That’s a bit naive. One has no way of estimating the state of air-frame or engine from a photograph. My (impeccable) sources tell me she is on the way to the UK for restoration, so she obviously needs it!
Great photos again – Many thanks for sharing. The SF.260 D-EMEO, went on to serve with the Burundi Air Force as 9U-ZRD, which may explain the colour scheme.
From “British Flying Boats” by Peter London :
“G-AASE Flying Oma was intended for use by the Hon. A.E Guinness. It was eventually sold to American Mrs June Jewell James who renamed it Windward III and adorned it with a swastika for good luck, which worked in an oblique sort of way: the aircraft crashed but those aboard were saved!”
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