another melbournite here
12.15pm i hope it will be though
i wonder if melv flew his loverly red beaver on that day as clebration:D
paul
i’ll get me coat
Didn’t someone post a photo of an Aussie Beaufighter in a playground some time ago? I seem to remember that it ended up in a museum.
Best wishes
Steve P
thats the moorabin air museum beau it was a plaything until the mid(ithink) 60’s.
paul
Even if it is true, they will still need to make the first flight from Bruntingthorpe. It’s a long way to taxi a Vulcan across to Waddington.
Moggy
now that i’d like to see 😀 just imagine the traffic reports”avoid all roads between bruntingthorpe and waddinton or else be roasted”:eek:
whirlwind
ca 15
beaufighter
mb 5
ki 46 dinah
ki 100
ki 45
nik2 george
f1m2 pete (just need a lake nearby)
ca 11 woomera
and now for something big h6k5 emily(need a big lake:D )
damn i didnt think this was for museum’s i thought they were for me:diablo:
flyers or nothing(still need a really big lake:eek: )
i’ve always liked the thought of a griffon powered dh hornet:cool:
but how about a griffon(or sabre:eek: )powered seafury:D
the attacker uses the same wing as the spitful was it’s handeling so bad?
sorry for the confusion guy’s,btw isntthere a second beaufighter project over there in the uk? a mki iirc.
paul
and smooth cowls,was this pic taken post war?
3 of the 4 top four are under rebuild to fly, so thats a start.
from what i understand all four of the top four are under restoration to fly
1 mosquito in new zealand
2 blenheim in the uk
3 beaufighter in the uk plus a long term project down here
4 beaufort down here as well(hopefully not to far from completion)
paul
now where dowe find a whirlwind and hornet:eek:
just five hmmm
1 whirlwind -fighter
2 ki 46
3 dh hornet
4 ca 15
5 j7w1 shinden
paul
?:confused: 😀
1 westland whirlwind (just have to wait till lindy’s lad builds his:D )
2 cac boomerang
3 zero
4 dinah (just have to wait til someone restore’s one)
5 ki 45 (ditto:D)
paul
wasnt there a near complete one scrapped in europe in the 60’s or 70’s 😡 .
as for engine’s what about falconer v12’s as used in the thunder mustang,they’re getting around 600hp or so.
paul (whirlwind fan)
from what i’ve heard the mkiiiv was the nicest all round;)