Classic British Flight Sim

Was just having a browse through airliners.net and came across a sorry looking Percival Prince @ Coventry in the late 80's.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1076683/L/

The next pic showed the same sorry looking aircraft in 1993.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0347389/L/

I thought, I've never seen that before, so I presumed it got the chop, but....

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0174007/L/

Nice to see someone take it on and restore it

Thanks for tha CB

I remember seeing it at COventry in about '87 and I felt sorry for it then

As you say nice to see it being taken on.

Short nose and civil princes are a rareity.

Just goes to prove what can be done if someone makes the effort. :dance:

Garry

If you search around there are several shots of Lima Zulu at Luton in the mid 60s Not sure who owned it but remeber it coming and going because fot he odd sound the leonides made


Leif

You know.. I've been to that museum and don't remember seeing it :think: It's an odd place though.. not bad, just odd. Some nice bits in there

ATB

DaveB :tab:

I agree its superb when you see how an Aircraft which has fallen on hard times is restored to its former glory.

It almost looks proud in its last photo!

We have recently aquired the dragonfly from the fire training bit there, it was exchanged for a whirlwind which was bought with spares recovery in mind as it was beyond repair, however patched up it makes a good trainer for the fire men. Theres so little left to suggest its a navy dragonfly we plan to restore it as an raf mark 4 as only navy ones are preserved. The kind chaps down there also let us have the door clutches out of the C****a 150 for my little project

Unfortunately AMLZ is not in quite as good condition as the last photos suggests. The aircraft actually belongs to Air Atlantique (the log books are under my desk!), and was loaned to the museum at Caernarfon, where it has been allowed to slowly rot. A fresh coat of paint hides fuselage panelling beginning to fall off and the interior is almost totally stripped. The elevators are nowhere to be seen and there are quite a few areas of damage.

Myself and the chief pilot at AACF have been trying to convince Mike that when/if we move Classic Flight, it should be restored as it is now one of only 3 original Princes left in existence and this one was flown by Douglas Barder, but he doesn't seem convinced :sad:

Tom.

Tom
You said it was the one that Bader flew ?? The it would have belonged to
Shell Mex BP at one time?? If so it is the one that used to come to LTN
in the 60s but it seems to me the colours are reveresed in the photos
I remember it beng overall blue with silver trim

Leif

In happier times;

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=56633

Interesting aicraft.

I take it to get a flightsim model of this you'd just repaint a Pembroke, or are there visual differences?