Bristol Beaufort
Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:57 pm
I read on someone's post they were considering retrieving a Bristol Beaufort from a lake in Australia. We have a Beaufort derelict here in Nashville about three miles away from the old Consolidated Vultee factory. I' ll try to get a photo of it.
Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:12 pm
Hi marine air
Yes very interested
I thought this was being restored - must have lapsed - it is an Australian built machine
We have one due to fly here in a few years so I am interested in this one - it came from Tadji PNG in the 70s - imported to the states by Dave Tallichet . Very sad if it is now rotting away. Please send photos and I will see what I can do to get her home where we will love her.
Regards
John P
Yes very interested
I thought this was being restored - must have lapsed - it is an Australian built machine
We have one due to fly here in a few years so I am interested in this one - it came from Tadji PNG in the 70s - imported to the states by Dave Tallichet . Very sad if it is now rotting away. Please send photos and I will see what I can do to get her home where we will love her.
Regards
John P
Mon Dec 20, 2004 9:36 pm
Hi Col
Yes all the remaining Beauforts came out of either PNG(Tadji) and some are still there or are recoveries from Australia. All remaining Beauforts are Australian built with the exception of the Hendon example which is a mix of Australian parts and some of the pattern UK built machine sent to Australia and latter sent to PNG.
Tallichet recovered a few of these in the 70s and some are still in storage in the yard in the US and two or three including the one in Nashville and the Hendon one have been pulled out for restoration.
Regards
John P
Yes all the remaining Beauforts came out of either PNG(Tadji) and some are still there or are recoveries from Australia. All remaining Beauforts are Australian built with the exception of the Hendon example which is a mix of Australian parts and some of the pattern UK built machine sent to Australia and latter sent to PNG.
Tallichet recovered a few of these in the 70s and some are still in storage in the yard in the US and two or three including the one in Nashville and the Hendon one have been pulled out for restoration.
Regards
John P
You are talking about this guy.
Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:50 am
Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:58 am
Hi Michel
Beautiful aircraft - no problem - have it flying for 2005 leg ends
!
Is there any more .....like wings...tail etc
Seriously it looks fairly straight so I would like to know what is happening with it if anybody can find out..
Regards
John P
Beautiful aircraft - no problem - have it flying for 2005 leg ends
!
Is there any more .....like wings...tail etc
Seriously it looks fairly straight so I would like to know what is happening with it if anybody can find out..
Regards
John P
bristol beufort
Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:12 am
setter the hendon beufort is all dap the only british built beufort known is a9-13 which is at oaky in sth east queensland even fly past claims this is the one that hendon should have
paul
paul
Settet....
Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:29 am
Setter follow the top link.. A great ressource
Type: Bristol/DAP 152 Beaufort Mk. VIII
Con no.:
Registration/serial: A9-555
Markings: RAAF camouflage, coded QH-S
Current status: Restoration
Originality: Original
Built: Beaufort Division, Dept. of Aircraft Production, Mascot & Fishermen's Bend, Australia
Owner/Operator: Bristol Heritage Collection
Location/base: Hassel Field, Clifton, Tennessee, USA
Remarks: A9-555 served with the Royal Australian Air Force, as QH-S with 100 Squadron, based at Tadji, in Papa New Guinea. On 21st March 1945, it crashed on take off from Tadji, and was reduced to components on the airfield.
In 1974 the remains of several RAAF Beauforts were recovered from the former RAAF base at Tadji, and moved to Chino, California. These were believed to include major and minor sections from at least A9-182, A9-210, A9-414, A9-535, A9-555, A9-557, A9-559, A9-574 and A9-637. They were recovered to Chino for David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Company, and stored in a compound on the airfield. In the years following recovery, sections and parts were used in various Beaufort projects around the world. During the late 1980's, a complete static Beaufort shell was contructed on site, and shipped to the UK for the RAF Museum (qv).
The remaining Beaufort sections were acquired by the Bristol Heritage Collection, based in Nashville, Tennessee, but remained at Chino pending space.
On 20th March 2003 transportation to Nashville began, a 2,600 mile journey across the USA. On arrival in Nashville, the sections will go to Stripmasters Inc. for cleaning by beed blasting, and also blasting with dry ice, a relatively new method that removes the old paint and years of surface corrosion without actually harming the metal.
