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I've gone a step better than that Pete, and am actually working on a PR.3/7 model. Increased length, working camera bays, flare bay etc. etc. so need for a B.2 repaint for now. This will be part of the last pack but I have not wanted to mention it till now as it was on and off tentative as to whether to include it. Thing is, I have already done a portion of the modelling for the PR birds for the T.22 so why not finish the job and do the working PR model as well with bays etc. No dates mind on when to expect it as I have got caught in that trap before!

Great stories there, had no idea the RAF used RB-45s for this clandestine stuff. I love early cold war stories, fascinating material, will have to dig for more.

p.s. I am ready for your kind of busy retirement now! Work just gets in the way of all this good aviation history stuff...
 
nazca_steve said:
I've gone a step better than that Pete, and am actually working on a PR.3/7 model. Increased length, working camera bays, flare bay etc. etc. so need for a B.2 repaint for now. This will be part of the last pack but I have not wanted to mention it till now as it was on and off tentative as to whether to include it. Thing is, I have already done a portion of the modelling for the PR birds for the T.22 so why not finish the job and do the working PR model as well with bays etc. No dates mind on when to expect it as I have got caught in that trap before!

Great stories there, had no idea the RAF used RB-45s for this clandestine stuff. I love early cold war stories, fascinating material, will have to dig for more.

p.s. I am ready for your kind of busy retirement now! Work just gets in the way of all this good aviation history stuff...
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Hi Steve,
Thats' good news; (reminds me, I still have to pick up the T.17 pack)
Don't forget the PR.3 was B.2 based; while PR.7 was B6 based...flare bays didn't always carry 'flares' :icon_lol:; (google is your friend);
those RB.45 missions were US missions, but US couldn't fly them due to restrictions set by Pres. Truman; so General Le May
asked his old friend Winston Churchill if RAF would fly them if USA provided the kit. It was all wrapped up as 'a pilot exchange'
job, skulduggery and subterfuge indeed!

Gratuitous Canberra piccy time...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/motormouse/Scan_WJ565.jpg


ttfn

Pete
 
Finally had some time to crack on with the pack. This is the PR.9 prototype aircraft, which was a modified PR.7, WH793. Here it is shown after it had completed its prototype work and was restored to PR.7 config but keeping its Avon RA24 engines for clear air turbulence work. Pleased to report the model has working camera bays, but now I have to get the handling down.

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WH793_006.jpg
 
All looking so very good - can't wait to see them available for d/l.:jump:

I was stationed at Forbes AFB, Kansas 1973-1974 - a lot of the AF's Cold War recce aircraft (RB-29s, RB-50s, RB-36s (I think) and RB-47s) were based there, and farmed out via dets to different bases for their work. Makes you wonder what kind of conversations occurred many years before in the buildings I used to visit when I was there. The field is now the regional airport near Topeka, I think. I know it's in FS9.

At any rate, the 190th Bomb Group (Light) (yes, there was one) of the Kansas Air National Guard was stationed at FAFB while I was there and flew B-57Gs. A very pugnacious-looking, but not too graceful B-57 variant. Tail codes were "FG," as I recall. Had the fighter-style canopy common to US B-57s and sported the U.S. SEA camouflage pattern. They had one B-57A round canopy on strength, natural metal which really stood out on that flight line. Yes, it flew and was not a source for spares! I can recall seeing formations of them doing their "break" over the runway and getting spacing for landing. They set up a howl I can still hear, never experienced anything like that before or since.

Any chance of there ever being a B-57G, or that B-57A in your lineup?
 
SSI01 said:
Any chance of there ever being a B-57G, or that B-57A in your lineup?
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There is already a B-57G available, albeit not from Steve; do a search for Bill Holker over at Flightsim and you'll find an interesting selection of Martin B-57 variants.

You're not the only fan of the B-57G; I remember reading Chuck Yeager's autobiography a few years back, and he was very complimentary about the Canberra.
 
AndyG43 said:
There is already a B-57G available, albeit not from Steve; do a search for Bill Holker over at Flightsim and you'll find an interesting selection of Martin B-57 variants.

You're not the only fan of the B-57G; I remember reading Chuck Yeager's autobiography a few years back, and he was very complimentary about the Canberra.
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Don't forget the Freeware Alphasim one either..with tweeks by Peter Mercy

ttfn

Pete
 
SSI01 said:
All looking so very good - can't wait to see them available for d/l.:jump:

I was stationed at Forbes AFB, Kansas 1973-1974 - a lot of the AF's Cold War recce aircraft (RB-29s, RB-50s, RB-36s (I think) and RB-47s) were based there, and farmed out via dets to different bases for their work. Makes you wonder what kind of conversations occurred many years before in the buildings I used to visit when I was there. The field is now the regional airport near Topeka, I think. I know it's in FS9.

