And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The Flying Banana... always striking to see this aircraft in some of the places it went during its career. The contrast between the machine and the locations are subtle indicators of just how rapidly change was occurring, and to what degree. Mike in Canada
State of the art in 1931 and obsolete within 10 years. I like the work-around for the props. The 4 blade propeller is a pair of 2 blade propellers stacked on a long shaft. Al_in_Ottawa
Handley Page H.P.42
ReplyDeleteLong way from London Town in those days.
ReplyDeleteThe Flying Banana... always striking to see this aircraft in some of the places it went during its career. The contrast between the machine and the locations are subtle indicators of just how rapidly change was occurring, and to what degree.
ReplyDeleteMike in Canada
State of the art in 1931 and obsolete within 10 years. I like the work-around for the props. The 4 blade propeller is a pair of 2 blade propellers stacked on a long shaft.
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The Brits leased an airfield in Sharjah, Trucial States - now UAE. That was a stopover on the way to India.
ReplyDeleteI'd only fly in that if Jimmy Stewart was the pilot, and Hardy Kruger was one of the passengers.
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