Farnborough 1949 color photo

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Though I'd share this over here. Hope you like it.
http://www.pbase.com/image/46741941/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/vintage_aviation_photography

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Hi

...............so Sid you design the forward end ..........Merve you can do the cockpit ..............Jimmy you do the engine - two I think .............Ted can you incorperate that spare catepillar D9 we have into it .............Well all meet back here in two months and weld it all together!!!

John P - What a disaster !!

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That is a serious eyesore!

Presumably a pair of Griffons and b****y ugly, but apart from that - what is it?

BTW, thanks for posting.

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i recon that aircraft is a short sturgeon with rr griffon engines on test but maybe wrong dragline

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You're right, it's a Sturgeon TT.2. I hadn't noticed you can just see the cockpit canopy behind the prop.
It would appear they all had contra-prop Merlins so Griffons was a wrong guess.

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thank s i knew the aircraft but the engines fooled me is half right not to bad lol dragline

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thank s i knew the aircraft but the engines fooled me is half right not to bad lol dragline

I wasn't blaming you for saying Griffons. :)

I said it first. :(

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Has a bit of a royal princess feel about it

:D Ahhh yes :) , the old horse head Sturgeon again :cool: , and I bet you she died a virgin too!!! :p .

Not really one of most beautifull plane's built :eek: , slightly beastly :rolleyes: , had a few ugly sister's as well :D .

Awesome colour photo Marauder :eek: , got anymore old's in colour mate

Thank's for posting it ;)

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what's that next to it??

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With the assistance of Google - Percival Prince.

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To be fair...

...it was designed with a short nose and the long nose was a development.

Super colour shot. Any more like this?

Three view courtesy of Putnam.

Mark

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v634/Mark12/ShortSturgeon-01-002.jpg

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Also courtesy Putnam, the TT.3 reverted to the short nose which is why I was fairly confident in saying it was a TT.2. :)

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The Warplane Wreck Museum at Fort Perch, New Brighton, Wirral used to have the extreme nose section with glazing from a Sturgeon. I believe it is in storage nowadays and not on display. No idea where it came from but it must be the last surviving bit of this odd type.

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but it must be the last surviving bit of this odd type.

Not quite. Picked up an instrument panel from one at an aerojumble many years ago!

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I knew someone would prove me wrong! :)

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I think we also had a photo of someone's Sturgeon main wheels turn up on the board a while ago...

...obviously an ambitious new re-build project for someone!

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Yeah, you can see the airshow bookings just rolling in.

Or maybe an illustration of when people complain of the collapse of the British aero industry, it could serve as an example of Hari-Kari.