Hi Ian the pilots name was Sub/Lt J S Hornby. From New Zealand.

Thanks; and thanks also for doing this for a New Zealander.

Seem to recall reading somewhere that the Norwegian AF had some Northrop N-3PB floatplanes which were based in the UK then Iceland…they might have been used.

Also another thought is that the Dutch had some Fokker T.VIII-W floatplanes which made it to the UK and were supposedly used on clandestine missions to Norway.

Listen to Amelia , she has already told us where she is

Too true…

Agree yakman – pity that a video is posted of that rather than it’s displays…

Well – he was flying it beautifully at Dijon Darois the day he took it up to the show…

Hi Tim

This is the message on your Messages which you get when you click on ‘cotteswold’…

Hello My Dear Chap,

Please forgive my intrusion. I have noticed from your postings that you are a former RAF pilot of the war years. That is fairly well brilliant enough!

However, two recent posts of yours really set my eyebrows in an upwards direction. In one, you posted a photo with signature of Mikhail Gromov!! I wonder to myself, “how on earth did this bloke get such an item!?”

Then, I just looked at another thread where you have listed the aircraft which you have flown. On this sheet there is written on the left collumn, in Russian, “trainer” (Uchebniy, or учебний). Thus, I wonder, “how on earth did you know to spell that”? Indeed, I also wonder what aircraft was this trainer, assuming that you flew it?

May I be so bold to ask if you might have been with 151 Wing in Murmansk? If not, what was your connection to the USSR in the war years which allowed for these two extraordinary items to be possible?

Please forgive my curiosity, but you see my name is Erik Pilawskii, Soviet VVS historian. [you may see my website if you like http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/ ] Your items have really quite piqued my interest. And I wonder what other fascinating things you have to offer?

Yours in History, and with my greatest respect. Erik

Hope this helps

Best regards

Ian

Some excellent photos on this link…scroll down

http://forum.pegase.tv/viewtopic.php?t=4286&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=690

TV surfing in the other night came across..’Amelia – The Final Flight’ where they had used a Beech18 in what was a reasonable movie which emphasised Mantz’s uneasiness with her experience to complete the flight. No idea when it was made as didn’t watch the credits…