For all you Beaufighter tards!

[lyric1]

So...when are they adding it? 

Two weeks. 

[Xasthur]

With any luck, the Beaui is what is holding back the next update!

Hahaha.

That's just a blind hope... don't get too excited.

 

[Nilsen]

id love to see the plane in the game 

[FTJR]

Yep, I'm seeing the 2 in front as well, which must make it pre-D-Day and Dalachy Strike Wing days.  Wondering when it switched to UB.  I have the 455 history but that photo isn't there and the listing for Beaus lists all UB codes but I've seen another photo of a 455 bird with the 2-M codes.

Since you asked, 2 was only used between Aug 43 and July 44, outside of that dateline it was UB.

JR.

[Blake7]

For all us Beaufighter Tards  and Especially our Australian Friends  i would like to provide this link.

http://s110605900.websitehome.co.uk/hangar-2/beauf.htm

This aircraft is at the Imperial War Museum  Duxford  Cambridge  U.K. and is being restored to Full Airworthyness.Please read this from the aircrafts own Websight.

Bristol Beaufighter, JM135(A19-144), is the biggest restoration taken on by The Fighter Collection. Several years of work are behind us and several more are ahead, but steady progress is being made.

Enough resources are now available in terms of volunteer labour and skilled sub-contractors to move the project along. The trailing edge of the wing centre sections have been built and will be mounted on the wing itself in the near future.

 
Wing internal fit is not complete but enough progress has been made for us to contemplate fitting the outer wings in the next twelve months. The restoration of the outer wings is proving to be very interesting. One wing is British built, the other Australian. The Australians made many changes to the British design in the following areas. Aileron shrouds in metal instead of wood and metal, gun bay doors in metal in place of wood, pressed nose ribs in place of the fabricated British type, different layout to the landing lamp area.

The cockpit area has been completed and can be seen in the hangar placed against the leading edge of the wing centre section.

People might be a little confused over the identity we have given the aircraft and that given in some of the recent popular UK aviation mags. Two centre sections and fuselages were recovered from Drysdale in Australia and moved to Sydney.

 
They were reputedly from A19-144 (JM135) & A19-148 (JL946) which were both Mk.11 aircraft. Both aircraft were serving with 31 Sqdn. RAAF at the time and the date of their respective incidents is given as January 1944.

 
One thing is certain and that is the centre section is British built, therefore putting it in the A19- RAAF serial series. Damage to the front spar web indicates that the starboard undercarriage either collapsed or was selected up on landing.

 
A brief report on the incident which befell A19-144 states that the tailwheel collapsed on landing and the pilot retracted the gear to avoid other aircraft. The cockpit section is from an Australian built aircraft, the identity of which is unknown to us.

HOW CAN WE BE RETARDED FOR LOVING AN AIRCRAFT AS BEUTIFULL AS THIS.

[lyric1]

Here you go take a virtual tour of the inside of a DAP MK-21.

http://www.aarg.com.au/ipix_images/VirtualTour13.htm

[Bruv119]

this aircraft is at the Imperial War Museum  Duxford  Cambridge  U.K. and is being restored to Full Airworthyness.Please read this from the aircrafts own Websight.

I got my tickets for flying legends (july 12th) through the post yesterday look forward to seeing this in the hangar  I'll get some pics.

Should have at least 5 AH er's  for a mini meet. 

[Blake7]

I got my tickets for flying legends (july 12th) through the post yesterday look forward to seeing this in the hangar  I'll get some pics.

Should have at least 5 AH er's  for a mini meet. 

should be able to make that and meet up if thats ok.Gonna be at RAF Waddington as well, Apperentlly theres gonna be a Dutch Owned "Flying" Lockheed Constellation there and im a big Fan Of "Connies" but to date havent seen one Flying So Im looking Forward to it.As well as XH-558 the only Airworthy Avro Vulcan,Maybe will see her doing a couple of circuits with the Lanc again.

 

[Guppy35]

For all us Beaufighter Tards  and Especially our Australian Friends  i would like to provide this link.

http://s110605900.websitehome.co.uk/hangar-2/beauf.htm

This aircraft is at the Imperial War Museum  Duxford  Cambridge  U.K. and is being restored to Full Airworthyness.Please read this from the aircrafts own Websight.

Bristol Beaufighter, JM135(A19-144), is the biggest restoration taken on by The Fighter Collection. Several years of work are behind us and several more are ahead, but steady progress is being made.

Enough resources are now available in terms of volunteer labour and skilled sub-contractors to move the project along. The trailing edge of the wing centre sections have been built and will be mounted on the wing itself in the near future.

 
Wing internal fit is not complete but enough progress has been made for us to contemplate fitting the outer wings in the next twelve months. The restoration of the outer wings is proving to be very interesting. One wing is British built, the other Australian. The Australians made many changes to the British design in the following areas. Aileron shrouds in metal instead of wood and metal, gun bay doors in metal in place of wood, pressed nose ribs in place of the fabricated British type, different layout to the landing lamp area.

The cockpit area has been completed and can be seen in the hangar placed against the leading edge of the wing centre section.

People might be a little confused over the identity we have given the aircraft and that given in some of the recent popular UK aviation mags. Two centre sections and fuselages were recovered from Drysdale in Australia and moved to Sydney.

 
They were reputedly from A19-144 (JM135) & A19-148 (JL946) which were both Mk.11 aircraft. Both aircraft were serving with 31 Sqdn. RAAF at the time and the date of their respective incidents is given as January 1944.

 
One thing is certain and that is the centre section is British built, therefore putting it in the A19- RAAF serial series. Damage to the front spar web indicates that the starboard undercarriage either collapsed or was selected up on landing.

 
A brief report on the incident which befell A19-144 states that the tailwheel collapsed on landing and the pilot retracted the gear to avoid other aircraft. The cockpit section is from an Australian built aircraft, the identity of which is unknown to us.

HOW CAN WE BE RETARDED FOR LOVING AN AIRCRAFT AS BEUTIFULL AS THIS.

That bird was for sale a while back and my understanding is it is returning to Australia.  Sourcing engines seems to be the biggest hurdle.

[TIMMY]

for those who may be interested
the painting of the beau strafing ships is done by the artist R.Taylor

EDIT: linky http://www.roberttaylorprints.com/


he has done a few good RAF paintings
i got the typhie one as my desktop

and on topic +1 for inclusion into the plane set

a great early/ midwar ground attack planes
as well and scenario usage