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The former R. canadian AF Fairey Battle, 1899, engineless, the fuselage in primer, the leading edges of the wings in natural metal and the whole lot up on jacks |
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A general view of the museum, the battle in the foreground, the Rolls Royce Flying Bedstead, Lancaster, Vampire, Lysander and Magister. |
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The Sea Hawk, minus its wings. This aircraft is now with the museum at Montrose in a much sorrier state. |
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By the time of auction, the restoration of the Swordfish was in an advanced stage. The fuselage tubes had been x-rayed, repaired and painted. The strakes were in place ready for the Irish Linen covering. The semi-circular Lewis machine gun mount can be seen to the left of the cockpit. |
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By the time of auction, the restoration of the Swordfish was in an advanced stage. The fuselage tubes had been x-rayed, repaired and painted. The strakes were in place ready for the Irish Linen covering. The mountings for the engine seem tiny compared to the size of the fuselage |
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Inside the former R. Canadian AF Fairey Battle, 1899. By this stage the fuselage had been gutted for a static rebuild. |
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Inside Whirlwind XG594. The cable for the sonar buoy can be seen to the left and the ladder to the cockpit is at the far end of the cabin. The quilting is for noise absorbtion. |
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The sonar set for Whirlwind XG594. As basic as they come. |
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The cockpit of Whirlwind XG594, standing on the ladder, the seat for the pilot hinges out of the way |
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Another view of the airfield. On the ground is The Redbird, N208B, an ADV G-DEXP and Ce206 G-BPGE. A parachutist is about the land. 23Apr05 |