Blenhiem IV

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

The Bristol Blenhiem MK IV was the first of the Long-nosed Blenhiems, (earlier aircraft had a short snub nose.) It was also known as the Bolingbroke for a while. It is an aircraft that very rarely sees daylight in my hangar,(and in fact I don't recall seeing any others on here!) so spent the afternoon remembering why I love flying her.....

Low down over the Eygptian desert

over Northern Scotland

Thanks for viewing

[hurricanemk1c 195]

Nice shots Alan!

[britfrog 180]

just a bit of useless info, prior to the war my father worked in the stress and strain dept at the bristol a/c factory. under "doc" russell (i believe his name was) interestingly enough one of his responsibilities was to turn the blenheim into a tricycle gear a/c which they had a prototype of however it suffered from nose wheel shimmy. Other more important war projects would mean that this a/c would be parked up for long periods and only came out or was worked on when time permitted with the result at the end of the war it had not been put into production.

[mutley 4,495]

Great looking shots Al, I posted a Blenheim the other day http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/index.php/topic/7344-guess-the-aircraft-2012/page__st__360#entry68829 a bit difficult to make out as it was a competition shot.

Interesting info BF, were any pictures aver taken of the prototype?

Cheers,

Joe

[britfrog 180]

yeah i believe i have one taken from quite a distance Joe, I made contact with the curator of the BAF museum last year and he didnt even know of its existance, i will see if I can remember how to scan it and post it for you

[mutley 4,495]

Cheers Nigel