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14/10/2011 5:54 am
My first attempt at a picture!
This follows Randy's pic of his beautiful children. Stuart is my younger son who turns 32 next March. We went to Southampton Hall of Aviation a couple of weeks ago and this is us in the Sandringham Flying Boat - the one that appeared on the Forum photo no longer available
a few weeks ago in my painting. We are in the pilot and co-pilot seats, exactly where my Father was when he occasionally had a little go at flying rather than radio operating which was his normal job. This is where he was, somewhere between Sydney and Auckland, the day I was born.
Off topic I know but if the pic works I may post a few car ones! I think the image may be a tad large...I know how to sort this and will do so in future!
14/10/2011 6:05 am
Great photo, John! It's a tad large, but no problem; it's easier to see all the details that way!
Really cool---thanks for posting.
14/10/2011 6:14 am
Excellent picture John. Awesome place to sit !
14/10/2011 10:26 am
Pic: Is it this one? It must be a great day for you and your son, John
I hope you had many good memories...
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Christoph
14/10/2011 11:06 am
Is that the aircraft known as the Martin Sea Master on this side of The Pond?
14/10/2011 1:18 pm
the roberts in the sandringham
What a great occasion, father and son in the cockpit where grandpa plied his trade. Years ago when my Dad was flying the Boeing Stratocruiser he took my little seven year old self out to Idlewild (now JFK) to tour the airplane and sit in the cockpit. How I wish I had a photo of that time.
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15/10/2011 4:00 am
Hi Christophe. That's a Sunderland which was the basis for the Sandringham, the post-war civilian version. Most Sandringhams were converted Sunderlands and the one in my pic - the only one left I believe - was converted back at Short Brothers who built the Sunderland at the end of the war. ZK-AMH, to give the Sunderland its original New Zealand registration served with TEAL airline mainly between New Zealand and Australia for a number of years. There were problems with the Pratt & Witney Wasp engines which were prone to over-heating and the Sandringhams were replaced with Douglas DC4 Skymasters on loan from Australian Airlines. My Dad had to become an honorary Australian so he could continue to fly as a radio operator! I found the official letter in his flight log a couple of months ago - never realised it was there before. The wartime Sunderland was treated with great respect by the Luftwaffe who christened it 'The Flying Porcupine' because it was tough, difficult to shoot down and well armed.
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15/10/2011 4:02 am
I don't know Frank as my aircraft knowledge is sketchy.
I would doubt it though as Shorts were based in Belfast building flying boats such as the Empire in the 1930s and wasn't Martin an American maker - Maurauder, etc?
15/10/2011 11:56 am
Thank you John for this interesting informations.
15/10/2011 5:18 pm
Smaller picture here->
Thanks for the family and flight update! It's fun to get a bit of a view of our other lives (the non-1/43), once in a while.
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16/10/2011 7:41 am
PICs--OFB strikes again--The Martin Seamaster was a jet seaplane developed in the fifties....
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...and not deployed widely as had been envisioned
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16/10/2011 7:50 am
PIC--Here's a pic of the Martin Mars. While it might look similar up front, is a twin tail boat...
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16/10/2011 11:01 am
That's cut us down to size! Thanks Karl.
Stuart loves all kinds of museums to do with transport and I love taking him. Often the people at the desk will ask 'Are you his carer?' I always reply, 'Yes, and I'm also proud to be his Dad!'.
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16/10/2011 11:04 am
Love it! I'm always interested in any flying boat.
The term 'Sea Plane' was coined by Winston Churchill apparently way back in the 1920s
16/10/2011 11:04 am
Blessings to both of you, John.
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