Yep thats an AT-11 must have been a very small torpedo! Think we need to see the pic agent86. Only thing I can think of is it might be a lockheed 14, but even with those they were not torpedo equiped???
The AT-11 version was a bomber trainer version with a transparant nose. Thought they were used by the USAAF purely to drup small dummy bombs, there can’t be much clearance for a torpedo below the aircraft???? :confused:
Just caught the end of it, a poor sequel, but then again they didn’t have many mossies to use(how many?). At least they had some flying 😡 .
May I be the first today they didn’t have mk 19 Ansons in 1944 :rolleyes: .
You have two issues here. DVD’s are regionalised, there to stop cheap imports.UK/Europe being region 2, USA and Canada region 1.some players will not accept other regions. You will have to check if its a multi region player.
You may however be ok if you want to watch aviation dvd’s from the UK as I doubt they are regionalised?
You will also have problems with the PAL/NTSC issue. Most PAL players will play NTSC but most NTSC will not play PAL. My guess is that if its a cheap player you may be out of luck,sorry. Best to RTFM(read the f*** manual 😉 )
Thanks for your tips guys, I now know not to fiddle with the originals in the future. I think thats a good excuse to revisit Hendon and Duxford over the holidays so I can get some proper shots 😀 .
After reading it one here I tried bonusprint.com, the results were mixed. I sent through 25 prints for just under £4. The few that were straight out of my camera were impressive. The problem came with those from a whille ago that I saved on my pc. I reduced their size to 8X6 inch so I could view them. The bonusprint software require the to be around 1600×1200 to be printed this makes them pixalated on the prints. Its noticeable on the edges of wings etc. Any tips to make these look better?
Just becauise I missed the I out :rolleyes: , I am sure he would not mine.
Knowing my luck I would be ‘Simon’ lost on the training mission..
‘dacka,dacka,dacka,dacka,dacka… I though you might have come out of the sun… don’t think… look for the bas***ds’…..
Some lights at Hendon would sure be appreciated and I can agree with the lets move it to a airfield sentements. Duxford is always much more exciting as most of the aircraft seem alive.
Personally at Hendon I would move out most of the choppers and put in a
C-47 as Hendon does not have a single transport aircraft. Plus would squeeze in a Shack too…
On the wants list
realistic
Boston
Brigand
Baltimore
Mohawk/Tomahawk
just about possible
Hornet
Buffalo
I wish..
Stirling
Whitley
Miles Master
Vickers Vildebeest
Michael Cane please’ Either we take off or blow up!’ 😀
Followed by a quick remake of Zulu, thousands of em!! :rolleyes:
It’s all down to history really. The RAF kept a Hurricane and Spitfire airworthy through the 50’s and 60’s for the annual BoB flypast over London and for a few other shows, there not being they many at the time. In my 1969 ‘Wrecks & Relics’ it is referred at the RAF historic flight with Hurricane LF363 and Spits AB910,PM631 and PS853. I guess the Battle of Britian memorial flight sounded better as it was something the man in the street could relate to.
The Lanc became avilable in the late early 70’s I think and this was the natural place for it. The dak was added when it was retired from trials use and as with the Lanc it was the natural place for it. The WW2 memorial flight would be a better name for it.
John Derry also got to mach 1 in the DH108 . He was on a high speed dive and was going to pull out and while switching off the recording instruments momentary lost control and went through the barrier.
According to Farnborough test pilot Eric ‘winkle’ Browns book, and he flew them, the 163 was uncontollable at .84 and the 262 at .89. The 163 killed more of its own pilots than it did of the enemy. It looks like it would have taken some pilot to take it through the barrier and live.
And may I be the 1st to say that the Miles M52 would no doubt had been the 1st to reach mach1 in level flight insted of the X-1 ‘M52 copy 😉 ‘!
There should have been two more had not the two ex RAF exhibition flights mk16’s TE311 and TB382 had been quietly donated for spares to the BBMF. How much did these contribute to flyers seeing they are different mk’s than their flyers?
It’s apparent to me there’s lots of Lancastrian knowledge here so my apologies for the ignorant question, but perhaps someone won’t mind providing a quick lesson? Mt position is I know next to nothing about Lancastrians – and I thought they were all conversions of Lancasters. Are you saying Robbelc that they, or some of them anyway, were new build? And are you also saying that a coverted ex-miltary Lancaster was less economical to run than a Lancastrian?
I appreciate I’m reading between the lines a fair bit here, butr merely reflects my ignorance on this subject.
Looks like this has been allready answered but what what I know that some were modified from standard Lancs in the early production stages(those in the G-AHBT-HCE series) and a few were conversions of allready used Lancs. Many more were reserved for civil use than actually became civil, many went as Lancastrian III’s to the RAF.
Would be interesting to know how long Alitalia flew their 5 for and on what routes? Any ideas?
according to Putnams ‘British Aircraft since 1919’ all Avro 691 Lancastrains were built, or converted for pax use although some were used for frieght at the end of their lives.
BSAAC had 4 standard Lancaster 1’s converted into freighters. They had the elongated nose but were window less, and had no tail come just a painted over turrett. They only lasted around a year as they were very uneconomical.
However one of these G-AGUM was sold to Airtech Ltd at Thame for fitting of a pannier for the airlift.’GUM was scraped at Dunsfold 1949.
Wreck & Relics 3 are full of this sort of thing including a ex USAF C-47 used as a football pitch changing room!!! I will dig it out later.