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By: 7th March 2013 at 16:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great news, best wishes for the project! :)
By: 7th March 2013 at 18:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-About time we heard something positive about Scottish avaition heritage ! There is a lot that could be done up there with imagination and determination!
By: 9th March 2013 at 21:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Wasn't the Bulldog a Scottish Aviation product, or just their design?
Rob
By: 10th March 2013 at 09:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The Bulldog was originally a Beagle design...built by SA after Beagle went bust
rgds baz
By: 10th March 2013 at 16:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It implies the Twin Pioneer was the only all Scottish type but there was of course the Prestwick Pioneer
The first all Scottish heavier than air aeroplane was the Baird Monoplane.
By: 10th March 2013 at 16:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I think its proposed that the Twin Pioneer appears as a visitor and provide flights, not on a permanent basis. There is one all dry and cosy already at East Fortune that needs a bit of care and attention.
There some others such as the Bulldog 200, and the single Pioneer could be borrowed from Cosford.
By: 10th March 2013 at 17:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Scottish Aviation was a subcontractor for Handley page building wings and centre sections for the Jetstream. When HP failed they took over the Jetstream and re engineered it into the 31 so perhaps that marque could be considered Scottish enough.
By: 31st March 2013 at 08:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Anyone got a spare airworthy Sunderland as they were built by Black burn on their site at Dunoon. It would also honour the Sunderland crews who operated from the Seaplane base at Gourock.
By: 31st March 2013 at 08:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Blackburn built Sunderlands at their Dunoon site. The RAF operated a flying boat base at Gourock. Fighters were based at Turnhouse (Edinburgh) and also I think from Abbotsinch (Glasgow) as well as Prestwick, Drem Fern, Tain (and another airfield in the same area which I have forgotten the name of) and East Fortune. Aviation historians who frequent these pages are probably able to list many more that I have missed because I have either forgotten the names or don't even know they existed. In light of this it is obvious that Scotland has a rich aviation heritage which deserves greater acknowledgement. Please forgive me for stating what is probably well known to members here but I included the current names for Turnhouse and Abbotsinch for the benefit of younger members who may never have heard of them.
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By: Bmused55 - 7th March 2013 at 15:45
Not sure exactly where to put this, so I'll plopp it here. Mods, please move if you think this is more for historic.
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