This forum couldn’t even get it together to buy the Shackleton cockpit a few years ago, and that was only about £700! in the end one forum member alone bought it (probably in shear exasperation!) so I doubt there will be a syndicate bid (unless of course it is relisted with a 99p start……..)

The main reason for a flying boast was that it did not need an airfield, building a runway for a beast like that would be a mile long. I do not think there was a runway any where in the world long enough to land or take off the Goose.

Even the “goose” would only be able to carry a miniscule amount of cargo compared to a ship, let alone how you would ship huge quantities of fuel in an A/C ; but the essence of my response, to the original post, (in italics) was that a flying boat, has to spend an amount of it’s time in the water (both loading and unloading) and that makes it vunerable to attack. (unfortunately nothing to do with the thread origin though)

Is it simply leverage? it is always said that looping a spitfire can be achieved with two fingers, but it is heavy in the roll, and that is presumably because only the top section of the stick moves. (for aileron control)

“Taken from the tower at Thorpe Abbotts”.

The number on the side of the bonnet (hood) appears to be the same, coincidence?

I assumed you would read my speculation as a partial retraction of one leg…on landing.

Mark

I have now!

I seem to remember that some of the displayed items were on loan, from an old friend of mine who now runs the Combined Services museum over at Maldon.

“This aircraft looks to me like a pile of junk in a bad paint job”

What is it you are seeing that I’m not?

“the Saunderses and Arnolds of this world were God-like and certainly not approachable”.

Thank god thats changed then…….(sorry is that not serious enough for this forum?)