Looks like a scaled up Raven…….

Macrahannish had a few hush hush things going on, mainly involving the US Navy Seals, but it was also a commercial airport.

The REAL secret squirrel base in Scotland was West Freugh – even slowing down whilst driving past the perimeter saw you being followed by sinister men in unmarked cars (The Scottish equivalent of the Area 51 Cammo Dudes!)

It is the very same Defender that was used in the trials of the ASTOR radar, but what its current equipment fit is as of today, is so far unconfirmed.

Bit of thread ressurection – was the ASTOR Islander the same airframe as the AEW Islander – ZG989 now carries the same radome as the AEW aircraft.

Recovered with the help of PSP from one of the thinnest negatives in my collection.

I took this circa 1958 at Cranfield.

Mark

Nice one Mark, I only know a few published photos of the airframe – there is one that is often published ‘reversed’

Didn’t they bury a Devon fuselage at Farnborough in the 60s to fill a breach in the river/canal?

Try searching it on G-INFO for G-CDTI

yes, that’s where it’s registered, but i wonder where the metal is!

There is a colour photo of a B-17 out of the Azores in B-17 in ACtion

Apart from the Barnes Wallis designs of the Vickers Wellesley, Wellington and Warwick, have any other aircraft had geodetic construction? It seemed to prove to be a winner for strength but I guess it must have been more difficult to manufacture aircraft with this structure. Were there any other downsides? I mean it didn’t seem to catch on despite the success of the Wellington.

The original Vickers G4/31 Type 236 had a geodetic fuselage, very similar to the Wellesley (Designed as a private venture to the same spec). The 236 was predered, but the Wellesly was so superior that the oreder was changed to those.

It has been reported that the Viking, Valetta and Varsity all retained geodetic structures under the metal skin, but I’d love some confirmation or denial of that.