Duxford VE Day airshow photos (Saturday)

[aeropilot]

Mutley said:

dr_gn said:

Technically, it's not a Blenheim at all.

OK Doc, this has piqued my interest. If not a Blenheim, what is it?

I'm guessing he might be inferring that the fuselage from which this a/c is built up from is in fact a Canadian built Bolingbroke - which is just a licence built MkIV Blenheim.
But as Bolingbroke was also the name that Bristol had originally intended for the extended nose version of the Blenheim (rather than calling it the MkIV) - it really is splitting hairs

[Eric Mc]

The original idea for extending the nose of the Blenheim was a simple lengthening of the MkI profile -

[Mutley]

aeropilot said:

I'm guessing he might be inferring that the fuselage from which this a/c is built up from is in fact a Canadian built Bolingbroke - which is just a licence built MkIV Blenheim.
But as Bolingbroke was also the name that Bristol had originally intended for the extended nose version of the Blenheim (rather than calling it the MkIV) - it really is splitting hairs

Thanks for that
I did wonder about the Bolingbroke, but I wasn't sure so kept quiet.
As for splitting hairs, thats what PH is about, isn't it??

[Eric Mc]

Yes - subdividing follicles is what we're all about.

[dr_gn]

Mutley said:

dr_gn said:

Technically, it's not a Blenheim at all.

OK Doc, this has piqued my interest. If not a Blenheim, what is it?

According to the CAA, it's still a Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk IV T.

[Eric Mc]

The CAA is even worse than PH.

[danjama]

Yes that's the book, will have to read it again it really was brilliant, one of the most engaging accounts of a personal war experience.

Ali what do you look like? it is strange!