Done a little photoshop on this….I’ve always thought these L-749s were intended for BOAC and the Irish brief use was just a ‘front’…any ideas?

The reason that the proposed Aerlinte service was not proceeded with was a change of government in Ireland and a decision by the new Inter-party Government in April 1948 that the scheme was too costly and should not go ahead. The fact that virtually all the major carriers of the time had transatlantic services passing through Shannon meant that Ireland was still very well served with international connections anyway.

I purchased a Coolscan 5 ED a few years back. I had heaps of problems with dust showing up on the scans (off old slides).

Anyone find a way around it picking up the dust.

cheers

I have a Coolscan V ED and it does produce great scans. A careful clean of the slide can reduce the dust to a manageable level (I assume you are referring to Kodachrome, with which the normal dust reduction function can’t be used). Apart from that, though, there is no easy solution that I am aware of.

A preliminary report has been published and is quite informative. Here is a link to a summary: http://www.aviationcentral.co.za/?p=655

This link to the full report should work: http://tinyurl.com/ybsvx5u

Nice shots, the Lightning XS897 is on loan to 29 sqn.

The Lightning in the photo has the belly tank from a Mark 1, 2 or 3 – is it XS897 masquerading as an earlier mark?

one thing i’m sure of its NOT 458 and it is certainly from the 80s.

the seller may not have a clue and bought the pics off somebody else….notice there is no mention of the negatives. I did hear a while ago that somebody would be selling a lot of Lightning pics but i did’nt take much notice of the who why and when:(

If you look on Ebay at his “other items for sale”, you’ll see that he is selling a large collection of Lightning negatives as well.