Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)
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MaineRd said:
Not necessarily a cool pic , but a good vid from the days when we still had an Air Force , 23 mins long , but the best bits from 19mins on.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1110283...
Good stuff - I was at that show http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1110283...
You might appreciate the videos on this page (and the rest of his site).The second video has an amazing scene half way through where a Lighting dives towards the camera (in the control tower?) and climbs up from BELOW the cameramans point-of-view!
Steve
Edited by millband on Saturday 8th November 02:25
Eric Mc said:
Blimey - an Avro Avian.
I presume it's in the colours of Bert Hinkler's record breaking machine.
I don't think so "VH-U" is quite recent, Bert Hinkler's machine would have had "G-XXX" registration. All our early stuff was 'G', I can't remember which year we changed to 'VH' out here. I'll hunt around and find out. I presume it's in the colours of Bert Hinkler's record breaking machine.
Photos of Hinkler's machine (G - EBOV):
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Bert%20Hinkler%20&...
Bert's Avro is on permanent display in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
The story of VH-UFZ, (in the photo can be found in the following site:
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/bert_hinkle...
It seems UFZ was restored to re-enact Hinklers epic UK to AUS, the bloke in the cockpit is Lang Kidby as there is a picture of him on the site. No mean feat even these days.
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Bert%20Hinkler%20&...
Bert's Avro is on permanent display in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
The story of VH-UFZ, (in the photo can be found in the following site:
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/bert_hinkle...
It seems UFZ was restored to re-enact Hinklers epic UK to AUS, the bloke in the cockpit is Lang Kidby as there is a picture of him on the site. No mean feat even these days.
Edited by Burnedout on Saturday 8th November 14:46
Edited by Burnedout on Saturday 8th November 14:59
The changeover probably happened in 1924. Between 1919 and 1924, Britain and the Commonwealth shared the "G" prefix to their aircraft registrations. The system was as follows:
G-EAAA onwards - UK registered heavier than air aircraft
G-FAAA onwards - UK registered lighter than air aircraft
G-AUAA onwards - Australian aircraft
G-CAAA onwards - Canadian aircraft
In 1924 the system was revised as follows:
G-AAAA onwards - UK registered aircraft (EI - was allocated to the Irish Free State in 1921)
VH-AAA onwards - Australia
CF-AAA onwards - Canada
The preserved Hinkler machine (G-EBOV) is actually a UK registered aircraft, not Australian.
G-EAAA onwards - UK registered heavier than air aircraft
G-FAAA onwards - UK registered lighter than air aircraft
G-AUAA onwards - Australian aircraft
G-CAAA onwards - Canadian aircraft
In 1924 the system was revised as follows:
G-AAAA onwards - UK registered aircraft (EI - was allocated to the Irish Free State in 1921)
VH-AAA onwards - Australia
CF-AAA onwards - Canada
The preserved Hinkler machine (G-EBOV) is actually a UK registered aircraft, not Australian.
Crazy Fool said:
moleamol said:
Or maybe the bomber if it really was huge:
i'm sure i've seen one of them flying in a similar formation in England, infact i was in lincolnshire at the time, i wasn't drunk or stoned and it is mucking fassive. I remember thinking to myself that it wasn't very stealth because i can see it.have they flown in the uk?
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