Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

**Tins** · 5th January 2023, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

That's a Hitch too.

Yes, Cuppa...

**RANDLOVER** · 6th January 2023, 04:42 AM

Land Rover Service And Repair Centre-SBL Automotive (google.com)

The link to Google's street view shows what looks like a D1 stretched limo or is it a overlapping picture?

**Tins** · 6th January 2023, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Land Rover Service And Repair Centre-SBL Automotive (google.com)

The link to Google's street view shows what looks like a D1 stretched limo or is it a overlapping picture?

Don't think much of the breakover angle.

Actually, if you turn the image you can see it's probably stitched together.

**NavyDiver** · 6th January 2023, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Tins

Came close one day with Mario, IIRC.

Only in the dark Before you guys got in the boat- Honestly sweating myself

**Tins** · 6th January 2023, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Only in the dark Before you guys got in the boat- Honestly sweating myself

So, all that Ancient Mariner stuff heading out was just for show, James

To be fair, one of those Everglades air boats might have been better.

**3toes** · 7th January 2023, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Found the photo. The text below the pic in my photo album says 1961 - I would have been 13. Now to look for the slide of the Lincoln.

Attachment 182983

If this was 1961 would have been operating with a private owner not RAAF

**p38arover** · 7th January 2023, 10:10 AM

Yes, I didn’t think RAAF. Archerfield was/is a smaller airfield. It had a grass strip if I recall correctly. I have a lot of slides taken there in 1964 before the start of the Ansett Air Race.

**Tins** · 7th January 2023, 03:58 PM

**JDNSW** · 8th January 2023, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Yes, I didn’t think RAAF. Archerfield was/is a smaller airfield. It had a grass strip if I recall correctly. I have a lot of slides taken there in 1964 before the start of the Ansett Air Race.

Archerfield, when I was flying out of there in the 1960s was an "all over" grass field, except for a sealed E-W runway on the south edge. You landed and took off directly into wind By 1970 it had marked grass strips, and you had to use the active strip.

While Archerfield was originally a civil airport, it was certainly used as a military field during the war, and it is quite possible that unairworthy aircraft were left there when the RAAF departed after the war. I do not remember seeing any Mosquitoes there when I was active there (1966-71), but one could quite easily have been parked behind a hanger or on the far edge etc without my noticing it - I was probably concentrating on flying!

**3toes** · 8th January 2023, 06:11 AM

Just googled it. Seems Archerfield was where they were stored until sold

My father says they were flying at a Battle of Britain air show at Archerfield in the fifties which would seem right

A few were purchased in the late fifties by a survey company for the mining industry. The Mosquito was selected as being wooden it would not affect the instruments being used for the survey work

They had a lot of trouble gaining permission and maintaining it to fly them in Australia. This was due to the relevant department considering that the RAAF records would not contain information that reflected the true flying of the aircraft and associated potential airframe damage

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