It could be worth checking the National Archives, I don’t know about Walrus/Seagull but it’s surprising what they hold for other British types including the original test and handling notes as well as Vol.1s and PNs.
Likewise the RAF Museum can be a good source.
I wonder if PNs might have been produced for the Walrus later in it’s career? I know it’s a different type but pretty sure I’ve seen them for the Sea Otter.
Another one to look forward to then SF!:)
The F.2 could carry two, and the F.3 could carry four Sidewinders on the wing pylons, aswell as the fuselage mounted Skyflash/AMRAAMs and cannon, seems plenty of fire power for a defence fighter.
As Kenneth says, it was a USAAC Observation aircraft hence the swollen belly look, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_O-47
Excellent, news, updates and pictures again Rich, wish my computor room looked like that.
Also glad to hear that the archives are being treated well with the thought of sharing.
It would make a great motorsport venue 😀 That would get the Nimbys mighty angry :diablo:
You’ve already got nearby RAF Portreath, what else do you want:D
Thanks Anne, did a quick Google prompted by your post, it seems to be this type, http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/aac.htm (scroll down), http://snyderstreasures.com/images/usmilitaria/breed/B24GunCameraOC.jpg
Hope I’m wrong, but this feels like it could be another nail in the coffin for the airfield as a flying site.
£1.5M seems cheap for any bit of land in Cornwall (particularly N.Cornwal coast!), hopefully developers won’t be interested, at that price it would be great to see the airfield preserved for what it is.
Good to see the Mail highlighting this and using correct pictures!
Interesting theory and interesting that the Northrop BT-1 seems to have the same equipment, maybe it could have been for comparitive trials?
Some of those images show that we haven’t come as far as we like to think with photography!
Fascinating pctures, thanks for sharing Duggy.
I’m guessing that the two ‘bladders’ over the wings were a ditching bouyancy aid?
I might have got this wrong Rob, but I think it was the Devastator that was the first carrier aircraft design to have power fold wings.
Superb shots above!
Does anyone know what the device is to stbd of the pilots windscreen, is it a gun camera?
Edit, I don’t know how reliable thay are but these seem to concur, http://www.aviation-history.com/douglas/tbd.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_TBD_Devastator
I built the nice little Airfix one years ago and I think that’s where I read about the wings!
Hi Rob, the AIX thread has had a response, apparently Rissi’s 1960s tower was demolished c.1996.
I wouldn’t know, again I have asked on AIX.
After studying Chumpys’ pic more the tower design looks quite unusual, like an RAF / Navy hybrid! It’s certainly different to the Fearn etc examples, I’m still trying to work out if it’s the same as Lossie.
Lovely Wyvern shots Rob.
Fascinating info about the church and graveyard Lee.
That’s all very well but sometimes the seller won’t know, some of the reproductions have been in circulation for so long now that they take on the appearance of the originals.
I’ve often wondered the same as the OP, and glad to see it clarified.
The other thing I’ve wondered, did PNs originally come in ring binders and the little blue booklets?
If anyone would know about its type and other survivors i thought it would be you James..
I wouldn’t like to say that, the Admiralty towers don’t seem to have had the documentation like the RAF ones and is something I’m still trying to get to grips with.
In fact Chumpys’ superb shot reveals differences to some of the other towers that I mentioned like the garage annex, though similar in other respects.
The Wyvern shot is great as well, are those excercise stripes?