Canuck,

It would be great if you could share your scans with us.:)

Cees

OK, M’neer… Now I just have to find my “Boly Box”, which is hidden away SOMEWHERE. 😮

The first 10 were built at Chester, the other 66 by OGMA.:D

Were the OGMA-built ones CKD “kits”, or built from “scratch”.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that OGMA had built Tigers as well – so their relations w. Hatfield would have been rather good, one gathers?

I’m wondering if Robertson is the same guy who owns the STC for Cessna STOL kits?

BRAVO! to the Boly Crew!

Thanks for the thread, and the updates.

In at the beginning (1985), there were very few of us … Wayne Ready, Doug Sayles and myself, along with two or three others, whose names escape me, after so many years passing.

I do recollect Sandy Thompson (now owner/operator of a Fouga and a TT Sea Fury) joining us in about ’86 or ’87.

If anyone wants me to post pictures of Boly parts from the Eighties, both at CWH, and in St. Andrews, MB – I can likely dig some up, and scan them in.

Seeing 10117 “up on her legs” is a wonderful thing. I wish CWH would get their website updated, however! :rolleyes:

The tail looks deHavillandish… the wings & nacelles Vickersy…

Is the “swallow” of any signifigance?

Initially, I came only for the “Wot Plane” thread… as I must confess to being a tad busy in RL during the Air Show season. Last week was first log-in since April, sadly.

However, I rather enjoy some of the folk here, and hope to speak with more of you, one-on-one, as time passes. Like Paul and Peter, there are many places that my next visit to the UK will include – one hopes with local chaps leading!

Some random musings:

Years ago (my first issue is Oct./86), I was an avid FlyPast reader – so I certainly appreciate Key’s massive support for our passion.

Being Canadian, one is somewhat amused at the differences in perspective ‘twixt our “Neighbours to the South” and “the Old Country”.

Being regularly around a plethora of turning Pratts, Merlins, etc., one sometimes forgets the schoolboy wonder that got us IN to this lifelong addiction…

The banter upon these pages refreshes that enthusiasm, especially after a busy season, where spectators’ annoying habits often are what one remembers, rather than the wonder of the “wains” and the quiet smiles of those frail, but bright-eyed octogenerian gentlemen.

Yeah, I do appreciate this Forum, all in all.

Cheers!

Jim

Being as the discussion has touched on P38’s, I thought I’d better post to clarify that almost all P38’s had handed props…

All other P38’s had outwardly handed props except for the small batch of export examples intended for use by the RAF which had both props right-handed. In the end these weren’t delivered and most were used by USAAF units back in the States.

So it could feasably be a left-handed P38 Allison in this Il-2…

Thanks for the clarification! I guess I had the “almost-Brit” Lightnings stuck in my aged brain. :rolleyes:

I think you will find that most were (and still are, in the case of surviving examples)

Yes, I was aware that “Glacier Girl” indeed has handed Allisons – but I thought that the later Marks had dispensed with that, for initial costs, and ease of field maintenance, etc.

And I HAVE been edified, today. I was under the mistaken impression that Hisso/Klimov’s rotated as do the US-built V-12’s…. not the UK types.