Complete Sunderlands/Sandringhams in existance are, as far as I know:
One in New Zealand
One in Hendon
One in IWM Duxford
One in Florida (US)
One in Oregon (US)

Wasn´t there one in Paris as well? Or am I making things up?

The poster might not be an English speaker/writer.
That might be the reason why this looks so awkward.

I would be tempted to do a very detailed pre – flight inspection if I was to take over the aircraft after a display like that!
Also of great interest is the share physical strength this man is displaying! Flying a DC-4/C-54 (what ever you want to call it) like that takes brute strength – and a VERY good flight engineer. Look at the restart on #3 and #4. That flight engineer certainly knows what he is doing.

As for the pilot – does anyone know if he is still alive??

Actually, I would go with tacho drives like TonyT.

Hi Ken
If you have not had any luck by the 7th of August, I´ll post the photos you need, and then some!. I´ll not be at home until then

Regards,
Sigurjon

Wyvernfan, I´m sorry, but you are clutching at straws by comparing Farnborough ´52 with “resent” crashes (the P38 and the Firefly)!! They have NOTHING in common – except the fact that the accident in 1952 lead to the setting of rules concerning Airshows that are still in use today and have prevented ANY member of the UK public dying as a result of an airshow crash.

The Ramstein accident is not comparable as it is in another country (Germany) that had (has??) different rules regarding Airshows.

Why did the tail cone detatch?

Regards,

kev35

I think there might be a little bit more to this than the news will have you believe!! I agree with you, the tail cone detachment is most peculiar – and has nothing to do with emergency evacuation. It just simply fell off!! The rear air stair on the MD-80´s series is way below the part that fell off. Also of note is the fact that the second fire truck on the scene pays particular attention to the right hand engine, hosing it down very throughly like it is on fire, but leaves the left engine alone!

Most peculiar!

Well, My missus test flew her broom after maintenance this evening. She told me she had made it all the way down to LHR via RATSU and routed home via BEL. It is quite conceivable you heard hear pass above. Her maintenance write up after landing was that it made a hard laboring noise when in the climb. According to her flight profile she should have been making a step climb from FL090 to FL150 at approximately your position. Regarding the noise in the climb, I´ve told her that was because she had put on some pounds – but she still insist I´m a fo*king asshole, as there is nothing wrong with her, it is just the bloody broom! She now has her maintenance people applying for an extended Take off weight STC with increased thrust.