Log in

View Full Version : UK1 V9367 Westland Lysander.jpg

Joseph Testagrose
December 2nd 11, 11:42 AM
展奄rdo
December 2nd 11, 02:48 PM
On 02/12/2011 11:42, Joseph Testagrose wrote:

And still it lives on, although less dangerously, at the Shuttleworth
Collection, seen there in 2008.

--
Moving things in still pictures

FastStone - Infinitely Flexible Photographic Fixing - For Free!

www.FastStone.org
Ramsman
December 2nd 11, 06:01 PM
On 02/12/2011 14:48, 展奄rdo wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 11:42, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
> And still it lives on, although less dangerously, at the Shuttleworth
> Collection, seen there in 2008.
>

If only! This aircraft is really an RCAF machine. Some sources say it's
s/n 2355, others say 1582. Civil registration G-AZWT.

--
Peter
Orval Fairbairn
December 2nd 11, 06:09 PM
In article >,
Ramsman > wrote:

> On 02/12/2011 14:48, 展奄rdo wrote:
> > On 02/12/2011 11:42, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
> >
> > And still it lives on, although less dangerously, at the Shuttleworth
> > Collection, seen there in 2008.
> >
>
> If only! This aircraft is really an RCAF machine. Some sources say it's
> s/n 2355, others say 1582. Civil registration G-AZWT.

Is that the one that a late friend of mine, Dwight Brooks, restored in
the 1970s, in Southern California? At the time, it was the only one in
civil captivity and, IIRC, came out of Canada.
展奄rdo
December 2nd 11, 07:30 PM
On 02/12/2011 18:01, Ramsman wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 14:48, 展奄rdo wrote:
>> On 02/12/2011 11:42, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>
>> And still it lives on, although less dangerously, at the Shuttleworth
>> Collection, seen there in 2008.
>>
>
> If only! This aircraft is really an RCAF machine. Some sources say it's
> s/n 2355, others say 1582. Civil registration G-AZWT.
>

Ah, let's say then that the "spirit" lives on.

;-)

--
Moving things in still pictures
Ramsman
December 3rd 11, 10:18 AM
On 02/12/2011 18:09, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 02/12/2011 14:48, 展奄rdo wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2011 11:42, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>>>
>>> And still it lives on, although less dangerously, at the Shuttleworth
>>> Collection, seen there in 2008.
>>>
>>
>> If only! This aircraft is really an RCAF machine. Some sources say it's
>> s/n 2355, others say 1582. Civil registration G-AZWT.
>
> Is that the one that a late friend of mine, Dwight Brooks, restored in
> the 1970s, in Southern California? At the time, it was the only one in
> civil captivity and, IIRC, came out of Canada.

I don't know. I did see something about a restoration in the USA during
my searches. A few minutes' Googling should tell you.

--
Peter
Laurie
December 3rd 11, 01:37 PM
On 03/12/11 10:18 AM, Ramsman wrote:
> On 02/12/2011 18:09, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
>>
>> Is that the one that a late friend of mine, Dwight Brooks, restored in
>> the 1970s, in Southern California? At the time, it was the only one in
>> civil captivity and, IIRC, came out of Canada.
>
> I don't know. I did see something about a restoration in the USA during
> my searches. A few minutes' Googling should tell you.
>
Looks like it was restored in the UK:
http://www.shuttleworth.org/shuttleworth-collection/aircraft-details.asp?ID=29

Laurie
Google