A Blenheim goes home!

Flying Pencil · **Joined:** Sun May 04, 2008 11:31 am **Posts:** 161

For some time, a Finnish Blenheim has been in restoration. Recently, the restoration project was completed, pictures of the final journey here:

inspiring photos (with text in Finnish, translation welcome!) !
http://www.fsnordic.net/discussion/inde ... 3.240.html

and the project official site, thankfully in (descent) English:
http://www.ilmasotakoulunkilta.fi/IlmaS ... ent9993D-2
(Have to go to link, cannot link photos, at least I do not succeed)

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:29 pm

That looks like a great restoration.

Jungle Jim · **Joined:** Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:56 pm **Posts:** 12

I'll try get back to you guys with the translation later this week. My Finnish is a bit rusty but I should be able to this, picture by picture.( I speak the language and can read it with a bit of effort.)

Jim
Barrie, Ontario

mustangdriver · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:47 pm

That would be awesome. That is a cool airplane.

JägerMarty · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:49 am

Go the Finn's! great looking restoration of another rare piece. They must have some awesome stuff up there. Is the Brewster raised a few years ago goin back there? I hope so

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:23 am

Brewster has been back several months already.
Classic Wings will have a feature on the Blenheim in the next issue.

Dave

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:47 am

wow...love the markings!

JägerMarty · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:24 am

DaveM2 wrote:

Brewster has been back several months already.
Classic Wings will have a feature on the Blenheim in the next issue.

Dave

Nice one, look forward to that

dhfan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:24 pm

A magnificent restoration.

It's even rarer than it first appears. I think I'm right in saying it's the only British-built Blenheim left. All the other survivors are Canadian-built Bolingbrokes.

H.Finn · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:33 am **Posts:** 19

dhfan wrote:

A magnificent restoration.

It's even rarer than it first appears. I think I'm right in saying it's the only British-built Blenheim left. All the other survivors are Canadian-built Bolingbrokes.

Actually, this one was built in Finland. But yes, it is the only Blenheim left, all the others are Canadian Bolingbrokes.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:51 am

Awsome photos! It's always great to see a rare bird preserved. I've got a book that shows (I think) this same aircraft on outdoor display some years ago.

Don't the Finns also have the fuselage (if not the entire airframe) of a Blenhiem I in storage? Awhile back I saw someone's photos of a tour of the Finnish museum storage building, and one pic showed a short-nose Blenhiem.

SN

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:34 am

Steve

Yes, it was outdoors as a Memorial from 1960-70. They have the cockpit section of a Mk.1 IIRC.

Dave

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:08 am

1st class restoration of a real rarity in aviation history. i never understood the concept of the bashed in plexi look on the nose though????

dhfan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:30 am

The nose was originally symmetrical. I can't remember now whether it was just plain visibility or reflections from the perspex that caused it to be changed. Whatever, they adjusted it downwards 'til it worked.

Michel Lemieux · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:51 am

Quote:

i never understood the concept of the bashed in plexi look on the nose though????

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Ground / field view for the pilot when on the ground tail low.

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