Not off the top of my head and it doesn’t sound familiar, but blister hangars were comparitively easy to move and erect on semi prepared areas.
Also worth remembering that the airfield was in a constant state of change during the war, such as the fighter pens which were later built over etc.
I will try and look at some pictures tonight though Nick.

PS I can’t view your Google link due to the PC I’m using.

Absolutely incredible work Cees, real dedication to the type.
Don’t forget the Hampden and Heyford need resurecting!

Soooo, I’m alone in wanting to travel the planet to see the mighty Fairey Gannet!:eek:

Well I’d never have guessed there would be a Ganneting of the thread! I can let you have pics of the Aussie ones in Queensland, NSW and Victoria (at Moorabbin) to save your pennies. 😀

That would be very much appreciated, in your own time James.:)

If I’m reading right it looks like so far that the XB-70 Valkyrie is the most populor, followed by the B-29 & B-36 – looks like US bombers are in vogue.

What a fantastic memorial/sculpture to the Fairey IIID and its crew, thanks for sharing.:)
I can’t help thinking that if this was in the UK it wouldn’t look like that for very long!

The UK industry never fielded a small cheap jet in the Citation class or a large cabin aircraft in the Gulfstram/Falcon/Challenger class. Obviously you can’t look at all bizjets as one market when you consider the cost and size differences. Why did Cessna sell a lot of Citations? Its low cost made it possible to sell planes to firms that couldn’t afford or need a larger jet. Same reason why Ford sells more cars than Bentley.

Yes, you are certainly right there, and the 125 is one of the outstanding British designs, regarding the cabin size it seemed that British designers strived to have standing space inside a business aircraft.
But even here we have let a wonderful product partially slip from our hands, as final assembly is carried out by Raytheon in the ‘States.

Am I correct in thinking that it was the Citation that got Cessna in trouble from a business point of view?

Back to your analogy, I wonder who makes the biggest profit from their products, Ford or Bentley?

aerospacetech, I agree with your statement from an earlier history point of view, but surely from at least the expansion-era (’35-’39) period on the constituent companies within the HS group were a bit bigger than ‘cottage industry’?

Or have they changed the spelling to get around some sort of copywrite issue?

Good to see someone manufacturing them again, I have always thought the Bessonneau (in its different variaties) was a remarkable design, and that there is still a use for them.