What I meant is, that if you have both books, you get a good overview of Sunderland operations and history. I agree that a complete history of the Sunderland needs to be written, preferrably by someone who has a better command of the English language than I have;) 😀

With regards to the noseart hanging in the background, the CAF opened a special museum a few years back with these artifacts. IIRC it is in Midland, Texas

Hi Colin,

I’m afraid I can’t help you here. I’ve been looking all over for Mustang pictures from 65 sq. and so far I’ve come up emty. I’m sure they are out there somewhere, trouble is, finding them!

If you have any luck finding pictures of 65. sq. Mustangs, I would be very interested in seeing a picture of YT-B. It was flown by ‘Tony’ Jonsson.

Kev,
You must surely mean a 767 on the Continental service. I don’t think the 75 has the range to fly BHX to Newark. Could be wrong though;) 😀

Well, I may not be an expert, but in my opinion NO aeroengine, be it IO-540 out of a Chiftain or DB601 out of a Messerchmitt, should be put back in use after a prolonged period of inhibitation without a detailed examination.

In the case of the DB601’s I think they should be torn down to basic components and each one of them measured to servicable limits and NDT’s (magnafluxed, ultrasoned, x-rayed where applicable). When reassembling the engine it should be brougt up to the lates mod-status- thought that might be a bit difficault with something like a DB601.
You never know where these engines have been, their prior usage and service history, so the only way forward is to make sure they are up to serviceble standards as per factory limits. Just poking your finger at them (‘well this LOOKS ok’) then putting them in a flyable aircraft and flying them is pure lunacy if you ask me!

Cougar has gone belly up. It is, however, in the process of being reborn. Rumour has it, that Glopespan, the Scottish travel agent, is getting its own AOC in a couple of month time and that the AOC they are getting is the old Cougar one, bought out of the bankrupcy proceedings. There are also a number of ex-Cougar management with Glopespan at the moment according to these same roumors.

There were quite lively disscussions about this on pprune a couple of month back.

Isn’t that a P38 Lightning spinner in the first pic? If so, why would a fighter pilot be carrying a handheld camera on an operational mission?

Maybe too many beers to night, but it seems odd.