It is.

You optimistically purchased it hoping that you’d slim into it.

Ouch ! , bitchy bitchy Robbo ! 😀

Deeed you are, Deeeed

Hey it could fly for even longer if you wait ’till you have backtracked before taking on the other 1 gallon of fuel , geez you may even have enough gas to taxi part of the way back to the hangar !!!! :diablo:

Superb photos , thanks for sharing them 🙂

IIRC, was it not a spar that had cracked?

Dammit, I read about this very recently, too! Can’t think where or when now! 🙁

In the NX611 feature in the current Flypast , Neil Williams flew the Lanc for HAPS and had the Zlin problem during that period , good article .

Al

I know of ten of those bowsers derelict in a field but the owner is absolutely imposible to deal with ! They are called Brockhurst refuellers from memory
and there is one on display at Hawkinge.

Do you still have that photograph of them David ?? , I take it the owners are typical farmers , won’t sell until they are beyond salvage !

Can you tell that I just like old machinery generally?

Adrian

Same here !! 🙂 .

I think the bowser looks like it has a shrouded JAP sidevalve single cylinder – there was a similar one on show at one of the rallys last year , there is also one with a Douglas flat twin out there somewhere. Somebody posted a shot of some bowsers lying in a field somewhere last year – I wouldn’t mind one – would be a novel mini caravan for trailing around . 🙂

Does anyone know what these tractors are?

The one with the Vildebeeste was taken at RNZAF Station Wigram probably but it’s undoubtedly a British tractor, and I’d guess the cab is a local modification.

The one with the Anson is most likely to be at either RNZAF Station Bell Block or RNZAF Station Omaka.

Any ideas on tractors types? Cheers.

Dave , the first one is a Fordson N model and the second looks like a Case VI , I have a book somewhere that has all the RAF ground handling equipment listed , I’ll try to find it , DH Fan ( Ken ) put me on to it and it is fairly comprehensive .

Al