Comparing Propstrikes video with some of the tragic ones above it makes me realise the thin margins between success and failure, and the results of such a fine error of judgement.

Those that fly know the risks. I feel for those left behind

I’m just into RC these days and the costs are just broken expanded foam and hurt pride for me!

I believe that what was salvagable from the scrap yard pannier was retreved by the archivist for the Eagle Group of Companies in 2014. (I thought there was a thread on here about it but can’t find the link). I think they salvaged the two frames for hoisting the panniers into the aircraft. Also one loading side door. The rest was a wooden frame skinned with Aluminium so was too far gone to be saved.

Personally I think it is such a shame that these relics are left to rot. If it were Lancaster of Spitfire relics folk would be calmmering to save them….. The role of the civil Halibags in the Berlin airlift is legendary but its only the likes of us with specialist interest that seem to understand this… Pity I don’t have a huge garage and deep pockets!

It doesn’t look like they did but thanks for dragging this old tread back up. I was amazed at the time with Halibag Phils attention to detail on his Halifax model but all went quiet and he disapeared. As far as I am aware we were never treated to seeing the finished model.

Sorry if I caused a blood pressure blip – I was only teasing Cees 😀

Yes things are calm now… I’ve taken the medication.

The big difference for Jane and Friday to me has always been the live Merlins and the smell of the hanger. Jane is definitely a living beast… Perhaps YAM will improve when “Val” gets her Merlins running and if they fire up the DC3 a bit more.

I’ve been acouple of times to watch Jane and hats off to the crew who keep her live.

Hi James,

I hear that Cinema 4D “lite” is now bundled with the Adobe cloud so I guess that the software could end up being “adobfied”…. Not sure if that is good or bad for its future!

Anyway your work is stunning and totally agree with your aproach using a more “artistic” package rather than a technical CAD package.

There is a comment at the bottom that says “The german prop was not scrapped it is in a store building at belton house”

Betty’s bar, York.

I had tea and scones there a few years ago. The signed mirror is still present.

https://www.bettys.co.uk/tea-rooms/locations/york

Cees

I spoke to a 578 sqn Flight Engineer who said the ordinary ranks could never get in Betty’s as it was always full. They used to frequent the Willow cafe just round the corner in Coney Street. It was still there until it closed last year. Being a Chinese resurarant for the last forty years.

I think the Canadians drank in the Black Swan on Peasholme green and the free French in the Kings Arms on Kings Staith in York.

My Grandfather was the landlord of the Black Swan in Wetwang during the war. They got crews from nearby Driffield in there. (My dad did once told me that they got Cheshire in there, but he was nine at the time).

I did see a web site (can’t find it now) which was done by military aircraft mechs. They had a paint stencil that they could use to “tag” visiting aircraft that required their services. Shame I can’t find it now. They seemed to suggest that it was quite a common thing to do.