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Very interesting stuff! Never saw a Ju52 with British markings.

@freebeerfordworkers

11 ай бұрын

if I remember rightly there's one in the museum and RAF Cosford

@RobertJackman

11 ай бұрын

I have the original Ju-52 sales brochure and hand calculated conversions of wing span to British units. Long multiplication written out in pencil on the back of the brochure to a ridiculous number of s.f.

8 days to Australia. Fast.

Take a look at the history behind "Musick Point" in Auckland.

The use of the "Three Speedbird" logo in the titles is interesting as the "Speedbird" is more often associated with Imperial`s successor organisation B.O.A.C and that organisations successor British Airways.

Hi. Britain lagged behind in the development of land based airliners because flying boats suited its empire routes. Being a naval power most of her important destinations were near harbours. This explains why America developed the land based airliner, and why Imperial Airways was reduced to flying Ju 52's to European cities. However the beautiful and modern (for the time) Short Canopus flying boat was right up there with the DC3 in looks. A derivative of it later became the Short Stirling bomber. I just love the H.P. 42. Still in use in the late '30's, it was the only large passenger plane great granddad could drag off on his Edward Turner designed Triumph Tiger 100 motorbike. (HP 42 = 80 mph, T 100 = 100 mph). The HP 42 pilots must have had great sang-froid and stiff upper lip. I can only imagine how embarrassing it was for them in 1939 to park the huge fabric covered biplane at a modern airport and rub shoulders with DC 3, DC4, and Stratoliner captains. It wasn't the roaring engines that ruined their hearing, it was the muffled giggles. Great video, thanks for sharing. Cheers, P.R.