Short trip in the Lizzie.

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 07 Apr 2007, 22:10

Hi all,

Took the lizzie up today for a short hop from Liverpool to Leeds Bradford. Great weather and made for some nice views. This aircraft is simply beautiful and hard to believe just one remains preserved.

Taxi-ing out

Passing Holme Moss transmitter

Reaching the NTL Tower at Emley Moor, its huge!

Short finals into Leeds (trying to ignore the stupid plateau effect at the airport!)

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 07 Apr 2007, 23:18

Nice shots of my local!

Post by **Garry Russell** » 07 Apr 2007, 23:32

Nice shots Eddie

As to being surprised only one was preserved it is more true to say it is more or a surprise this one was preserved.

Dan Air kept one of each type by then so G-ALZO was saved.

It was two more years before the first attempt was made to preserve an airliner by a preservation group with the Viscount Preservation Trust saving G-ALWF at Liverpool.

So if it hadn't been for Dan Air's own preservation group the type would have been extinct like so many that ended their careers just before that.

Quite simply up until just after G-ALZO was retired large airliners were not saved......infact little was saved at all

We didn't save any Bristol 170's...the Superfreighter especially should have been represented, no Vikings....the one we have came from Holland.

We only have a Hermes because it was a cabin trainer, no Tudor, Marathon. :sad:

Even the Princess Flying boats were chopped up in 1967...ten years later it may have been a different story

Still nothing is assured......like the last Carvair at Southend being broken up...................and of course the Cosford saga. :crying:

Garry

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 07 Apr 2007, 23:58

Some interesting facts there Garry. A harsh reminder of how insignificant aviation heritage is to many of the operators of those rare beasts. :sad:

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 08 Apr 2007, 00:01

I saw one of those today .

VEGAS · Post by **VEGAS** » 08 Apr 2007, 00:11

Is she finished yet? Last time I was there she was being assembled ready for painting. :think:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 08 Apr 2007, 00:23

It seems that she has be put aside for a while with little activity of late.

I have seen only three Ambassadors each one only once......never seen G-ALZO :sad:

Paul K · Post by **Paul K** » 08 Apr 2007, 00:25

Not yet Vegas. I don't know what stage they are at with her, or where she will live once the restoration is complete. The cockpit windows are missing at the moment.

At least she is indoors and out of the elements.

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 08 Apr 2007, 19:38

hard to believe just one remains preserved

There were not that many built so for one to survive is pretty good :dance: .

I saw most of them at Heathrow and Gatwick (BKS, Danair, Shell, Decca), although at the time did not realise that was most of the production :shock:

From memory: G-ALZP thru G-AMAG (or MAH

) and G-ALFR.

Post by **Garry Russell** » 08 Apr 2007, 20:00

Hi Ian.

You go most of them

The prototype was G-AGUA the second was G-AKRD

G-ALFR was the other odd one and the main batch was G-ALZN-MAH

Garry