Just bumping this post up a bit to see if anyone can confirm that the pieces in the photo in my post 5 are indeed Blenheim/Bisley. Thanks
I received some more photos of pieces from the presumed crash site of Bisley BA101 in the UAE. There are some more 14nnnn and R2 stamps. Any ideas about what the pieces actually are? Are those components with round holes tailplane ribs? Thanks.
I used to fantasise about that aeroplane in the 1950s! My first ever flight was in a Messenger and that was a Messenger with retractable undercarriage. I wanted it!
Thanks Brian. That’s R2 then! Confirms that it’s a bit more of BA101. The remains are now with the Sharjah Museum, and there is discussion about a formal memorial to the lost crew members.
Thanks John
JagRigger: according to
“A large wooden hangar was constructed on the Mann Egerton site in 1916. The company
manufactured Short bombers, Sopwith fighters and other aircraft until 1919. The site included a private airfield. The hangar was demolished in 1984.”
DonClark: thanks for the references
Where are the Short Bomber and Mann Egerton “B” experts?
I take back what I said about the Lancastrian a couple of posts back. I just saw this model on an Airfix forum
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/airfixtributeforum/airfix-1-72-dornier-do217-j-e-04020-t6998-s60.html
It explains the extended tail. Especially the last picture, of an “overhead” view. But why was it there then?
But the extended tail looks more like the Lancastrian test bed.
Looks like a Martin Maryland. Maybe ex-French.
Interesting to see this old thread rejuvenated. In the earlier posts mention is made of Belgian Tiger Moth tugs. When in St Hubert on a visit in 1959 I was towed in Rhönlerche OO-ZUA by Tiger Moth OO-EVO, and later at Le Zoute in Goevier OO-SZC by OO-ZAC. I even managed to take a photo on the latter occasion of the tug from my cockpit.
Well done WebPilot
Not an Auster if “low wing” (except the Agricola!)
I followed Scotavia’s link (Post 32). Quote: In its unique approach to branding, Coley Porter Bell also successfully merges science and design. Combining findings taken from neuroscience-oriented research with a heritage-led creative approach, the RAF spirit of persistence and triumph in the face of adversity remains front and centre of the brand campaign.
Ignoring “unique approach”, “front and centre” and the general word-jungle, I was struck to learn that this design has something to do with “neuroscience”. Having been a neuroscientist all my career, I wonder where the link is? Maybe my brain is too out of touch with the modern approach, but I don’t see it.
Also, doesn’t “air commodore Nigel Bradshaw” deserve some capitals for his rank? This in a piece claiming to honour the RAF.
Singapore Airlines in 1985 would have been a 747-212 or 312. When I did that trip for the first time, in 1974, it was by 707-312.