just to complicate matters, however, there was also an HAC-01 which was the c/n given on the original paper records form for Avro Triplane replica G-ARSG even though it was later given a TRI-1 c/n !
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