Some great flying boat footage from the 1970`s,..Australia-Lord Howe Islands.

[tonyot]

 

Edited November 27, 2019 by tonyot

[tonyot]

Of course,.... `Beachcomber'is now preserved in Solent Sky in Southampton!

[smackers]

Great find there Tony

[Coors54]

I remember an Alan Hall (?) Airfix Magazine article converting the Sunderland into Beachcomer back in the very early Seventies, twas a lot of balsa and talcum powder! It made this spotty 13 year old attempt his first conversion, all I'll say is it didn't go well.

 

Happy days.

 

Dave

 

PS, Just watched the video, it's true what they say, the past is different land and they do things differently there. But what wouldn't I give for a flight in that aircraft! Brilliant video.

Edited November 28, 2019 by Coors54
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[cngaero]

That's a great find Tony and thanks for sharing it here. What a way to start a Sunday morning. Pure nostalgia. 

 

[Vince1159]

Thanks tony fantastic to watch,i watched a docu a couple of weeks ago about the B-314 there's something special about flying boats.....