Monster---- Bristol Freighter 1/72

[Mini Me]

Maybe so but you do it very well.........If I were you I'd be looking round for a bigger Airport....unless you want a couple of them overhead doing a low level approach. :tongue-out3: :thumb2: Rick H.

[Guest]

Maybe so but you do it very well.........If I were you I'd be looking round for a bigger Airport....unless you want a couple of them overhead doing a low level approach. :tongue-out3: :thumb2: Rick H.

Well Rick, sadly, from our flat we see all the aircraft approaching the airport. Jersey one of the busiest, or was , in Europe

I would dearly like to see them again as at the moment it seems like a solitary one every couple of days. We used to have the smaller ones come over our flats. Not one for a long time.

Some progress as Guernsey has only one & Jersey three positive covid types (the other smaller islands nil) that is among 200,000 just one in hospital.
So flights btween the Islands have started again.

Have to say that I am proud as the populations of the Islands have, except for the idiot few, been exceptionally disciplined in their lives which pays huge dividends.

That is nice.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Lovely result Laurie. I've been up close with a few Bristol Freighters, and they are indeed big aeroplanes. Functional but not beautiful. And very noisy! They were used by the RNZAF until the 1970s for flying supplies and personnel from friendly SE Asian countries to Vietnam during that conflict. One of the old airframes was, in recent years, salvaged from outdoor storage at a local aerodrome and shipped back to the UK for restoration where it was born.

Great work, your Jersey Airport is filling up!

[Guest]

Lovely result Laurie. I've been up close with a few Bristol Freighters, and they are indeed big aeroplanes. Functional but not beautiful. And very noisy! They were used by the RNZAF until the 1970s for flying supplies and personnel from friendly SE Asian countries to Vietnam during that conflict. One of the old airframes was, in recent years, salvaged from outdoor storage at a local aerodrome and shipped back to the UK for restoration where it was born.

Great work, your Jersey Airport is filling up!

Look forward to your replies Joe.

Great narratives love reading them. Sad fact that not enough "chat" goes on in this world. It does bring us all together.

I have been deprived in a year. If I got in to one our lifts to the flats I made sure they all chatted. It makes so much difference & people make friends. Now only one per lift so sad.

Laurie

[Jim R]

Hi Laurie
That is a great addition to your airport.
Jim

[scottie3158]

Laurie,
Another interesting build.

[Guest]

Hi Laurie
That is a great addition to your airport.
Jim

Thanks Jim very nice of you.

Interesting I built a Heron which is now on the apron. During building I found that there was at our Jersey Airport an abandoned Heron up for sale. Not airworthy.

Well a great bloke has bought it. Asking for donation to renovate it. Hopefully it will fly again. First flight 1950 at De Havilands. They designed & built some beautiful craft.

The Heron is no exception now 70 years on it is stiil a lovley aircraft way above in looks for its age.

Laurie

[JR]

Very nice indeed Laurie, it's quite a brute but has something about it.

[adt70hk]

Laurie

That's turned out very nicely indeed.

Well done.

Andrew

[Guest]

Very nice indeed Laurie, it's quite a brute but has something about it.

Thanks John. Yes rather like a pig but then I like pigs :smiling:

[Guest]

Laurie

That's turned out very nicely indeed.

Well done.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew very nice of you to say so much appreciated.

Laurie

[papa 695]

Cracking work Laurie

[Guest]

Thanks Ian much appreciated.

Laurie

[colin m]

A monster indeed, but a very impressive looking build. Great job Laurie.

[Guest]

A monster indeed, but a very impressive looking build. Great job Laurie.

Thanks Colin for looking in much appreciated.

Laurie