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From my post 22/12/2011 ... History (Movements, Casualties, Etc) 10/7/45 ... assessment of damage; hull 40% - aircraft beyond repair and salvage, work being carried out by 9 RSU. Sayonara, -101 :(

Bit more peripheral stuff re A24-101 here... http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG3093 http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/OG3097

For those of us who were out of short pants and were allowed by their parents to be there for the day, this (sorry about the quality .. it's from a slide "a what?") is what you would have been treated to. Count 'em!

I've just had one of those "why didn't I do this earlier" moments and Googled for Catalina/Conversion/RSU ... and I'm wondering if we might possibly be talking about "conversion to components"? ...and an addendum which, while having nothing to do with A24-101, makes for a fascinating read. Let's hope the link works for you, chaps. http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-web/sites/default/files/history-and-archaeology-of-raaf-catalina-flying-boat-a24-1.pdf

Just a thought here... I wonder how deep the water has to be before a Catalina which has suffered terminal landing/takeoff damage is labelled as "sunk"? I wonder how much tidal movement there is at Balikpapan ...

And a bit more...

Hmmm... well here's a bit more, but I don't think it really satisfies completely. Still lookin'...

Yeah, but I would have expected to see its crash landing recorded in the squadron log. This is all assuming that -101 is in fact the Balikpapan Catalina. I reckon there's still a way to go with this one. Anyway, it'll give us something to do over Xmas ;)

There's reference to A24-101 here (page 94), if the link works ok ... and I have not been able to find any subsequent reference to it in the rest of the squadron log. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=1358858&I=1&SE=1

A mate of mine had a flight in one at Wanaka a few years back ... water takeoff & landing too, I seem to recall. It co$t, but he reckons it was fanta$tic! Here's the HARS specimen - photographed after we'd finished the National Veteran Car Rally at Mittagong in March of this year. [ATTACH=full]933[/[ATTACH=full]933[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]935[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]18077[/ATTACH]

Marvellous piece of sleuthing Willie ... much appreciated. :)

HOOLY DOOLY! What a site THAT is ! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. There go the household maintenance jobs for the forseeable future... :D

It's maybe worth your while turning the audio off then, and score the drama level as you see it, rather than hear it. I was quite entertained by the sight of the 200 litre plastic drums of gasoline contained (if not overly well restrained ) in the Dak. Good post Glenn - thanks. :)

And it didn't catch fire...!

Good stuff chaps - that's got my ideas straightened out. And excellent shots of the Wellington, Willie ... is that the one which was dredged up from Loch Ness, I wonder. And Barnes Wallis: yes, what a guy - real "boffin" material.

Great post!

Correct me if necessary, but I think the stringers were spiral, rather than longitudinal, and were not wooden. Check out geodetic/geodesic in Wikipedia: there's a superb photo of a Wimpie which made it back with most of its aft fabric missing.

They can have as much or as little, I guess - or as little or as much (anhedral, that is...)

Ship .... Airship.

Take a look at this web page http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/c5/ ... but here's the significant extract from it if you want to save a bit of time. Nothing to do with reduction of the gear housing cross-sectional area, I think you'll find... your interpretation would require the tyres (sorry - tires) to be deflated before being retracted after each takeoff.. a bit of a pain in the posterior I would suggest. "... The Goodrich tyres can be deflated in flight to suit the landing conditions at the destination airfield."

Sorry, but I don't follow: could you explain how deflation of the tyres reduces drag, please?

Nothing like shooting (or sailing with ...) anything involving spent Uranium: makes those responsible for it look like real ubermenschen who don't give a damn about anything on this planet other than winning ... a short term victory at any long term cost is the goal. But you have to admit, the technology is just marvellous: proves that we're the Master Race on this small blue planet! So glad we're responsible...;)

What great stories Ken ... who needs professional comedians when we've got the government funded armed services!! Here's a lovely thought: taken at Talbot House, (Toc H), Poperinghe

Not necessarily tubeless back in WW2 - just a (mechanical) method by which the tube/valve were connected to a source of high pressure air (ie compressor...).