THE VERY LAST FLYING SYCAMORE

 

The very last flying SycamoreAltenrhein museum Schweiz

 a Dutch Aviation Support 2009 publication

This article was published in The Netherlands. Cockpit Switzerland also published an own story.

  
This is it: The very last flying example with a license !
  
The man of maintainance is Mr. Dieter Hasebrink, living in Germany
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Not flying anymore, but this example is very complete standing in a museum in Germany....
     
...it's a rare bird, so seldom seen but parked here as a Nordholz relic !
 
Look at this fine engine, a miracle those days !
 
The Bristol Sycamore saw first lifelight in the Royal Airforce
 
Originally three (wood), later on four rotorblades
 
A cockpit view, and the HB-RXA (r) is ment to be restored as well when time and money
 
The type flew in the pos-WW-II period in the German Army and Navy
 
Today this beauty flies in Switzerland, is parked in Altenrhein and can be bought !
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Our special thanks go to Tino Dietsche & Pinter Balasz for their kind cooperation and pic's...
... and specially to Dieter Hasebrink for all your work and mediation between all !
Thanks on behalf of all our readers !!
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                                                          Sycamore story in Dutch
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