Not a confirmation as such, but surely any combat between UN forces and Po-2s in Korea must rank amongst the strangest encounters of that war?

I was just wondering in response to your post, Mark, whether you had considered doing A73-2, which was a navigational trainer. No nose turret (so that’s sorted out!), it was assembled from British B.2 components (so no real accuracy issues) and was an unusual aircraft.

Or, you could do “Aries II” or “Aries III”, both British “Lincolnians” with Lancastrian nose sections.

What would be good would be either a B. 2 in the as built “Tiger Force” scheme or an RAAF machine of 1 Squadron with two-hundred-odd operations markings….

With out my Putnams handy…
I’m fairly sure the Viscount resulted from the committee.
Was the H-P Herald (or was that response to the F.27)?

Princess Flying Boat?

The H.P.R. 3/7 Herald was an outgrowth of the Miles Marathon (in its original incarnation). The Marathon was a result of the Brabazon committee’s type 5a requirement.

That Train is only to Ashford Canterbury Dover and Ramsgate;)

James

Well, Ashford is pretty close. It shouldn’t be too hard (I suppose!) to build a station at Lydd – the original passenger building is still there. All you would need to do would be to build a halt, perhaps, and serve it with a shuttle from Ashford station via Appledore. That way, passengers from Eastbourne, Hastings and Brighton could access Lydd with only one change of train, as could passengers from London, Tonbridge, Canterbury and Dover…

You can tell I’m a Kentish railway fan! 😉

Thank gawd such a hideous baby was stillborn!

Oh I dunno, it looks nice in its own way…

I’m glad they stuck to single-seat Attackers, though!

Lots of stories about people (local air aces, people important to Albertan civil aviation, etc.) help attract the masses. However, make sure these displays are accessible, not overwhelming. Don’t stack displays with personal artefacts and bits of aeroplanes up to the ceiling – people won’t read them, and certainly won’t get a good impression of you trying to cram as much in. Almost contradictory to this statement, however, is the suggestion that you need to have lots of things to do, things to see, things to touch, etc. It is hard getting the balance between enthusiast and general public right but it is something you should endeavour to do…

Keep your displays modern. Some museums I go to (admittedly staffed and maintained on a volunteer basis) have displays proclaiming “This exhibit is due to be fully restored by 1990” – and I’m not joking! Not only will this turn off Joe Public, who will think that everything is old and boring, but your average enthusiast will think that you obviously don’t care about your exhibits enough to maintain them properly.

One of my pet hates is a lack of airframe information next to exhibits. When I see yet another Lightning or Hunter and all that the display panel tells me is that the Hunter is a very important 1950s fighter, I despair. I want to know more about this Hunter, what it did, where it went. Who knows, it may even surprise me! If you want to avoid making all the information about the aircraft directed at the enthusiast, then go ahead, tell your average public about the importance of aeroplane XYZ and what it is, but provide information for those who want more…