Classic British Flight Sim

Try Aeroplane Monthly - IIRC they had a a feature on the Sealand in August 1993. Might be some shots in their archive, whether published or not.

A very graceful looking aircraft. I look forward to your screenshots.

I've recieved these two from Tekman for uploading here.

There are probably a few of the younger/newer members who are perhaps not too sure what a Sealand is as it did not have a very strong home career and those that were used more extensively were out in arwas like Asia

Anyways.....this is it




Garry

Thanks for posting those Garry.I wasn't quite au fait with the Sealand myself.

Tekman ,it looks as though you're making a decent fist of it.

Well done so far.

Mark :tab:

Nice subject Tekman I have looked through everything I have here but nothing on the interior at all....

Nevertheless, it is a nice aeroplane and a welcome addition to anyone's collection.....well done that man..

Regards.

Bridon Bear

I assume thats a pair of DH Gipsies from the shape of the cowls and the props? Looks to be quite a big aircraft to be powered by only those (looks as if it should be heavier than a Dove). Anyone got any specs for it? I have never seen or heard of this one before but it seems to have made me curious!

Certainly was Gipsy Queen engines.

Wingspan 59ft (later 61ft 6in)
Length 42ft 2in
AUP 9.100lb
Max Speed 187mph

Regards.

Bridon Bear

EDIT For those interested, I have the book 'Shorts Aircraft since 1900' by CH Barnes which has several pages (illustrated) on the Sealand which I have scanned plus I have obtained some good information, specs, consumption figures etc on the Gipsy Queen 70 engine. All is now in a 9meg PDF file which I can email if requested.

Once again it always pleases me to post on this forum as although like many other people I make models it really is the contributions that folks like all of you make the whole process worthwhile thank you to all

Simon, thanks for info regarding Aeroplane monthly, I believe I may have that somewhere and Bridon, I'm not sure if I have the Shorts book in the library, that's my father's department. I know he has a series of the Putnam books and the main AJ Jackson volumes but I'll have to check that out.

Come to think of it I believe my father has a contact at Aeroplane who's worked there for years since they were at the London society of Air Britain back when it started

That's what we are here for Tekman...


BTW...Check your mail

Regards.

Bridon Bear

Looks very interesting indeed, certainly something I'd be interested in flying when it appears.