Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2019 6:59:58 GMT -5
Normally I am adverse to recreating paints of aircraft that crashed but I am not sure why but this one seemed to deserve it and an MMA paint for the JBK Viscount had not been done although there was one for the Rick Piper Viscount. If anybody wants it they can PM me and I will provide a copy otherwise it will stay unreleased.
For those interested VH-RMQ was the subject of a major accident inquiry following the fatal crash of the aircraft on descent into Port Hedland in WA on a flight from Perth on 31st December 1968. It raised the issue of metal fatigue and in short a wing spar mod done had used bushes that were damaged when they were inserted this allowed the bolts to chafe and the spar to move instead of being rigid over time the chafing and movement weakened the whole structure and the wing came off the aircraft. A lot of lessons were learned about metal fatigue and repairs from this one and it also showed up the poor metal quality of the time, they were softer than modern alloys. Vickers fixed the problems but it meant from then on that operators of the Viscount were faced with regular wing spar replacements, which meant as they aged they became very expensive to keep and thus vanished from the skies over time as they hit spar time replacement. Still a great aeroplane and really trail blazer in turboprop pressurised aircraft, first flew in 1952 and were still operating up here and there until the mid 1980s I think.
This is VH-RMQ at Perth Airport using Aaron Seymour's nicely done reworking of Perth International for the Cal Classic Period.
For those interested VH-RMQ was the subject of a major accident inquiry following the fatal crash of the aircraft on descent into Port Hedland in WA on a flight from Perth on 31st December 1968. It raised the issue of metal fatigue and in short a wing spar mod done had used bushes that were damaged when they were inserted this allowed the bolts to chafe and the spar to move instead of being rigid over time the chafing and movement weakened the whole structure and the wing came off the aircraft. A lot of lessons were learned about metal fatigue and repairs from this one and it also showed up the poor metal quality of the time, they were softer than modern alloys. Vickers fixed the problems but it meant from then on that operators of the Viscount were faced with regular wing spar replacements, which meant as they aged they became very expensive to keep and thus vanished from the skies over time as they hit spar time replacement. Still a great aeroplane and really trail blazer in turboprop pressurised aircraft, first flew in 1952 and were still operating up here and there until the mid 1980s I think.
This is VH-RMQ at Perth Airport using Aaron Seymour's nicely done reworking of Perth International for the Cal Classic Period.
