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Post by raymond on Sept 22, 2012 14:56:51 GMT 12
Any one know what this is the only Pembroke Im aware of is a british transport aircraft.
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Post by raymond on Sept 22, 2012 17:39:35 GMT 12
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Post by dakman on Sept 23, 2012 9:14:07 GMT 12
Guess that would make it a British Percival design raymond ?
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Post by phil82 on Sept 23, 2012 9:45:30 GMT 12
The Pembroke was a standard Comms aircraft "station hack' on a lot of RAF Stations in the 60s, including one on Kenya that I was on, which meant I got to fly in them frequently just for the hell of it! It had two Alvis Leonides 9-cylinder radials, which required nine propeller turns before starting and which was done by the passengers! They were a nice , quiet aircraft.
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Post by dakman on Sept 23, 2012 9:51:35 GMT 12
Did the Brit navy also use them as hacks calling them sea princes
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Post by phil82 on Sept 23, 2012 10:33:57 GMT 12
Did the Brit navy also use them as hacks calling them sea princes I think the Percival Prince was the civilian version of the military Pembroke, so the Sea Prince was the RN version, not that there were any noticeable differences! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 23, 2012 11:06:48 GMT 12
As an aside, the town of Wanaka used to be called Pembroke. I can't help thinking Warbirds Over Pembroke just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Post by phil82 on Sept 23, 2012 12:30:55 GMT 12
This is the very same Pembroke I flew in when it was allocated to the Station Flight at Eastleigh. It was subsequently re-allocated to RAF Germany, then sold in 1988 into private hands, though it still carries the colours of it's last RAF owner: 60 Sqn. Amazing for me really, to look at it all these years later. I flew in it in 1959!!!!!  |
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Post by baz62 on Sept 23, 2012 13:43:21 GMT 12
As an aside, the town of Wanaka used to be called Pembroke. I can't help thinking Warbirds Over Pembroke just doesn't have the same ring to it. No you are right there Dave. Amazing what you learn on here, I never knew that about the name change. |
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Post by phil82 on Sept 23, 2012 13:51:14 GMT 12
Pembroke is in Wales , look you! The place where they tell you to "look at the mountain won't you, you can't see it for mist", and "don't you come down that ladder now Dai, 'cos I've taken it away".
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 23, 2012 13:59:11 GMT 12
Also Wanaka is not a Maori name either, if you thought it may have simply reverted back to an older name. Wanaka is a Pakeha word, but is derived from the Maori word Oanaka, meaning the place of Anaka, who had been a local chief.
Just like Otago is an English deriviation of the Maori word Otako.
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Post by raymond on Sept 23, 2012 15:54:55 GMT 12
What is interesting is that about 10 of the Belgium Pembroke's were sold to an American Airline.....Air America! Nope nothing to do with CIA but with drug runners by the looks one was torched after a runway overrun as it was full of wacky backy!! Also most of these aircraft had a "glass nose" so I can see where the bomber bit came from.
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