Nice article and great photos.
I’m really pleased to see that the C46 is still pulling a wage somewhere.
I don’t think we ever had many in Europe –at least i can’t remember seeing many pictures of European C46s.
I think everybody knows what you mean.
You might not need to be an idiot, but slightly crazy is a must.
Good luck with the project.
I once tried something similar with a Pembroke, but had a very hard time finding “likeminded idiots”. Plenty wanted to assist with work and other forms of aid, but when it came to cash-flow, they backed out.
Hopefully you will have more luck.
(I’m in Denmark so I would not be able to join your project)
First flight: RDAF KZ 7 (Kramme & Zeuthen).
Age: < 1 year.
Memory: 0.
First flight memory: RDAF C47.
Age: 2-3.
Memory: Noice, Dakota smell (maybe all old transoprters smell the same, but to me its a Dakota smell).
Still sipping my morning coffe, so these might stink…
A rare glimpse into the 9th dimentional mechanics of an aircraft taking off.
“Steady now Hopkins, its a walk in the park”.
“Sergeant Majors marching up and down the square! Left, right, left…”
Unknown to most people, Avro first introduced the Vulcan as a small fighter aircraft, but lost to the competing Hawker Hurricane. A spokesman from Avro announced “This is very unfair, we are taking our aircraft, and we are going home.”
“This is not Margate beach!”
Some from above i really liked (if we are voting on them later):
The Vulcan Aerodynamic Braking demo team do their walk-through.
The Labour government announced new plans to “downsize” the RAF.
I tell you it’d be far easier to deflate it before we got to the car
I’m generally not in favour of British aircraft design lines (not talking about performance), as “sexyness” often seem to take 2nd seat (and rightly so), but this bird always strikes me as one of the few times, where a British design department was able to make a large aircraft look sexy.
With a 35 year service span, it must have had more then good looks.
The European Thanksgiving.
I can’t even begin to express what we owe those men.
Great post!
I agree with the general consensus about the state of channel aircraft. Its very unlikely, that there is anything mechanical worth recovering.
However, the main thing still left in the channel, are the airmen who went down with some of the aircraft. No matter the state of their aircraft after so many years in sea water, those men deserves to be recovered, or at the very least found.
I thought it was catered……….
Looks like the break is right in section 41. There was a structure mod for that area about 10 years ago. Maybe there is a connection.
A 747 should not break in two, no matter how much you abort a take off.
Nice to see that there is a good warbird scene in Norway and Sweden. Hopefully Denmark will get a few birds airborne and join the Scandinavian scene soon.
Hi Rich,
I think most of the landfills are just that – chopped up remains of little value (other than a historic one).
I’m hoping to get a search in this summer, on a site where a RAF Disarmament wing scrapped around 70 German aircraft (45-46). I don’t expect to find any substantial remains, as most was carted away to the melter, but maybe there are a few bits and bobs.
The places where large numbers of aircraft were scrapped, would have been cleared after the scrapping. What is left might be the small bits, that didn’t fit on the removal trucks, or simply was overlooked.
However, there are planes missing. Some might have been “stolen” from post-war holding sites, others, like the missing museum aircraft in Germany, would have been hidden to avoid damage. These things are what keeps people looking and talking about it.
The last barnfind has not been made 😉
It seems like the far one has been touched up, as the reg is very clear.
I would guess, that the pic was altered and the person altering it, thought that AIHI was on all Geminis. (is the plural Gemenii?)
Looks well knackered…..
So the price seems ok i guess. Could be the basis for a lot of fun 😉
WOW!
Thats some price…..
Serviced in 1959, which technically means its unserviced and needs another full service before aviation use.