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IWM Duxford July 8 2023
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior G-AFTL
Built 1936
Previous registrations include
NC16007NX21707
VP-TAI
N1161V
N12EJ
(I believe the following to be accurate)
G-AFTL is a very historic and important aircraft it spent from 1936 to 1939 with several companies in the U.S.A, before in 1939 being exported to the U.K. Where it was registered as a cover as G-AFTL with British Airways.
On arriving in the U.K it was rebuilt by Cunliffe-Owen with long range fuel tanks and fuselage hatches with F.24 cameras.
It was then used on several photo reconnaissance mission as far afield as the Middle east but primarily over pre-war Germany.
Damaged in 1940 after an air raid it was shipped back to Lockheed for in Burbank for rebuilding.
It then spent many years with different owners until 2015 when it was due to be sold to a French owner but it then remained in pieces in a hangar at Jefferson County Airport owned three French antique dealers. The history until 2022 remains a mystery to me, until it arrived at Sywell for restoration for Fighter Aviation Engineering, Dunmow finally flying again in spring of 2023.
Training/Practice flight
My first flight on a regional turbo-prop. I opted for the turbo-prop service. I knew it would be louder, but it was louder than I thought. It was snowing in Detroit, so while we sat in the plane on the runway, something was bathing the aircraft in de-icing stuff and antifreeze.
frog fish on the prop of the hell diver off maui's south shore this morning.
check out my series of photos of this WWII era wreck that starts here: www.flickr.com/photos/shappell/4587530437/ and the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W6cnKKCqHQ
Halloween Dinosaur prop made in China. We make the Halloween Dinosaur prop as velociRaptor prop. This is hand-control halloween dinosaur prop.
A vintage "microphone" in the making.
Not made to be photographed close up, and not yet finished (the base is only there so I can get this shot) - I must say I'm rather pleased with it.
This is a rather strange fabric - a vaguely-glittery fine mesh attached to a sturdy black backing fabric.
I have NO idea what someone would do with it, as though it drapes well, it's not really "pretty" and is very heavy.
But it screamed "fine metal mesh" to me when I saw it in the remnant bin, and I picked it up for a song.
It is sewn over a framework circlet of sewn together pieces of plastic canvas mesh.
Yes, it's taken me more time than it's probably worth, but in person, and at a distance, it's actually rather nice looking.
Autotags: "electronics" - well the bots were fooled!
Stop on by Zachary and Henry's blog: bzdogs.com - The Secret Life of the Suburban Dog
Properties Director & Assistant Director of Facilities Lisa Schlenker (left) talks with Properties Carpenter Jennifer Lyons in the Skylight "Prop Shop."
Themed environments 3d Props Childrens Ministry Kids Rooms Themed Construction Stage sets www.wonderworkstudios.com
In the prop storage room, dozens of pieces stand ready for future productions—including a nest-sitting, remote-controlled chicken.