Under (re) construction! by Tamarrion

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jul 12, 2009

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First upload of a digital photo - only photoshop work was to resize. A pleasant change from trying to fix up scans of old film photos! One of only two remaining airframes of this type! Both are here in Canada. Rescued from the Ethiopian desert a number of years back, and slowly restored... to flying condition! They hope to have it in the air later this year. Anyone care to take a guess? I'll post the correct answer later... Thanks for any & all comments!

Comments (7)

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tigertim

5:58PM | Sun, 12 July 2009

Nice resto photo...Fairey Firefly Mk1... I'll have to check, but there was an F1 and a T2 here in Auckland, also ex Ethiopia.. I climbed all over both in their shipping containers at Ardmore...about 2 years ago. Both in very poor condition. Cheers for the photo, TT

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Osper

1:03AM | Tue, 14 July 2009

A real neat detail shot! I would have to go with TigerTim. A TT ?

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debbielove

9:47AM | Tue, 14 July 2009

Well I'll go a Firefly II (doubtful MkI) OR we could hope a Fulmer!? Great first Digital post and FIND! Rob.

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Buffalo1

9:39PM | Wed, 15 July 2009

It's a Fairey type alright. I'll vote for a Firefly, too, based on the spinner. Cool shot of a work in progress on a unsunmg hero of WW II.

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flavia49

11:21PM | Thu, 16 July 2009

Ok, a Fairey Firefly. Great picture!

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bmac62

9:14PM | Sat, 14 August 2010

Restoration centers are grand places to visit. This is quite an interesting shot...I'll go to your next post where I suspect I'll find the answer to what this is:) I live about 4 miles from Boeing's Restoration Center in Everett, Washington. After a plane is restored there it goes into the Boeing Museum of Flight.

Tamarrion

10:35PM | Sat, 14 August 2010

Thanks bmac62 for bringing me back to this. I guess I forgot to post the answer! She's a Firefly FR1, originally from 825 Sqn, RN (later RCN), and served aboard RCN carriers Warrior & Magnificent. The photo was taken at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, which is on the site of her original shore base. It still has not flown! Or finished restoration. They are now hoping to have it take it's first flight at the Nova Scotia International Airshow near Halifax, this September 11 & 12. I plan to be there, camera in hand...