“Be””A”U”tiful Anson for sale

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https://www.classicaircraftsales.com/listings/avro-anson

 

Only 1,9 mil$

[von_Tom]

 

 

Love the ad - hyperbole much?

 

"SOLE SURVIVOR FOR SALE! This stunning early WW-II bomber is the sole airworthy survivor of the very distinctive Avro Anson Mk.I, an aircraft of massive significance to the British Commonwealth at the beginning of World War Two."

 

Sheesh

 

von Tom

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10 minutes ago, von_Tom said:

Sheesh

LOL it probably was important for training aircrew. 
I read it took 120 swivels to get the undercarriage up. So it had to be a long flight for bothering to retract it. 
And if they was flying over southern shores , they had it down , it was a attempt to tell the army not shoot at them with aa

[Monksilver]

I believe they were used to tow targets for trainee fighter pilots to practice shooting. IIRC one pilot was so bad at it the Anson's pilot shouted over the radio "I'm towing the bloody thing, not pushing it".

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I know it trained radio operators and navigators too. It did important liaison duties and was available for most behind the lines duties

[HBPencil]

It (along with the Airspeed)are of historical importance to the Commonwealth airforces due the huge numbers of pilots, navigators/bomb aimers, radio operators and air gunners that trained in them.

 

I've seen this bird up close, she's totally mint and I hope like hell she stays in the country.

 

From memory the restorer/owner also has a Hudson that could possibly be restored to flying condition if they can find a center spar for it, iirc it's the Hudson that claimed the RNZAF's first air-to-air kill in the PTO.

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To be honest, I would like to have it. But I cant Even AFP-ordning to maintain it.