Read the forum code of contact
By: - 15th March 2017 at 06:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
oz rb fan
Restored to the British register on 6/6/2012 to a French company , and under restoration in Suffolk UK.
hth
G-ANPK
By: - 15th March 2017 at 07:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/written_off?survivors/serial/A68-005
Brief history and photo.
By: - 15th March 2017 at 08:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That one passed me by, how much actually was left? Would be great to see it in the scheme in the link.
Rob
By: - 15th March 2017 at 09:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Mentioned fairly frequently here
https://www.facebook.com/Classic-Flying-Machine-Collection-111335502242209/
Moggy
PS: If you don't 'do' Facebook, please resist the urge to tell us?
By: - 15th March 2017 at 09:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Does anyone know if this Mustang was the one that Ron Flockhart was flying and in which he was involved in a fatal accident ?
By: - 15th March 2017 at 09:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Wikipedia says 'no'
Flockhart subsequently entered the London-Cardiff Air Race to be held in June that year but withdrew because G-ARKD was still in Athens.[2] G-ARKD was abandoned and another CAC Mustang, registered VH-UWB, was bought in Australia for Flockhart to make a second attempt at the Sydney-London record.[2] On 12 April 1962, while on a test flight in preparation for the record attempt, Flockhart crashed VH-UWB in poor weather near Kallista, Victoria and was killed
By: - 15th March 2017 at 10:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thank you.
By: - 15th March 2017 at 11:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
thanks every one.
By: - 15th March 2017 at 16:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looked these two Mustangs up in Jackson's BCA 1919 -1972 Vol III.
G-ARKD, "abandoned at Athens following engine trouble and cockpit fire 7.9.61, still there in 1969".
VH-UWB was apparently repainted as G-ARUK 4.4.62 and crashed 12.4.62. Any photos exist of G-ARUK?
By: - 15th March 2017 at 17:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I've seen a magazine article about Flockhart's Mustang crash recently (give or take, last 2 years), which included photos. I cannot recall if it was in a motorsport or aviation mag however. Anyone?
By: - 15th March 2017 at 18:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I would maybe suggest it be a data plate restoration?
By: - 15th March 2017 at 18:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Looked these two Mustangs up in Jackson's BCA 1919 -1972 Vol III.
G-ARKD, "abandoned at Athens following engine trouble and cockpit fire 7.9.61, still there in 1969.
VH-UWB was apparently repainted as G-ARUK 4.4.62 and crashed 12.4.62. Any photos exist of G-ARUK?
http://edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austmz/VH-UWB.html
Only one I can find!
Posts: 1,306
By: - 15th March 2017 at 19:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I'm sure I've seen photos of 'RUK too. Possibly in Classic Wings/Downunder? I seem to remember a front-3/4 shot with Ron standing next to it, the caption stating that it was an hour or so before the crash.
By: - 17th March 2017 at 09:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good to see that photographs do exist of this aircraft wearing it's very short lived British registration: on the UK register for a mere eight days.
By: - 17th March 2017 at 12:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
i must admit the only pics i have found of RUK were the ones shown and a couple of it straight out of RAAF service as VH-UWB....still wearing it's basic RAAF target tug scheme...seems odd there are no other pics of her as VH-UWB.
By: - 17th March 2017 at 13:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
She is married to Harrison Ford, so there is certainly an aviation connection there! ;) IMDB states that she is named after two great-grandmothers, both of whom had the middle name Calista. Her great-grandparents that provided the Flockhart name were Scottish immigrants so perhaps there is a distant family connection, seeing as Ron Flockhart was born in Edinburgh.
(How is that for thread-drift.....)
By: - 17th March 2017 at 13:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Well, more drift, Mrs. C Flockhart (possibly Christine) lived in Woollahra, NSW in 1902 and Miss C Flockhart lived in Homebush, Sydney, NSW in 1920.
By: - 19th March 2017 at 20:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
One interesting detail is if there will be published photos of the "recovery" of whatever they recovered. If we look back at recoveries from all over the world in the last 40 years there has usually been some kind of "hero photos" published, to celebrate the end of a long search, and to document the latest treasure. Over the last few years this seems to have changed to an attitude of "I don't have to show you anything". Which is true, but then the questions and accusations of data- plate restorations will never die down. And when did owners become that negative to show off what they have found, if they have indeed found something? Well, we'll just have to wait to see what shows up in the future.
As for Ron Flockhart and the P-51s, Warbirds International just published a feature about that in their Mustangs Intl. Magazine which I'm currently reading. Full of photos of both Mustangs as well!
T J
By: - 20th March 2017 at 08:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
But often people don't believe you anyway. Take Maurice Hammonds second Mustang, which he recovered from somewhere in Italy, having crashed in the war. He supplied pictures of the wreckage, but a number of commentators refused to believe it were true. Ho Hum..
Posts: 424
By: oz rb fan - 14th March 2017 at 23:02
there was talk a little while ago about this aircraft and that it may have survived,rather than the usual talk of it being being scrapped at Athens airport.....any other rumours about it?