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.
Well, the Shackleton is not a flying boat so no. Since it has four bladed props it is probably a Short Solent Mk III or IV, a civilianized Short Sunderland with more powerful engines. According to the internet BOAC flew them from Southampton to Johannesburg, stopping in Italy, Egypt and Kenya on the way. Al_in_Ottawa
Kudos to the blokes that know their aeroplanes Me, I am just sitting here amazed that the weight of those blokes on that wing hasn't snapped it off yet. Ha, be a laugh, they would all fall in the water !
Best guess: post WW2 civilianised Shackleton at Suez?
ReplyDeleteWell, the Shackleton is not a flying boat so no. Since it has four bladed props it is probably a Short Solent Mk III or IV, a civilianized Short Sunderland with more powerful engines. According to the internet BOAC flew them from Southampton to Johannesburg, stopping in Italy, Egypt and Kenya on the way.
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Kudos to the blokes that know their aeroplanes
ReplyDeleteMe, I am just sitting here amazed that the weight of those blokes on that wing hasn't snapped it off yet.
Ha, be a laugh, they would all fall in the water !
Those wings can lift a 75,000 lb flying boat, they can certainly support the weight of ten men.
DeleteI find it interesting that the weight of about a dozen men won't tip the wing down
ReplyDeleteThe other wing might be stuck tightly in the sand.
Deletedid the wing tip floats fail???
ReplyDeleteGoogle says that it is a Latécoère 631, six-engine French transatlantic flying boat built during the 1940s
ReplyDeleteNot even close, Google. Only 4 engines, single vs twin tail and the French boat had a much longer, skinnier nose.
Deletehow many engines?
ReplyDeleteDudes on da’beach be thinking those crazy white folk. 😝
ReplyDeleteWhere "cargo cult" got its start.
ReplyDeleteThere's a Solent sunk in the harbour of Port Vila Vanuatu. The pic doesn't look like a match but who knows.
ReplyDelete