Geoff -the wartime Hercules engines have considerable differences to the post war examples. The Halifax project in Canada has acquired various parts from Malta and former Bristol Freighter operators in Canada. None of these Hercules bits would help the Beaufighter – wartime engines are the answer and they are scarse .

Hi David,
Could they not re-configure the post war engines or what about retrieving crash site engines and back engineering ? I know I know before you say it :stupid: let alone the cost of doing that but it’s an Idea nowadays there seems to be quite a number of company’s that can back engineer all manner of things from the small to the well you imagine it and I am sure they will say yes we can do that but like I said at a premium .

Geoff:D

Hi Belforte,
Well being a yank I won’t hold that against you :highly_amused::highly_amused: I think you Americans referred to them as the Flying Jug and correct me if I am wrong anybody but we shortened it to the jug :eagerness:
I’ll now read Pt2 many thanks again.

Geoff.:D

DCW & Duxman,
Love the pic’s as always long may god give you both strength in your shutter button finger . :highly_amused:
Have edited first post as I forgot to mention you Duxman :sleeping: :highly_amused::highly_amused:

Geoff. 😀

Strangely enough at no point do I recall suggesting that they were. It was merely a comment that there had been coverage on FB.

Hi Martin,
Apologies 😀

Geoff.

A knighthood? Blimey what have you lot been drinking?

When I first read the thread I thought he’d past on, glad he hasn’t, enjoy your retirement.

I’ll drink to that :very_drunk:

Geoff :dev2:

Just stumbled across this…
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Crew-near-Angleton-worked-on-Howard-Hughes-plane-4643445.php

Hi Graham,
Interesting article but the headline made me look twice hardly a giant I thought for a couple of seconds Spruce Goose now that’s a giant, D1566 just a note old chap not everybody is on Facebook I know I know you can visit the page if your lucky on your Pc but some Facebook pages when visited via your Pc ask you to log in or register no offence meant by the way 😉
Didn’t he say the same thing about returning the Sunderland he bought back to flying condition ? :confused:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Same as all the above but Black 6 :love-struck: like MikeJ mentioned especially,and to be even on our side the Mossie. :love-struck:

Geoff.