Just had 4 Grumman Avengers fly over the office

[Jack]

Just had 4 Grumman Avengers fly over the office :shocked::shocked:

 

Anyone know any more about it? Is there four in country :???

 

 

[Snapper]

What?

 

The Avenger is the big radial engined torpedo bomber with a gunner behind the pilot. Four. Have you been on the mushrooms again?

[Tony B]

Are you sure you haven't moved the office to Bermuda? :shocked:

[Jack]

What?

 

The Avenger is the big radial engined torpedo bomber with a gunner behind the pilot. Four. Have you been on the mushrooms again?

 

Just one of Anne's nettle pies :cry:

 

Seriously guys, there was 4 of them - could hear them a mile off and then flew in formation over the office :shocked:

[Snapper]

Fantastic. Perhaps the aerobunch can illucidate.

[Tony B]

Bet you didn't have a camera handy. :cry:

 

just found this http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Tarpon_Avenger.html seems like a fair few still going. Duxford are mentioned.

Edited August 20, 2008 by Tony B

[private mw]

dont worry it was all organised a flypast for our famous leader..........

[snowtracdave]

Probably another of the fringe benefits that come with The Plank

[Enigma]

Keep a camera in the office - ready to be used.....

[HotBed]

are you really sure jack, could they possibly have been harvards as there used to be a display team using these :cool2:

 

regards graham

[Jessie The Jeep]

I'm not sure there are four Avengers in the country? I only know of two that WERE in the country, but haven't seen either for several years.

 

Steve

[Richard Farrant]

Maybe they were part of Flight 19 and have just found their way out of the Bermuda Triangle :rofl:

[Jessie The Jeep]

Here's two pics of the Avenger ( notice the distinctive wing shape ), and one of two Texans ( Harvards ). The Avenger is MUCH larger than the Texan.

 

Were they like either of these?

 

[Jack]

are you really sure jack, could they possibly have been harvards as there used to be a display team using these :cool2:

 

regards graham

 

 

Oh that could make sense Graham and cross referencing with Steves images it could add up but some else who saw them called me and said to me 'did you see and hear those Grummans'......

 

 

:???

 

 

JB

[BIGREDONE]

They might have been Yaks as there is a team of 4 that runs out of the old Naval air station down here in Lee on the Solent, they look a bit like Harvards from a distance.

Paul

[Jack]

OK my head hurts now:argh::argh:

e/They were definitely dark blue/ grey :???

[Jessie The Jeep]

In that case it must have been Flight 19!!! :-)

[Jessie The Jeep]

Just read elsewhere that one of the two Avengers that were in the UK was sold to Switzerland. So very unlikely to be Avengers.

[Bodge Deep]

Have you built an enormous sculpture of the Devils Tower in your front room from mud and mashed potato?

Have you got sunburn on one side of your face?

Do you have the same tune going round and round in your head?

 

Are you now or have you ever been...

[Tony B]

After running this forum, I'd have thought all those and more are a given!:cool2: Harvard's have a distinctive sound due the speed of the prop. Nothing like as musical as the Merlin.

[M5Clive]

Blimey this thread has really made me laugh - Especially Snapper's initial disbelief - In fact I'm still laughing out loud right now as I type - Magic Mushrooms, whatever next!

 

Jack, their is more chance of a four-ship formation of Hillman Avenger's flying over your office than a formation of four WWII Grumman Avengers.............!

 

The last one flying in the UK was owned by a guy who kept it at North Weald, just off the M11/M25 motorway junction. Every year he used to bring it to Rougham Airshow in Suffolk and I did a lovely photo shoot with my Command Car alongside it three or four years ago. Unfortunately they are all on 35mm slides so can't reproduce on here easily.

 

I'm sure this was the aircraft sold to Europe as mentioned earlier.

 

Speaking of Rougham airshow - We did a nice set-piece around a P-51 there on Sunday - and yes, I do need to get some WWII flying goggles to complete the scenario!

 

Photograph taken by (and copyright of) Alan Waugh

 

Can anyone stump up a few quid for our illustrious (and now titled) leader to attend an aircraft recognition course!

[Marmite!!]

Here you go Jack :coffee:

 

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[Jack]

OK OK - I am just consulting my Latin dictionary to see what poke off is in English. :coffee:

 

- anyway, at least I know what a flipping Avenger looks like as FOUR flew over my office on Tuesday. :readpaper:

[Snapper]

nil desperadum mon brave, carpe diem, sic transit gloria and ubique.

 

Now I know what your theme music will be. We'll have to get one of the

ladies to do the Mrs Peel bit, but I suppose Enigma looks a bit like Joanna Lumley. I suppose you could have a passing resemblance to Gareth Hunt, which incidentally, is NOT cockney rhyming slang for Gareth Hunt. Poor bugger's corked it anyway.

 

Quo Vadis (the triple box set including Caroline played on the spoons).

[AlienFTM]

My first car was a Hillman Avenger. I never got mine to fly.