The original southampton went on to have a highly successful flying career and was utilized by both military parties royal air. The stranraer was the last in a distinguished line of big supermarine flyingboats. Hubert, montreal, quebec plant, using british equipment, and fitted with 810 hp bristol pegasus x engines. The machine entered service as the stranraer and it must have been gratifying for supermarine to see the saundersroe london flyingboat replaced by their new aircraft with nos. A twinengined flying boat, the stranraer would be in service with the royal air force at the beginning of world war 2. The supermarine stranraer was the last of a series of large biplane flying boats designed by reginald mitchell, and was essentially a larger version of the supermarine scapa, itself an improved version of the earlier southampton. It was repaired at canadian vickers and modified with a larger tail. Rsq1731 vickers supermarine stranraer sarik hobbies. If you would prefer to read the unedited articles in their old format for free, we have provided a list of the article titles under chapters below. The supermarine stranraer was the final evolution of the supermarine southampton which debuted in march of 1925.
Stranraer and district local history trust was constituted in 1998 at the instigation of the stranraer and district chamber of commerce. This is the site, near bella bella on the north central bc coast, where stranraers were based during world war 2. My name is harold hal aage skaarup, cd2, bfa, ma in war studies. Finished 172 matchbox supermarine stranraer finescale. Supermarine stranraer 920 photo by alan wilson cc bysa 2. Bbc ww2 peoples war surviving the southamton blitz. Hobby bosss 148 f4u7 corsair is available online from. The stranraer was a britishdesigned coastal patrol aircraft, first flown in 1935. It entered operations in 1937 and many were in service at the outbreak of the second world war undertaking antisubmarine and convoy escort patrols. The development and technical details of both aircraft are described, putting them into their historical context in a long series of supermarine designs. Oct 18, 1951, a queen charlotte airlines twin engine amphibious plane. Wikipedia that means the book is composed entirely of articles from wikipedia that we have edited and redesigned into a book format. Supermarine stranraer the last flourish of the military.
Here, new material provided by collars drag comparison. Media in category supermarine stranraer of rcaf the following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. Downloading the supermarine stranraer 01 plans check your downloads folder. Canadian vickers supermarine 304 stranraer, rcaf serial no. Air ministry specification r 2431 called for a twinengined general purpose coastal reconnaissance flying boat and supermarine s submission was a bi plane known originally as the southampton v, although it clearly owed. I had previously read skua and roc a particularly comprehensive and wellresearched monograph which is in the orange series of these publications, and it may be that that the yellow series of which the walrus and stranraer is a part has different objectives, but if so it is a distinction of which i am not aware. Humbrol paints, including shadow effect of the lower wing. The stranraer was the final development of the southampton flying boat to be put into production and was one of the worlds last biplane flying boat. It entered operations in 1937 and many were in service at the outbreak of the second world war undertaking antisubmarine and convoy escort patrols, it was withdrawn from operational service in march 1941 but continued. Here we offer a selection of our favourite books on military history.
The seaplane on the river ashe county historical society. Supermarine stranraer blueprint download free blueprint. Once upon a time, or back in the day as my generation likes to say, i served as a military intelligence officer in the canadian army. Today, only one of the 52 supermarine stranraers built for the british and canadian air forces survives, housed in the royal air force museum in london. The supermarine stranraer was a 1930s flying boat designed and built by the british supermarine aviation works company principally for the royal air force. It entered operations in 1937 and many were in service at the outbreak of the second world war undertaking antisubmarine and convoy escort patr. I had to do a lot of changesimprovements, just to name some. Sold to pwa and now in the raf museum, last known survivor of this plane. Microsoft flight simulator 2004 file size 33 mb with its quirky shape and rather odd style, the supermarine scimitar has long been a rather peculiar choice for an aircraft both in shape and in design. Hi friends, continuing with the flying boats here is the old matchbox supermarine stranraer 172. Supermarine stranraer wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Supermarine stranraer the canadian museum of flight. It was withdrawn from operational service in march 1941 but continued to serve in a training capacity until october 1942. It was used extensively in canada during and after wwii, for coastal patrol, surveying and transport.
In my first part of vickers supermarine stranraer history, i have attempted to tell the truth as it appears in the daily diary, and make it easy to digest and understand. Kits rated as skill level 3 are traditional model kits that require all basic modeling skills to complete. The supermarine stranraer page contains all related products, articles, books, walkarounds and plastic scale modeling projects dedicated to this aircraft. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Stranraer is an administrative centre for the west galloway wigtownshire area of dumfries and galloway. About aerofred has been providing model airplanes and boats plans to the modeling community since march 2006, the site has grown from a few hundreds of plans to the thousands you see today with contributions from out members. It lies on the shores o loch ryan, on the northren side o the isthmus jynin the rhins o gallowa til the mainland. The objectives of this trust are to research, record and publish information on local history for the benefit of the community. With a crew of five, the aircraft was fitted with sleeping quarters and cooking facilities. Some are the books we have used as sources for this site, some are good introductions to their subjects and others are interesting oddities. The supermarine stranraer was the royal air forces last biplane flying boat, entering service in 1937 and many were still in service in world war ii undertaking antisubmarine and convoy escort patrols. Did you know that our technical volunteers built a replica of a supermarine stranraer flying boat that now flies with the wind in shearwater, bc. Ackroyd abstract this paper is a sequel to earlier publications in this journal which suggested a possible origin for the spitfires wing planform. Supermarine stranraer reconnaissance flying boat aircraft.
It was formerly a ferry port, connecting scotland with belfast and larne in northern ireland. This amazing preserved piece was filmed in a museum. Each of these was a development of the machine before, usually leading to the next. At the same time, the factory were also completing work on the supermarine stranraer flying boat. The book covers the brief life of the walrus as spotter, dive bomber and fighter, and goes on to give an account of walrus survivors and how to tell a mark i from a mark ii. But for two days in november of 1945, one made a home on the reeves family farm in nathans creek, and, for a short moment, ashe county was home to a piece of aeronautical history. Used by the royal canadian air force until 1944, the supermarine stranraer would perform antisubmarine patrols. I was fortunate in having a career that gave me a chance to see some interesting parts of the word while on. Stranrawer is in the historical coonty o wigtounshire. A production contract was placed in august 1935 for seventeen aircraft. In 2004, jim cougle published a small book or historical monograph about. The aerodynamics of the spitfire royal aeronautical society. The stranraer, with a 17foot span, is mounted on a steel pole so that it can rotate freely with the wind. All oob except for a set of exquisite lewis guns from ivan at ukmodels.
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