Roger,

I would Czech that out.

Mark

Never was very good at geography :confused:

Roger Smith.

Air Britain’s Aviation World 60th anniversary issue of Sep 2008 included a cover CD of historical AB issues as pdfs, including Impressments Log Vol 1 to 4 plus Index.

May be available as a complete back-issue from AB.

I have a set of AB Impressment Logs in my little library – as they seem to have been highly sought after I guess that means the ‘value’ of my library has taken a tumble :eek::D

Roger Smith.

WZ736

Have found this photo of Avro 707A WZ736 taken at Finningley on 16th September, 1967. I assume this date was RAF Finningley’s Battle of Britain/At Home Day and I don’t know who took the pic (I think it came to me via Nev Franklin) so can’t credit it.

I have found the negs, but not prints as yet, of the photos I took of it in pieces on the fire dump at RAF Colerne a few months earlier in 1967. Concerned over it’s probable imminent demise I sent photos to Nev Franklin who published one in “Control Column”. Flt. Lt. Jack Long who looked after the (then) RAF Finningley Historic Collection saw my photo, contacted Colerne, got it moved to Finningley, put back together and painted. It appears to be minus it’s undercarraige.

My second photo I took on 4th August, 2004 at it’s current home The Manchester Museum of Science and Industry. Now WITH undercarraige I wonder where the units were acquired from – I know other research aircraft of the period used undercarraiges from production types was the 707 the same?

Roger Smith.

I’m not sure that I’d agree that Britain ‘sold them short’.

As Moggy points out the Soviet treatment of Poles who had fought against Nazism – a subject covered by the film “Dark Blue World” – which Britain did little or nothing to prevent.
I also wonder about our (Great Britain’s) 1930s treaty/alliance with Poland. When the Nazi invasion of Poland started (which was far from a suprise) did Britain do anything physical, ie other than beat it’s breast, to assist the Poles? It would have been almost impossible for the Army (and, probably, the RN) to have helped but did the RAF do anything at that time?

Roger Smith.

Correction – as pointed out by Mark12 it was Czech pilots portrayed in “Dark Blue World”

Thanks David – email on it’s way.

Thanks Bruce too.

Roger Smith.

I think I’m right in saying the Mosquito fuselages were built on/in moulds made of concrete and assume Vampire and Venom moulds were concrete too?

Dave’s “..built over a mould..” suggests the mould was internal and the fuselage half was built over the outside of it – whereas I’ve long thought the mould was external and the fuselage half was built in it. Which is right?

Does anyone know if photos survive of Vampire or Venom moulds?

Besides the DH types – Mosquito/Vampire/Venom – (was the Hornet the same?) were there any other aircraft built this way?

Roger Smith.

I see on both main TV channel news they are carrying the story that a circus just opening a 2 week run at “Newark Showground” (Winthorpe I presume) has three performing elephants in it.

Hope this doesn’t affect NAM – ie either a surge of visitors because of all the free publicity OR hordes of animal rights protestors OR both??

Roger Smith.

From wikipedia:
The other surviving Hampden, P5436, is being reconstructed largely from parts of the last Canadian-built example recovered from 600 feet of water ………..

This is the one badly damaged by heavy snow a few weeks back.

Roger Smith.