siznaudin Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 And there'd be some who claim Adelaide hasn't changed much in that time. Looking in the mirror in the mornings, I know that I have ... (yecchh!) Since this segment of TAA has sat for a month apparently unloved, I give you - Adelaide, 1959. Taa Taaaaa!!! [ATTACH]17869[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chainsaw Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I did love those Viscounts! Great photo :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Would be good to go back in time wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Love the huge round 'plug' door on the back of the Viscount...Great photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 She doesnt look so good now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 She doesnt look so good now... Wow! Still in existence! (just..). Whereabouts, Chris? BTW as a teenager during the Viscount era I recall how painful the shriek of their engines (or more correctly, prop noise) was. Two things:- 1) My hearing would have been a darned sight better then than now, and 2) I don't recall that the F27's produced the same effect on my ears, despite the Fokkers using the same engine and (I presume) prop. Why, I ask... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Wow! Still in existence! (just..). Whereabouts, Chris? There is a bit of interesting info. on it HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 compressor and turbine not prop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted April 10, 2009 Author Share Posted April 10, 2009 Ah so - but has my memory done me a disservice in suggesting that the Viscount's noise level was greater than the Friendship? If not, why not, I wonder..... same engines,same compressor/turbine .... :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 4 engines Vs 2 engines ... yes both the same Darts from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim E Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Thanks for those wonderful pics Ozchris! A bit sad to see her deterioration but wonderful memories there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siznaudin Posted April 11, 2009 Author Share Posted April 11, 2009 HERE[/url] So given the last dated photograph of it (1987), it's a moot point as to whether she stil exists..? Gawd, it's so sad to see once beautiful aircraft rotting away like that. :frown: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 It is sad for sure... It would have been a great project for restoration if you had enough money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 I think it was in a Melbourne fun park,... Wobbies world?? thirty years ago. Vandals had smashed the instruments. Probably wouldn't be impossible to rebuild one in the future... There were a few in Indonesia still flying in 1992 and I'd guess some in South Africa and South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtiesrelic Posted April 11, 2009 Share Posted April 11, 2009 Sorry wrong aeroplane ... the one I was thinking about was TVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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