Is this the one at the Carpetbagger Museum at Harrington ?
Happy Birthday Old Timer !!
What – still no news of Mr AiB ?
Must be up in his loft again, sitting in his Bond villain chair, looking at his Dulux colour charts 🙂
Yes, this is definitely one for Mr Andy-in-Beds.
(Having said that, I think the second photo is of a Dido Class cruiser and not HMS Manchester)
Andrewman, I think you’ll have to give us all a clue.
Will it fly ?
Geoff,
Apologies – I’m going to let you down as well !
I’d be up for it later in November, if you can re-schedule your visit.
Best wishes,
Andrew
Just superb photos – thanks for sharing !
Loads of copies of the 2004 Legends DVD in the shop at Duxford yesterday.
£15.99 (less 20% Friends of Duxford discount = £12.79) – a great deal !
Mike – I’d agree, but at least the three ‘V’ bombers will be together and indoors, which has got to be an improvement. The space created in the transport hangar by moving the Dakota, Hastings and York into the new hangar will be used to house a number of aircraft that are outside at present.
They apparently have been promised a F111 for the new hangar and also have a Mig shown on their mock-up model.
Since the Liberator is due to move to Hendon, it might be interesting to see how that’s displayed – but that can be a thread all on it’s own !
Jeepman – I gather that, officially, the 50/50 restoration is still what they’re aiming for, but it seems a bit silly given the effort that’s going into the restoration. Hope they change their mind !
Thanks for that Mike – I’d have settled for LVG on static display either at Old Warden or, as Rob suggested earlier, at Cosford. Would be great at either venue.
I think Cosford will be gearing up for their ‘Cold War’ hangar being built and a large part of the Conversation Centre’s efforts will be going on the aircraft that are due to go inside.
Should be excellent when it’s finished
Andy – Thanks for that – work hasn’t started yet on the LVG. I got the impression that they’ll finish the Sopwith Dolphin before starting on the LVG, so it could be a while yet.
Rob – I think you might be right ! They really will need a Hampden cockpit to help them along.
And, of course, the Hampden.
I was impressed how much there was of the aircraft and also the quality of the work that’s been done on it. The RAF camouflage and roundels have survived well after 50+ Russian winters. The last photo is the new cupola that’s been created for the lower rear gunner’s position and gives you an idea of the quality of the work.
Enjoy !
Thought that I’d bump this back to the top.
Sounds like an excellent evening
Nice pics & marvellous news !
Look forward to hearing about the ‘Rearwin Bridge” shortly.
🙂