Firebird wrote:
Zac Yates wrote:
That's because that's the type of windscreen appropriate for the F(ighter)B(omber) and T(rainer) models. The airworthy B.35 in Canada has the bomber windscreen, again appropriate for that model.
And the B.IV DZ452 that Avspecs have the remains of for sale is also a glazed nose, non'flat windscreen version, which will be great to see done as well, if anyone buys it, especially as this saw WW2 use from bases in Scotland with 618 Sqn in 1944/5.
However, Peter Monk's public announcement that Avspec will be doing a FB.VI for them to operate in the UK, makes me think that they intend converted DZ into a solid nose FB version, which would be a shame, as the only potentially airworthy B.IV.
I assume DZ452 is the one destined for Biggin Hill, as I'm not aware of any other project/remains with an identity that it could be??
I spoke to several folks from Avspecs at Warbirds Over Wanaka this last weekend and Peter Monk's machine
IS NOT DZ542 - she is
on the market with Platinum and the airframe is well advanced (DZ542's fuselage can be glimpsed briefly in this TV current affairs piece about NZ2308:
https://youtu.be/wiDab5_obYc?si=fTDNrxwkmTm3sRYB). The Monk aircraft is an actual FB.VI. The person I spoke to couldn't commit to saying anything about the ID but my personal belief is that it will be TE881/NZ2345, the other identity recovered from John Smith's (TE910/NZ2336) property.
DaveM2 wrote:
No, Peter will be supplying the identity of the Biggin Hill project AFAIK.
We posted at the same time! Thank you for the clarification, Dave.
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