RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
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stearman65
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Southport Merseyside UK
Originally made by Lockheed, which started off as Lockhead in the 1920's.@macp
Im more a fan of the P-38 Lightning
Its hard to find a good image that really does this beast justice. Its been one of my favorites since I read the book 'The Last Dogfight' in primary school.
stearman65
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Southport Merseyside UK
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
First aircraft built by the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 1918:
stearman65
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Southport Merseyside UK
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Brilliant - thank you. Cosford has been on my list for some time. I'd been intending to take my dad in November, when they've got the Conservation centre open for 1 week to the public. The idea being so he could see the work they're doing on the Hendon Wellington, as he did his initial training at Cosford, and then subsequently worked on Wellingtons during the war. Sadly, he died in April, but I'll still go and reminisce.
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stearman65
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Southport Merseyside UK
There is a book I read about 20 years ago giving the Loughhead history, He's under reported for the things he achieved early on. I'm not certain but he could have beaten Lindburgh across the Atlantic but for certain circumstances?First aircraft built by the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 1918:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Lockheed
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
You could have one in your back garden for a few grand, just like Clarkson.
classic33
Leg End Member
Gardens too short!
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
One of these flew over here the other day
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
That is one of the reasons why I do not like the Cold War Museum at Cosford, all of the aircraft are crammed into a small space so that you cannot see them properly. I much prefer the other museums on the site where you can get a better view of the exhibits.Just needs a bit of lateral thinking:
Or should that be vertical thinking?
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I saw a couple of military planes as they came into Bruntingthorpe one day this week. No idea what they were but they were flying very low.
CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I find that aircraft have a strange habit of flying very low as they come in to an airfield.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I find that aircraft have a strange habit of flying very low as they come in to an airfield.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
They were flying low from a fair way out and very close together as well, they were only seconds apart. I was surprised not to see one of them circle. To be fair I never saw them land as I was the wrong side of Gilmorton and they may have flown straight over the aerodrome
