OH DROL!!!!! 😮

If only you knew what drol means in Dutch 😉

Cheers

Cees

And Phil,

You may credit my photo’s of my rudder pedal assembly under my name 😉

Cheers

Cees

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the update. Glad they put the props on correctly. I know another aircraft that could use the same treatment :p

Can’t wait to see her painted, hope the lighting has improved by then though. Is she fitted with a full perspex nose now, or is only the lower section still fitted?

Now that NA337 is almost finished I hope Karl Kjarsgaard succeeds in finding LW170 and bringing her up to start another restoration project in this scale. Magic is the word that springs to mind.

Cheers

Cees

Speaking of Lancasters – and of my interest in Soviet/Russian aviation – did you know that the Soviets operated two ex-9 (or 617) Sqn Lancs during WWII ??

Ken

Hi Ken,

Yes, they did, there are still rumours circulating that the remains of one of these Lancs are still around in Russia. Time will tell.

Cheers

Cees

James,

Great initiative to cover the lesser known types. Although I would always be interested in new books on the subject I don’t consider myself an author, there are other people more talented in this field. Apart from that I am more interested in the nuts and bolts of RAF bomber types from a modelling and aircraft archeology field of view.

I very much enjoy the books about the recovery and restoration of types such as the books by Graham Warner on the Blenheim or Black Six by Russ Snadden althought these books cannot be had for a tenner of course.

The books by 4+ or the various Polish publications showing a mix of black and white photographs, colour shots of preserved examples and extractions from manuals and/or drawings are very interesting. The 4+ book on the Wellington is a beautiful example with newly drawn images of structure and instrument panels supported by an incredible amount of detail shots taken in the two complete Wimpy’s in the UK, and I do hope that this will set a trend.

The Hampden could do with such detailed coverage as there is great interest in this type as well as the Whitley.

Some examples on my personal wishlist would be detailed photographic coverage of Hendon’s W1048 in combination with recovery photo’s in colour, the recovery and restoration using many photographs of Halifax NA337 in Trenton, I know that one of the members of the team, Rod Clarke, has made a lot of photographs on the progress of the restoration over the years.

The book Mustang Restored by Paul Coggan is also a good example.

Any other views?

Cheers

Cees

From the Mk I brain:

In the same issue it is reported that John Sterling had three airframes recovered from New Guinea IIRC. One of these (and it’s really a wreck, albeit substantial) had been sold to the IWM. It was planned that it would be fully restored, Perhaps JonathanF has further information.

The cockpit on show at Lambeth was the remaining section of one of the captured examples that were tested by the ATIU SEA.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Cees