I don’t know which way you entered the village but the best way is along the A505 from either Royston or from Baldock.
Turn up the road from the A505 towards Litlington, over the level crossing and follow the road all the way until the church on the left. The road turns left and just as the road bears right the gate in front of you was the end of one of the runways. If you follow this road along you will see the memorial on the left hand side of the road.
The next village you come to is Steeple Morden. If you had followed the signs to Litlington you would have come across the memorial.
Worth seeing and it will send a shiver down your neck.
Brian.
Thanks – I must have gone past it on the way into Steeple Morden. The village sign itself is of interest. DS
Congratulations to everyone involved in the maintainance and thank you to Jackattack for posting pictures (and recently the videos) over the last few months. The time has flown by! Well done and keep up the great work:)
These were control locks to prevent the wind from whipping the surfaces around. They were not put on unless conditions dictated it or if the aircraft was in storage.
Deryck
I thought as much, but would it not have been easier to lock the controls from inside the cockpit?
Did the inner nacelle fairing go all the way back to the flap, then split when the flap extended, like on the Lancaster? The attached picture* of the first prototype is one of the only pictures I can find that shows this potential layout. There are very few shots of the Stirling from below, where the layout can be seen.
All the Chinese et al joking aside, I never knew Stirlings flew with any other air force, besides the RAF.
You learning something new every day.
This months ‘Aeroplane’ has an article by Vladimir Kotelnikov on the Stirling sent for assessment for the Russians, and also their use of abandoned Lancasters.
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