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  • Регистрационный номер: N5742

    N5749 was a Maurice Farman S.7 built by Brush Coachwork but how it got on to the roof of this hangar at a Royal Naval Air Service airfield is not revealed.
    Dick also comments on the photograph of N5742 atop of a Bessoneau hangar. All is not as it seems. The crew are not trying to rescue it, they have just hoisted it up there. Their reason for this bizarre act is that the aircraft is about to do something which is now standard practice in the Royal Navy, launch it off a ski-jump! They are engaged in the first trials of this device but the result of these is unknown.
    The photograph of N5749 perched on a hangar in AM.3/88 has resulted in some more sleuthing, this time by Jack Meaden. Another view of this aircraft appeared in "Aeroplane Monthly" for May 1988 and from this it can be seen that the lower booms were smashed by the hangar ridge pole and the wheels and undercarriage legs have either broken off or have gone through the canvas.
    The evidence points to the aircraft having stalled on to the hangar roof and not to the theory that this was part of a ski-jump experiment as suggested in Feedback in AM.1/89. More information is required on this subject since the ski-jump idea would have presumably required the aircraft to be faced into the prevailing wind as on a ship. Contemporary seaplane carriers were fitted with level flying-off decks but Campania had a four-degree slope and others were given a similar slope during refit.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Maurice Farman MF.7 Longhorn - Франция - 1912

  • Регистрационный номер: FM-1001

    Twin Pioneer FM1001 behind bars, or more precisely natty wrought iron fences, at the Malaysian National Museum in Kuala Lumpur. The exotic architecture makes a better background than the usual hangars and clutter of an airfield.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer - Великобритания - 1955

  • Регистрационный номер: JX117

    The photograph shows Mariner JX117 on the water at Beaumaris in Anglesey where Saro prepared these boats for RAF service. This particular example did not reach No.524 Squadron which was the only RAF unit to fly the type but remained with Saro until written off on 4 November 1944 as being damaged beyond repair. We have no details of what happened to it so further information would be welcome. The testing of the Mariner was covered in AM.3/85. Note the open bomb bay doors in the engine nacelles.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Martin PBM Mariner / Type 162 - США - 1939

  • Регистрационный номер: WM148

    Meteor TT.20 WM148 served with No.3/4 CAACU after being converted from a NF.11. Presumably the photograph was taken at the unit's base at Exeter Airport.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Gloster, Armstrong Whitworth Meteor NF.11 - Великобритания - 1950

  • Регистрационный номер: L3247

    Henley target tug L3247 was serving with No.3 Armament Training Station at Sutton Bridge when this photograph was taken in August 1939. Already the hangar has camouflage screens and there is an anti-gas patch on top of the fuselage of the Henley.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Hawker Henley - Великобритания - 1937

  • Регистрационный номер: K4842

    Audax K4842 of No.20 Squadron crashed on approach to Peshawar on 24 April 1940 and was written off. It bore the code letter HN-B, designed to conceal the squadron's true identity from any German spies disguised as Pathans.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Hawker Audax - Великобритания - 1931