Our Illustrious Leader

[Gunner]

Lots of STRUTS!!!

Cheers! Mike

[Lynn Eades]

Hanno, you don't have the struts, but along with the fine name, you'd share the big wingspan
I suppose back then that shaped nose section would have been all hand formed?
Thanks Keith for the I.D.
H.P. built bombers during WWII didn't they?
I can't say that I recall ever seeing one before. Some aspects of her are pretty, and some are a bit ugly, but she is certainly of "an era". She (sorry Hanno)reminds me of those monsters built by the Russians, some laden with naval type artillery.
Thanks Barry for posting.

[Keith Webb]

Yes they certainly did, Lynn.

Pre-war there were types such as the Harrow, then the Hampden/Hereford (my uncle was killed on an anti-shipping strike flying a Hampden), and the Halifax, one of the mainstays of Bomber Command.

Post-war was the Victor, one of the famous V Force bombers.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

G-AAUD Hanno starred in the 1937 short film, Air Outpost - 24 Hours at the City and Airport of Sharjah in the Persian Gulf

Great to see it in action - see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=253vJ6uYpq4

"The Hanno has arrived..."

H.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Pre-war there were types such as the Harrow, then the Hampden/Hereford (my uncle was killed on an anti-shipping strike flying a Hampden), and the Halifax, one of the mainstays of Bomber Command.
Post-war was the Victor, one of the famous V Force bombers.

And of course their biplane bombers were the mainstay in WW1, from which the HP42 airliner draws lineage. I think you had an Airfix O/400 when we were kids Keith, or was it a Vickers Vimy? I'm pretty sure you had a Halifax too, and I know I had a Hampden, which I always thought was a very attractive streamlined aircraft, although I believe it was disliked for it's flimsy rear fuselage which could not sustain damage. Certainly the Wimpy was much loved for this ability and became the mainstay RAF bomber, until the heavies were introduced.

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