From there, the sections will be taken to Hassel Field, Clifton, Tennessee home of the new BHC restoration shop, where they will be set in jigs prior to the long restoration. It is hoped that the project will result in an airworthy Bristol Beaufort.
As Australian-built Beauforts were powered by Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps, so sourcing powerplants should be an easier job than for UK-built examples, which were powered by the Bristol Taurus. The Beaufort Mk.I was the only aircraft to use the Taurus, so it is thought that none survive.
The following sections were transported from Chino to Tennessee in March 2003:
forward fuselage section (thought to be from A9-555)
rear fuselage section (from A9-555, marked QH-S)
stern fuselage sections (from A9-182)
The remaining sections will be transported later, and are known to include a centre wing section, outer wings, and another stern section (from A9-574).
Another damaged section, from A9-414, was at Chino, which comprised part of the rear fuselage section, and the front of the stern fuselage section.
Photos: Main photo taken by Graham Kilsby at Nashville in April 2003, after the fuselage sections were trasported to Tennessee. Others were taken at Chino in November 2001, by Andy Appleton, and earlier.
Links:
See also: Other Bristol aircraft in the MARC compound:
Bolingbroke 10073
Bolingbroke 10076
Type: Bristol/DAP 152 Beaufort Mk. VIII
Con no.:
Registration/serial: A9-555
Markings: RAAF camouflage, coded QH-S
Current status: Restoration
Originality: Original
Built: Beaufort Division, Dept. of Aircraft Production, Mascot & Fishermen's Bend, Australia
Owner/Operator: Bristol Heritage Collection
Location/base: Hassel Field, Clifton, Tennessee, USA
Remarks: A9-555 served with the Royal Australian Air Force, as QH-S with 100 Squadron, based at Tadji, in Papa New Guinea. On 21st March 1945, it crashed on take off from Tadji, and was reduced to components on the airfield.
In 1974 the remains of several RAAF Beauforts were recovered from the former RAAF base at Tadji, and moved to Chino, California. These were believed to include major and minor sections from at least A9-182, A9-210, A9-414, A9-535, A9-555, A9-557, A9-559, A9-574 and A9-637. They were recovered to Chino for David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Company, and stored in a compound on the airfield. In the years following recovery, sections and parts were used in various Beaufort projects around the world. During the late 1980's, a complete static Beaufort shell was contructed on site, and shipped to the UK for the RAF Museum (qv).
The remaining Beaufort sections were acquired by the Bristol Heritage Collection, based in Nashville, Tennessee, but remained at Chino pending space.
On 20th March 2003 transportation to Nashville began, a 2,600 mile journey across the USA. On arrival in Nashville, the sections will go to Stripmasters Inc. for cleaning by beed blasting, and also blasting with dry ice, a relatively new method that removes the old paint and years of surface corrosion without actually harming the metal.
From there, the sections will be taken to Hassel Field, Clifton, Tennessee home of the new BHC restoration shop, where they will be set in jigs prior to the long restoration. It is hoped that the project will result in an airworthy Bristol Beaufort.
As Australian-built Beauforts were powered by Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasps, so sourcing powerplants should be an easier job than for UK-built examples, which were powered by the Bristol Taurus. The Beaufort Mk.I was the only aircraft to use the Taurus, so it is thought that none survive.
The following sections were transported from Chino to Tennessee in March 2003:
forward fuselage section (thought to be from A9-555)
rear fuselage section (from A9-555, marked QH-S)
stern fuselage sections (from A9-182)
The remaining sections will be transported later, and are known to include a centre wing section, outer wings, and another stern section (from A9-574).
Another damaged section, from A9-414, was at Chino, which comprised part of the rear fuselage section, and the front of the stern fuselage section.
Photos: Main photo taken by Graham Kilsby at Nashville in April 2003, after the fuselage sections were trasported to Tennessee. Others were taken at Chino in November 2001, by Andy Appleton, and earlier.
Links:
See also: Other Bristol aircraft in the MARC compound:
Bolingbroke 10073
Bolingbroke 10076
Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:32 pm
I've got room back in Chino!Col. Rohr wrote:Does anyone have space to hold this intill we can find a good home for it
