Nice work Ant;) 😀

I have to admitt though, it looks kind of stupid that way;)

You might be right about that Mark.

Unfourtunately I can not find an old Air Classics that featured the treasuretrove of Mr. Simmons. However, somehow, I’m sure there were at least some Lysanders in an overview photo of the yard. But, as I can not find the relevant issue, I might be wrong.

You are how ever correct in saying it was mostly Swordfishes and A LOT of Yales.

Ahhh………Crop dusting:D 😀

We have a government run outfit here in Iceland that does quite a lot of crop dusting. It has been decreasing over the last few years though, and probably will die in the next decade or so:mad:

This crop dusting outfit has managed to keep alive one of the icons of Icelandic aviation, namely the first C-47/DC3 that was owned by an Icelandic Airline. The aircraft in question is Douglas C-47 43-30710. It was registered as TF-ISH in august 1946 with the name Gljáfaxi. The airline was Flugfélag Íslands (Air Iceland). It was used extensively on domestic routes, flying passengers and cargo. In the late sixties it was put on skies, and flew in Greenland as well as the domestic routes in Iceland. In 1973, the C47’s of Flugfélag Íslands were being phased out of service in favour of the F-27 Friendship. At that time the airline donated two aircraft to Landgræðsla Íslands, which is a government run agency tasked with improving flora of the island. TF-ISH was one of these aircraft and the other was 42-23998/FD939 TF-ISB. TF-ISH was converted for crop dusting with modifications received from New Zealand, and it is still going strong in that role:D TF-ISB is still in storage, and acts as a spare part source for the flyer.

ISH now has a new identity and is known as TF-NPK with the name Páll Sveinsson. It is flow by volunteers from the Icelandic Airline Pilot Assotiation, many of whom flew it while still in passenger service with Flugfélag Íslands. There are a couple of passenger seats still in the aircraft in front of the hopper, and they are very liberal about allowing people to hop along for a drop or two:D Needless to say, I’ve been with them a couple of times, and what a magic:D There is nothing that compares to it. I’ve even managed some stick time to and from the drop zones;) 😀 Spring is here when we hear the growl of two P&W labouring for altitude over Reykjavik with the aircraft at military overload. Here are a couple of pictures of said aircraft as it is to day.

NPK flying

NPK at Reykjavik airport last summer

Flying at Gunnarsholt several years back

Looks German, and if it is from a 50 kg bomb it would be called SB 50 IIRC. Used, among other things, on the underwing stations on the Ju-87 Stuka

Close is actually quite close;) 😀

Here you go:D

The colour of the codes is red and LM135 was AS-N

Of course you are right Flood:cool: 😀 A little finger problem on my part. Should be 1945 of course:D Thanks for the tip