I guess the baby is not airworthy, now who would buy a static airframe for that much? A museum or a private collector would really afford such expense for a subject that all in all is not THAT rare (this is no FW190D-9 in working order and with all the original parts still in place..)?

Alex

P.S.
Feels good to post here again chaps 😀

ehehehe sounds like Setter won the lottery and is lookin for some money to invest 😉

Cheers

Alex

at first I was like “Man, what a Beech!” 😀
but yes, it definitely looks like a DC-3… how about a DC-2?

Alex

Tut, Tut, Papa Lima and I thought your aircraft recognition was good! That is NOT an SM-79, that’s the Fiat G.212 ‘Flying Classrom’!! 🙁 HERE is the SM79!
This was L-112 of the Lebanese Air Force and L-113 survives in the Caproni Museum, at Trento, still in its Lebanese markings.

Yes, I can confirm 😉
btw even the one in Vigna di Valle comes from Lebanon, but was repainted with wartime colors (even if wrong) and is being refurbished with all the original equipment. I wonder what happened to the third S.79, might well still be sittin there? :confused:
The G.212 is a really huge machine, one of these was involved in a terrible aircrash on the Superga monastry, near Turin. The accident was really shocking at the time because almost all the Torino soccer team was on board, and the legend of that prodigious football team finished with that awful accident. 🙁

Alex

P.S.
btw if u have other pics (no matter if B/W or color) of the 79s can u post them or send them with a PM to me? My heart melts when I see such rarities! THANKS! 🙂

..the only problem would be the happy ending :rolleyes:

Alex

i cant wait to see Phil on tracks lol 😀
If memory serves the front wheel could even be raised and the kettenkrad worked as a normal track vehicle, but I’m not 100% sure about it…

Anyway, fancy some spares swap with mine? 😀

Cheers!

Alex

You’d be talking of “A Good Clean Fight”. Many of the squadron’s characters are in it – ‘Fanny’ Barton, ‘Pip’ Patterson, ‘Skull’ Skelton and ‘Uncle’ Kellaway.

What bothers me is that Air Commodore Bletchley is in it – he DIED in Piece of Cake! :confused:

To be honest, it’s not my favourite of DR’s books, but it is nevertheless a stonking read. His Bomber Command book, Damned Good Show, is also a cracker.

(I notice he has written a book called Invasion 1940 – at least I assume it’s the same DR!)

well, “Baggy” Bletchley’s destiny is one of the question marks of PoC i think: there’s no mentioning of his death, even if his last appearance puts him against all odds..

Alex