At any rate, the 190th Bomb Group (Light) (yes, there was one) of the Kansas Air National Guard was stationed at FAFB while I was there and flew B-57Gs. A very pugnacious-looking, but not too graceful B-57 variant. Tail codes were "FG," as I recall. Had the fighter-style canopy common to US B-57s and sported the U.S. SEA camouflage pattern. They had one B-57A round canopy on strength, natural metal which really stood out on that flight line. Yes, it flew and was not a source for spares! I can recall seeing formations of them doing their "break" over the runway and getting spacing for landing. They set up a howl I can still hear, never experienced anything like that before or since.

Any chance of there ever being a B-57G, or that B-57A in your lineup?
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Hi SSI01,

The 'G' is a mean -looking variant. As many folk on here know, I am not the world's biggest fan of the B-57 tandem canopy variants, but the 'G' is one I do kind of like. It reminds me somewhat of the T.17 Canberra. That is cool they had a 'A' on strength, I really do like the A model. And in reference to your question, yes, I have indeed done the natural metal 'A' - it forms part of my US 'A' variants pack at the link below:
http://www.flyingstations.com/canberra-pack-b57a.html

No plans for the B-G variants yet, perhaps later next year after some other projects are completed.
 
Any possiblity of this being released before Christmas??

Just trying to help the wife with her Christmas shopping. :icon_lol:

:ernae:
--WH
 
Steve, I always felt the producers of the "Batman" films missed an opportunity to get a little notoriety or recognition for the B-57 as the Batplane. When viewed from above that planform would have been a natural for the film, in particular the wing/engine layout and shape esp w/tip tanks. One of the B-57Bs in all-gloss black paint w/red trim would have been perfect. Add the engine sound to the package and it would have been much better than what they had!:icon_lol:
 
Hmm, very slim chance but all I can say is I will try. Usual excuses of work being manic and lots going on on the domestic and freelance front. I really do wish I could devote time to FS again like the 'old days' of last year (!) I too really want to get this pack out as it has been hanging too long and I want to conclude the bubble canopy series.

Batplane...heck, anytime a Canberra makes it to film (a rare occurance trust me) it is a great thing. As you say, the planform would have worked very nicely for Batman, but as the late Les Bywaters (known as Can-Man or Beeayate on forums) once told me, the 'Canberra is just not sexy enough for the modern generation.'
 
Unfortunate, it is...

nazca_steve said:
Hmm, very slim chance but all I can say is I will try. Usual excuses of work being manic and lots going on on the domestic and freelance front. I really do wish I could devote time to FS again like the 'old days' of last year (!) I too really want to get this pack out as it has been hanging too long and I want to conclude the bubble canopy series.
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I was hoping you would conclude the canopy series as well. Too bad. :kilroy:

--WH
 
hey Steve thought this relevant but i've got wind that the last flying RAF Canberra, an RAF PR.9, the one with the fin-art is being restored to flight status at Kemble, engines only had 200h on them so they're brand new, first flight after overhaul expected late 2012 :salute:
 
We've heard stirrings of the sort over at the Canberra Crazy forum, and I have also heard it from another source that a flying Canberra actually passed over his head the other day. Not sure if that is true or not, since you'd think such news would be a lot more public. Nevertheless, it is good to know action is taking place at Kemble so the UK can finally have a flying Canberra again and get out of this hiatus. That would put us back with Australia as the only known flying operators unless anyone knows of elsewhere.

In the meantime, WH will be pleased to know his guilt trip paid off and I made some progress on the PR.3 and 7 this evening.
 
nazca_steve said:
We've heard stirrings of the sort over at the Canberra Crazy forum, and I have also heard it from another source that a flying Canberra actually passed over his head the other day.
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There is a small piece about this in Aeroplane this month; unlikely that your 'source' heard this Canberra overhead, as it's tailplane has been removed and set to Marshalls for NDT; the wing apparently passed the NDT with flying colours (so to speak). It'll be nice to see XH134 back in the air again; when I lived in Peterborough (which was not a huge distance from Wyton) this used to be a regular feature overhead, en route to ... wherever.
 
nazca_steve said:
In the meantime, WH will be pleased to know his guilt trip paid off and I made some progress on the PR.3 and 7 this evening.
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Finally. All those college psychology classes and management motivational seminars are finally paying off. :icon_lol:
:ernae:
--WH
 
You and me both, WH. I know it , like all the other recent packs, is long overdue. Trust me I wish it was not the case. I'll do what I can to get it out in time, bear in mind this the biggest pack yet with more variation in FDEs than others due to the experimental nature of the types involved, so requires more tweaking and beta testing. Modelling is only part of the equation, but at least that is almost finished. Just adding the last details to the PR.3 and 7.
 
AndyG43 said:
There is a small piece about this in Aeroplane this month; unlikely that your 'source' heard this Canberra overhead, as it's tailplane has been removed and set to Marshalls for NDT; the wing apparently passed the NDT with flying colours (so to speak). It'll be nice to see XH134 back in the air again; when I lived in Peterborough (which was not a huge distance from Wyton) this used to be a regular feature overhead, en route to ... wherever.
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I visit Kemble to look after another jet which shares hangar space with both Pr.9's; the guys say they have funding to complete the project
with a view to it making its debut sometime next year.

ttfn

Pete
 
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