On 24/01/2013 22:04, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 24/01/2013 08:24, Ramsman wrote:
On 23/01/2013 16:40, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 17/01/2013 13:23, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

With a Handley Page Hastings in the background!


And is that the Reid & Sigrist Desford on the right?


More like the RS4 Bobsleigh but they're not types I know much about,
unlike the Hastings which I did have the doubtful privilege of flying in
far too often for comfort, hence my instant recognition of it.

Ri©ardo


Yes, you're right. It was laziness on my part, just thinking of it as
the Desford.. It was the same airframe, though, converted to test prone
pilot operation. Now in the Snibston Discovery Park at Coalville in
Leicestershire, but not on public display at the moment.

My only encounter with the Hastings was seeing several at RAF Colerne in
the 60s with tails partly removed because of a fatigue problem. Only
three left in the UK now, at Cosford, Duxford and Colerne.

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Peter