Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13

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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] AIRCRAFT - Last flying Vulcan XH558
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:25:02 +0000
References: <4AFC932E.9030602@summaventures.com> <4AFD1F05.4020709@whitedogs.co.uk> <4AFD2CAB.9050200@gmx.de>

Douglas,

I seem to remember owning the Airfix kit of the Silver City Airways car
transporter - and never really getting the doors to work. I think that it was
because of the way that the hinges were made or something.

;-)

Peter

Douglas Sharp wrote:
> Though not quite as ugly as this:
> 
> http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1047815/
> 
> One of these (a flying car/passenger ferry) rotted for years on the
> apron at Yeadon because nobody wanted it - the operator had gone bust
> and there were no takers. A reasonably successful rich persons?
> alternative to the channel ferry at the time

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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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