Фотографии
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Регистрационный номер: MF628 [3] MF628 was moved into its new home in the Bomber Command Hall when it was opened in 1983.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: MF628 [3] Still in its T Mk 10 configuration, MF628 is seen here as a static exhibit at the Abingdon Review in 1968.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] Rebuild complete: "R for Robert" stands on its own undercarriage in the Vickers hangar at Brooklands Museum.
“Loch Ness” Wellington N2980 is a star exhibit.Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: MF628 [3] MF628 as film star - Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis arrives at Scampton in the film The Dam Busters.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] The wings and centre fuselage of Wellington N2980 shortly after it emerged from Loch Ness on September 21. It is about to be lowered onto the flat barge in the foreground.
This remarkable photograph shows how much of N2980 remained intact when it was lifted out of Loch Ness on September 21, 1985. The diving team involved in the project described the operation as “lifting a cobweb with a bulldozer".Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] The Heriot-Watt University-based LNWA put their mark on N2980’s tail before dismantling begins.
The tail section was raised on September 22, and transported to Brooklands by road, the whole recovery and transport operation taking two-and-a-half weeks.Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] The volunteer workforce for the Wellington consisted mainly of retired members of Vickers-Armstrongs, British Aerospace and the Royal Air Force, working five days a week.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] By May 1994 all the various parts had been fitted together, and the Wimpy was awaiting fabric-covering on the roof and rear sections.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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Регистрационный номер: N2980 [6] The front turret was the last part of the Wellington to be raised from Loch Ness, some two years after the airframe was recovered.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
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A map showing where "R for Robert" took off from, and where it ended up after an engine failure on New Year's Eve 1940.
Самолёты на фотографии: Vickers Wellington / Type 271 - Великобритания - 1936
Статьи
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- Skywriters /Readers' letters/
- A.Lumsden - Vickers Wellington /Database/ (11)
- I.Davies - A Casualty of War & Fate /Accident analysis/
- J.Couper - Vickers Wellington: Flying the Wellington (Pilot's perspective) /Database/ (11)
- J.Meadows - Mosquito update /In the workshop/ (3)
- M.O'Leary - From Rainmaker to Warbird /WW2 preservation/
- N.Stroud - Vickers Wellington: Raised from the Deep /Database/ (11)
- P.Jarrett - Inter-war One-offs /Inter-war civil/
- P.Kucera - Vickers Wellington: Recreating a Wimpy (Film mock-up) /Database/ (11)
- R.Dorr - Fighters in transition /Korean war/ (3)
- R.Werneth - Pacific Adventure /Warbird hunting/