Short Sunderland
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| Here are some shots of my giant Short Sunderland at the
Hinze dam on the Gold Coast. |
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| Photo by Graham Hyslop |
Photo by Jamie Arnold |
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| Photo by Jamie Arnold |
Photo by Julien deJager |
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| Photo by David Boddington |
Photo by Julien deJager |
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Enemy Action!
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| We have regular flying days on the Hinze Dam where we engage
in combat with Pat Drake's huge Type VIIC model R/C Submarine. We drop
depth charges and he fires rockets. I have hit his Submarine once with
a depth charge, and he has destroyed my tailplane once. The left side photograph
here is a picture of my depth charge hitting his type VIIC Submarine, and
the right side photograph is the recent destruction of my port tailplane/elevator
by one of Patrick's explosions. Notice that the tailplane is bent up at
about 70 degrees! It immediately flipped back into place and the aircraft
flew for quite some time and landed safely after this incident. I was unaware
of the damage until I taxied in. |
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| Photo by Julien deJager |
Photo by Bruce Virtue |
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| Photo by David Boddington |
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On Take-off
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| We had a request for some photos at take-off, so here they
are. Both photos by Julien deJager. |
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Depth Charging
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| Here is Pat Drake's U-995, a Type VII C U-boat, being depth-charged
by the Short Sunderland. The model is fibreglass, 2.6m in length, 1:25
scale. The original U-995 is one of the few U-boats still in existence
and is on display in Kiel, Germany. The Type VII C was the main class of
U-boat built by Germany during World War II. Photos by permission of Pat
Drake. |
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| Photo by Kerry |
Photo by Anthony |
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Surcouf
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| This is Pat Drake's model of the giant French World War
II submarine, Surcouf. One photo shows the 8" guns firing, while the other
managed to capture the exact moment of missile launch towards the attacking
Sunderland. The model is 3.1 metres long, 1:33 scale. It took one year
to build. The original was the largest and most heavily armed submarine
in the world at the start of WWII. It disappeared in February 1942 when
approaching the Panama Canal and may have sunk due to a collision with
an American freighter. Photos by permission of Pat Drake. |
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| Photo by Anthony |
Photo by Bruce |
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Lord Howe Island
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| Photos by Jeff O'Laughlin. |
| Depth charging with Mt Gower in the background. |
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| On the water, Geoff and the Sunderland. |
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| Construction: the left photo shows the Ansett Beachcomber
side of the model, the right shows the QANTAS Pacific Chieftain. |
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| Geoff Reichelt (on the right) with Peter &
Bronte Phillips at Lord Howe Island. |
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| Driving the Sunderland to the beach and preparing
it for flight at Lord Howe Island. |
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| Coming in for a landing at Lord Howe. |
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Family Album
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| Here is a photo of Geoff's father Bill Reichelt (1918 - 1997) in the
cockpit of the Short Sunderland that he flew for 10 Squadron, RAAF, during
World War II. |
EK 594, one of the planes that Bill flew. |
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| Geoff & David Boddington, editor of Flying Scale Models. |
Uncle Franz, proof that flying expertise and judgement
are very much hereditary traits
(click on the photo for the full story). |
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| Two photos of the C Class Empire boat model. |
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Other Planes
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| Jan Hermkens' Sunderland |
A model of DD852-J. |
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| Wartime photo kindly supplied by Keith Philp. |
A picture of DD852 over the Scillies in U.K. supplied by
Angus McVinnish who was a gunner in that aircraft . |
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| JM711-M of 230 squadron.This is a picture of JM711 landing on one arm
of the Harbour in Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). It is being
flown here by F/O Ken Nicholson on it's delivery flight and the photo was
kindly supplied by Ken Nicholson. |
Visitors prepare to leave an RAAF tender to board a Short
Sunderland (A26-1 of 40 squadron) moored in Matilda Bay, Perth in April
1945. This aircraft was used in a war bonds drive. People investing a certain
amount were given a flight in the Sunderland. |
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| Sunderlands at Rose Bay, Sydney Harbour in
the 60s. |
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Family
Album -
Other Planes.
