The plane enthusiasts thread

[Joey Shabadoo]

Sunderland, Spit (MkV?), dunno, Sopwith Dolphin (on the sign?), P40 Curtiss Kittyhawk, Sunderland

 

[midlife]

Made several of them as airfix kits..... Painted the Sunderland in camo

 

[classic33]

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"Flying Porcupine"
Spitfire MkIIb or MkIV
Bleriot
Sopwith Pub
Curtiss Warhawk

 

[ozboz]

From inside the Sunderland , bomb ports, gun port, middle to front middle to rear turret

 

[ozboz]

 

[classic33]

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Bae Lightning
Hawker Hunter

 

[DaveReading]

Sunderland, Spit (MkV?), dunno, Sopwith Dolphin (on the sign?), P40 Curtiss Kittyhawk, Sunderland

The Spitfire on a pole is a Mk. IX, or rather a plastic model thereof.

 

[ozboz]

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The Spitfire on a pole is a Mk. IX, or rather a plastic model thereof.

I would say it is a model, be a very silly to leave one of Aviations Icons to the elements !

 

[classic33]

I would say it is a model, be a very silly to leave one of Aviations Icons to the elements !

Humbrol factory in Hull had a Hawker Hunter airframe sat outside.

 

[midlife]

Read today that the Tuccano has been retired. Look forward to the Texan II cavorting about the skies here in Cumbria.....

 

[DaveReading]

I would say it is a model, be a very silly to leave one of Aviations Icons to the elements !

Yes, it's a model, no argument about that.

But it wouldn't have been the first time the RAF Museum had left a rare exhibit outside to rot, exposed to the elements.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Read today that the Tuccano has been retired. Look forward to the Texan II cavorting about the skies here in Cumbria.....

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Aaaaaaah, the penny drops. That's the low wing, fast monoplane I've seen bombing around the Lake District quite a few times.

 

[ozboz]

 

[Nigeyy]

Love the pics!

 

[ozboz]

Love the pics!

Ta , I’ve got some yet , I’ll put them up later today ,