My copy of Combat Codes gives R4 , Swordfish 1 , Walrus 1 , but no date , but Bermuda , for 773 . For 772 there is R3 for a Swordfish 1 , again no date , but Portland , Lee on Solent .
So , this project was started according to the interview , in the 1970’s , and the only real evidence of progress is the tail assembly produced by the volunteers who have now been binned , I cannot see a completed Barracuda inside another forty odd years at this rate .
Thank you for that image but now I can see that it is not the same as the one on some Aerovans , and it is the Aerovan one I am interested in . On G-AJKM it appears above and between the A and the J on starboard side , it also appears on the port side rear door on both the New Zealand aircraft .
Like everyone else I am very disappointed to hear this not only because the aircraft concerned is important and just about extinct , but also because the progress reports were so interesting and down to earth . As the months went by we saw a recognisable Barracuda tail emerge out of a pile of junk and we got to see the team responsible . I would just like to thank the scribe and his team for the enjoyment I have had from their efforts , good luck and I do hope there is a continuing story about this Barracuda and the guys and girls doing the work .
Looking for positives possibly , I often find interest in a view from something less ordinary , such as the underside and with an aircraft suspended there is the possibility of room for an additional aircraft to display on the floor .
I think you will find reported debris is being found and identified as nothing to do with the aircraft in question . For example the orange objects talked about by the Australian PM Mr abbit turned out to be fishing related .
Seems to me as a member of the public observing this , that the only undisputable fact is that this aircraft has disappeared and that almost everything else is conjecture , assumption or speculation .
There was a Chrisair DH twin hangered at Panshanger in the late 1960’s , in the red and white scheme , I do not remember the registration or if it was Rapide or a Dragon
The answer to the original question may simply be because it could be done . The mounting allowed the tank to be fitted either way around without modification .
When they were scrapped in Australia , they were cut behind the firewall , so there are a few nose sections around , one was in a collection at Dairy Flat just north of Auckland and I am sure there must be others in Australia .
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