I’m another avid follower of this fascinating saga.

We’re up within striking distance in the next couple of weeks and a trip to the YAM to see this project is top of the list of places to visit.

I thought it was engine starter cartridges that were the problem.

Thinking about it you are probably correct.

I have a vague memory from reading a mag around the time the Bulldog nosed over (? RAF Flying Review) that it inadvertently taxied over a depression in the ground – possibly a drainage channel or depression caused by a buried cable, hence the nose over.

Not an RC model but there is a rather nice static 1/24 scale resin model of the Bugatti – http://fishermodels.indiemade.com/product/bugatti-100p-record-plane-124-scale?tid=1

Looking at the excellent photo of the Blenheim port engine in posting 569 above I was interested to see the marked difference in heat staining on the interior and exterior off the exhaust collector ( I hope that’s the correct name for the front bit).

Am I correct in assuming that this is because the inside and outside are fabricated from markedly different metals? If so, what are they and why the difference – cost, weight etc?

Chris

Percy B Walker’s 2 volumes – “Early Aviation at Farnborough”. The first being “Balloons, Kites and Airships” and the second “The First Aeroplanes”.

Didn’t some East European (Communist Country ?) modify an Li.2 to look like a Wellington, for a film ? I seem to remember seeing a picture of itmany years ago.

I also remember that pic of an Li2. The fuselage was faired out plus turrets to look faintly realistic but the effect was totally ruined by retaining the low wing position.

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