|
09-19-2007, 09:06 AM
| #1 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 584
| New Wellington BBC NEWS | England | Surrey | War veterans reunited with bomber New British bomber on display...pulled from Loch Ness when some eejits were trying to find Nessie! |
|         |
|
09-19-2007, 01:10 PM
| #2 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
Posts: 4,346
| It's always nice to get another bird restored. 10 years of restoration!!!! That was a big project. |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 01:17 PM
| #3 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: FL
Posts: 3,294
| Welcome back, Wellington! |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 02:15 PM
| #4 |
| Older Than Dirt   Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Posts: 7,309
| One of only two ! WOW ! I'll bet they are a proud bunch ! Charles
__________________  I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.... |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 03:37 PM
| #5 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Phila, Pa
Posts: 3,446
| Pretty cool. Glad they found it. |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 03:45 PM
| #6 |
| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
Posts: 33,152
| She looks great now! Glad she was restorable.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 04:19 PM
| #7 |
| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
Posts: 15,224
  | Yeah she does look good. Good work on the restoration for sure.
__________________  "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 04:41 PM
| #8 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
Posts: 4,207
| Great!
__________________  "A good fighter pilot, like a good boxer, should have a knockout punch..... You will find one attack you prefer to all others. Work on it till you can do it to perfection... then use it whenever possible." - Captain Reade Tilley, USAAF 7 Victories, WW-II - |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 06:41 PM
| #9 |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 584
| It was designed by Barnes Wallis...who also did bouncing bombs of dambusters and tallboy bomb. The lattice or geodectic design is obvious in the pic and why the aircraft wasn't fully restored. The lattice gave strength but light and gave a strong internal structure. Allowing the Wimpey to survive battle damage. The Lattice structure was a Wallis trademark. An honourable tribute to the first years of Bomber Command. |
|
| |
|
09-19-2007, 07:59 PM
| #10 |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
Posts: 4,543
| Very cool 
__________________  |
|
| |
|
09-20-2007, 12:31 PM
| #11 |
| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
Posts: 13,386
| My favorite British bomber. Very nice.
__________________  "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the [U.S.] Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan Master of Duplicate Posts |
|
| |
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
