Think it went to Norway/Denmark – don’t know status. It was either ex ‘Flying Firemen’ or one of the Provincial Government Cats.

Wrong Manchester

Thanks,

According to the map they have arrived in Manchester. If so, the ferry goes like a modern airliner so far. Hope to see it next saturday in basle then. 🙂 BW Roger

Intense moment of panic when I saw she’d arrived in Manchester and would therefore be somewhere outside my office window; until I realised it was the one in New Hampshire and not MAN UK. The clear skies and lack of rain in the picture gave it away…

Wonder when we last had a Connie passing through here?

Oops, sorry. That’ll teach me to stray from the Historic Forum – I’m not used to dealing with the future tense….

Mark

How much more of it’s left? I’d always thought it was just chunks, but if there’s talk of putting her back together I assume it’s pretty substatial remains?

John

The good news today, direct from the engineers working on it, is that G-BEPS at Southend IS being made airworthy and will travel out to Australia when ready. Maintenance on the undercarriage is nearly complete and the electrical system is being overhauled. Remaining spares at Prestwick (from the work on 9L-LDQ) are being reviewed to see if there’s anything of use.

9L-LDQ itself is currently grounded with a powerplant snag, which may require a full engine change if remedial action later this week is not successful. Since arriving is Aus it has flown around 200 hours, which is quite respectable in her line of work.

Originally posted by ageorge
Any more info on this one ?? , I never realised there were any 119’s still flying , is the pod mounted jet just used for takeoff ?? or does it run fulltime ?? , thanks.

It was one of the hulks stored at Greybull WY for 20 years, they must have put some hours into getting it airborne again. There’s a pic of it on http://www.airliners.net transiting through Tenerife, looks very smart.

Hawkins and Powers were also flying another G model a couple of years ago, saw it at the CAF show in 2001. Not sure if it’s still operational as it wasn’t flown commercially, just for fun!

There’s an outfit in Alaska hauling fish with a couple of Boxcars, though I believe one may be grounded with engine problems.

Seem to recall that Taiwan or Indonesia still had military examples until recently, or even currently.

Don’t know 100% about the jetpack, but to correct myself, it’s a Westinghouse unit, not GE.

No engines? Ah. Perhaps my source was being rather too optomistic and it is the strip for spares option after all.

Changing the Allison engine in the early Mustang for the Merlin? Not sure if the impetus for this was a supply issue or just somebodys good idea to use an alternative, existing, powerplant.