Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:10 am
Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:28 pm
Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:46 pm
Invader26 wrote:One C-54G in the UK at North Weald being restored to airworthy.
Fri Nov 09, 2018 9:41 pm
Sat Nov 10, 2018 1:16 am
Mike wrote:... for a type that has little or no resonance with the U.K. public.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:27 am
JohnB wrote:Sometimes the UK enthusiast community can be very parochial or nationalistic.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 5:37 am
JohnB wrote:Mike wrote:... for a type that has little or no resonance with the U.K. public.
Sometimes the UK enthusiast community can be very parochial or nationalistic.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:17 am
Mike wrote:JohnB wrote:Sometimes the UK enthusiast community can be very parochial or nationalistic.
Try a fundraiser to restore a Viscount to flight in the US and see how far you get, especially in a country where every example of probably its most famous airliner (the Constellation) is either grounded or has been sold abroad due to a widespread lack of interest (aka apathy).
The sad fact is that, if it doesn't have stars and bars or roundels, people in general just aren't interested.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 7:42 am
Not being actively restored at present. More an idea than an ongoing project, a massive undertaking that will require a lot of funding for a type that has little or no resonance with the U.K. public.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 12:50 pm
JohnB wrote:Mike wrote:JohnB wrote: I may have been a bit harsh about UK aviation buffs and warbird operators, but the do seem obsessed with fighters.
Sat Nov 10, 2018 5:12 pm
Sat Nov 10, 2018 5:46 pm
PinecastleAAF wrote:I got a look at the one in Douglas GA a couple of weeks ago it didn't look too bad. I was told it is getting new engines and will be flown out.
Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:30 am
Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:52 am
Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:46 am