Comments on: Review: Salis Flying Museum, France

By: Alastair

Alastair — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:17:35 +0000

In reply to James Clayton. Hi Jim, thanks. Yes, it's a brilliant museum; well worth going out of your way to see. No, I didn't see a Spitfire there. Maybe added to the collection recently?

By: James Clayton

James Clayton — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:47:27 +0000

Thanks Alistair – a great review of the Museum! I saw on one online resource that the Museum also has a Spitfire XIV. Was it there when you visited? I’ll be sure to put this Museum on my list. Cheers, Jim

By: Alastair

Alastair — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:39:52 +0000

On the ‘Zero’. There is a near authentic Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero being restored to airworthiness by Legend Flyers at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. All parts original or newly made, but with a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engine (they had hoped to install a fully-rebuilt Nakajima Sakae 21 engine, but that plan fell through).

By: Alastair

Alastair — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:24:09 +0000

In reply to Brian Patronie. No, not completely! :) I took my cue from the museum's own signage, and Wikipedia which says "Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Modified to PFF ship. Flown to RAF Polebrook 1 March 1944 and assigned to 511th Bomb Squadron. Flew six missions. Sold in 1954 to Institut géographique national and used until 1985. Purchased by association Forteresse toujours volante in 1988. Wears livery of 44-8846 "Pink Lady". Used in 1989 filming of Memphis Belle."

By: Brian Patronie

Brian Patronie — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 23:58:10 +0000

Are you sure that B-17 is a G model? No chin turret and the entire nose section forward of the cockpit screams like an earlier F or E model…there was no sextant bubble on a G.