Sorry about the mistake! My excuse is that it’s late here, past my bedtime!
In that case, I don’t think there is a Valetta there at all, is there? OR was there always one hidden away somewhere?
Valetta at Cosford
This one?
Since when was the SR-71 a fighter?
Of course you all know that the Miles P6.36 Kestrel Trainer c/n 330 with its 745 hp R-R Kestrel engine and built at Woodley had excellent performance. It was first flown on June 3, 1937 and was the precurser of the Miles Master. It was later registered as G-AEOC but flew as U-5. Transferred to the RAF and given serial N3300 in May 1938, it was finally dismantled at Woodley in 1943.
But everybody knows that, don’t they!
I did say it “may be” the Hotspur . . .
There were 2 main reasons for abandoning the Hotspur:
1. The Boulton Paul Defiant, also designed to meet Spec. F.9/35 had flown by the time the Hotspur, after somewhat slow building, was ready, and
2. All the factories in the newly-formed Hawker Siddeley Group were fully committed to designs for which production contracts had been issued.
Note that the turret on the Hotspur was only ever a wooden mock-up and in fact was later removed, the gunner’s position being faired over , before this one and only prototype was used for Henley light bomber development trials at the RAE, where it remained from 1939 to 1942.
It may be the one and only Hawker Hotspur, K8309, first flown by Philip Lucas on 14 June 1938.
According to “Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II” the Wellington length is 64 ft 7 in.
Airacobra AH579
Would this be close enough, BigVern?
From page 13 of “The Concise Guide to American Aircraft of World War II” by David Mondey
The final answer?
Found this illustration in “Most Secret War”, which states “Sheet steel wing covering”.
There’s a dartboard in the Public Bar, where I played my most recent game about 15 years ago! It was my son’s first stag night – he’s now up to his second wife, like father, like son.
Must get that book when I am next in the UK.
87% of course!
Must go and get a photo of a Hunter at Säve now, so the rest of the translation (on the new thread) will come this afternoon/evening.
Yes, around that time when I went with my Dad to London in the car it would take 2 days! Top speed 30 mph (Austin Ruby), 15 mph lorries and hold-ups in every village. Youngsters today with motorways don’t know they’re born!
Here is the new thread, a translation of the Swedish web site mentioned above . . .
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61568
BigVern, please take note!
There will be an examination at the end of this week, so make sure you do your homework properly!!!
If the first and last photos were taken where the road narrows (or used to narrow) just before the Angel & Royal Hotel, they are heading North (on what used to be the A1).