last image CAAC T2 with the retraction sequence almost complete (true awkward looking Trident style).

CAAC? Chinese?

I was seriously pissed when Cosford decided to scrap its Trident (and 707??).
It is about the last of its type (just 1 left?), and almost airworthy, and no matter what, we must always preserve something.

Sorry to see this one have to be made permanently clipped (wing cut) to transport it to somewhere it can bee admired for where we have been and how good we have it now.

S!

There will be an annex at Tempelhof, some larger aircraft as the IL-14 are already there, although not on PV.

SWEET!
They should make Tempelhof *the* flight museum, and keep at least 1 runway open for flying in of guest aircraft! 😀

…. Also the fact that no bus passes the door!

??? No idea what you mean.

6 star out of 5!!!

Steve

I don’t think any Werke Nummer was ever established for this aircaft.

I too knew Heinz Mollenbrok very well and he visited me quite regularly. I also took him back to the crash scene and introduced him to those who captured him on 16 Aug 1940.

I wouldn’t like to say if this item can be attributed to this aircraft or not.

Is their a difference between Werk-N and Wk. N.?
and what does “Gerat” mean? (my German is practically non existent).

I have 2 Do-17 plates, and I noticed the number scheme is different, maybe to hide production numbers.

The plates here say (best I can tell):
Gerat 17.269-09
Werk-N. C361600. 108

Is Heinz Mollenbrok (I hope Adrian is incorrect). I have been looking for anyone who flew the 17’s to get opinions, and with the fortunate exception of Capt Brown, no luck.

Any old LW pilots organization I don’t know of?

Cheers!

It’s great when so much of someone is know.

Whats really interesting, though, is the unusual placement of a second DF aerial just above the hand start apperture. And its painted bright red, too.

Nonono, that’s not right.
They mount it in the cowling front. That big round ring is perfect, and when they are pointing the airplane directly at the source, the signal is the loudest, so they know they are going the right way.

…Or is the signal behind them? 😛

I hate to bring up the question of colours again, but this is a serious query. Honestly!

On the photo of the Dornier it seems the entire wrap-around cowlings are a different colour which is not something I have ever noticed before on any operational Do 17 Zs? The spinner backplate also looks to be possibly the same colour, too.

For Peter Evans – do you know the background to this image? Is it a training unit or some specialist unit, perhaps? It looks as if the cowlings could be yellow but I don’t know.

Andy,

That is a bare metal replacement cowling.
(You know about bare metal, right? 😉 )
That cowling is a wrap around, in 3 pieces, the top 2 are hinged along the top (open like beetle wings) while the bottom is drop down removed.

The white ring behind the spinner is different, I do not know what it is, but I think I saw it before, not sure.

As to different colors, I have seen a WHITE painted cowling on a desert camo 17z. I will try and find it.

I also think it is a training unit, noting lack of guns, disinterested staff, and unpainted cowling. 🙂