Aaaaggrrrhhh !!! My apologies fella’s. I mis typed and the B-17’s height was in thousands of feet. DUH !!! :stupid: Had to rush off without re-checking post, (That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. lol !!! )

She did look super though,even if I was looking at her rear end.

Bill T.

You must have seen it coming from Baldonnel, it taxied out just after 12.30, nice bunch except one.[ATTACH=CONFIG]220833[/ATTACH]

The aircraft appeared to be at Weston just west of Dublin and the series filmed in and around Dublin.
Regards
Tony K

Hello all,
He is of course all of those things, he is an extremely courteous gentleman as I have found in having been in correspondence with him on a number of queries in relation to matters Irish aviation.
Happy birthday Capt Brown.
Tony K

Stan I have seen it up close on visits to Baldonnell, loverly aeroplane that sadly does not fly very much. I dont think that the skills are there anymore to keep her well maintained 😮

Not so Matthew,we are there every Monday looking after our baby, just waiting for magnetos.Included in the group ( all ex Air Corps except me) is ex F/Sgt Brennan seen talking to Stan just after it was assembled at Baldonnel.
Tony K

Will it be at………you know where!
Tony K

Evening All,
That’s a nice pic of Seafire 153 (ex PX924). It was delivered on 11 July 1947by Air Corps pilot Lt. Crehan to Baldonnel. It last flew on 3 July 1954 and had 342.50 hrs on the clock.
jeepman.The wings were never folded during service and were only folded when stored following withdrawl from service at Baldonnel prior to ending up on the dump. The attached is from the log book of S147 ex PR315 and explains.
The Seafires were in fact modified to Spitfire MkV standard.

SimonDav. The answer to your question is quite simple, the UK Government would not release the MkIX’s to us even though we requested them.
I remember seeing the Seafires on the dump and only wish that I had the foresight to “take into care the constructors plates”, now there’s a thought!
Regards
Tony K