Yes please! Thank you.

DD

I seem to recall that Flying Review had the most colour in those days.

DD

For sound, out of ten, the Cargomaster was an 11 and the Belfast a 3. When a Cargomaster was heading towards you on airways you could hear it for what seemed like ages, plenty of time to go and position yourself in the garden to get the full affect.
I think the An-22 came a close second.

Richard

Thanks for the endorsement!:)

Particularly impressive on a dark winter’s night with no other background sound….that drone filled the sky, getting louder and louder.

Propstrike

Well put, and so very true.

DD

And according to Bob Ogden’s Aviation & Museum Collections book, a two-seater like that one may be still in existence in Iran.

DD

Can someone please start a new thread when the first hole is dug and something (anything ) emerges?

DD

I’m no expert, but one of my references states that the Hs 123 was out of service by mid-1944, and the last unit was on the Eastern Front. I’m fairly sure that had they served in North Africa, one would have fallen into Allied hands, but as far as I know, none did.

If any examples were found by the allies after their advance into Germany, is it not possible that they would be disregarded as an obsolete 1930s biplane and not worthy of evaluation? There was a lot more exotic kit around, after all…

DD

Whilst thinking about various RAFM projects at present, I was reminded about the Battle of Britain Folly. Sorry. Beacon.

What is the latest on this? According to RAFM, were we not to be told by the end of April 2012 if lottery funding had been granted? My usually reliable informant tells me that the project has been abandoned. Anyone definitively know the current status?

Let’s hope that your informant is as reliable as you say they are.

DD