Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on December 21, 2013, 03:14:22 AM
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Never really thought much of the Airspeed Oxford. Always pictured it as the sedate training aircraft this image shows:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/RAF_Airspeed_AS.10_Oxford_II_Brown.jpg/800px-RAF_Airspeed_AS.10_Oxford_II_Brown.jpg)
Until I came across this earlier this week:
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/45-eb00209842_zpsaa91cfb9.jpg)
It is a Airspeed Consul of the Union of Burma Air Force from the late 1940s …wow!!!
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([url]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/45-eb00209842_zpsaa91cfb9.jpg[/url])
Nice find, but what's the story about the Avro Tudor in the background -------- (tail dragger to boot) ?
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That's the Type 689 Tudor 9/706 Ashton prototype.
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Right, I meant Ashton -- :-X
It would suggest the photo was taken somewhere in England -- Farnborough perhaps ?
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According to Airspeed Aircraft since 1931, the armament fit was tested at
A&AEE Boscombe Down in the autumn of 1949.
Armament consisted of two fixed forward-firing .303, eight 25lb. RP and a rear
gun turret.
All AS.65 Consuls were rebuilt AS.10 Oxfords.
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Sorely tempted to try to build one.
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BTW from all accounts the Oxford was anything but sedate. :icon_fsm:
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Sorely tempted to try to build one.
dont forget to add all the in-service repairs just to keep the seats functional !