Ascalon

[casey jones]

I have found it very difficult to find the Avro York (FS9) painted
in Sir Winston Churchill's "Ascalon" If I may make a suggestion
narrow the search down to like propeller transport and then
narrow to "YORK" or AVRO will help a lot Churchill's Avro York
was painted in the dark color brown or green with the name
Ascalon on the nose, I think I found it here some years ago but
my memory at near 80 is not that good.

Thanks

Casey

[zswobbie1]

Hi Casey,

It's not here, but if you do a search for Ascalon at www.flightsim.com, you will find it.

FS2004 RAF Avro 685 York C1 LV633
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FS2004 RAF Avro 685 York C1 LV633. The third prototype became Winston Churchill's personal flying conference room. It was luxuriously fitted out and had square windows instead of the characteristic row of circular ones. Delivered on April 30, 1943, to RAF A&AEE, it was transferred to No. 24 Squadron on May 28, 1943, and named "Ascalon" after St. George's sword. The Prime Minister used it to fly to allied conferences at Moscow (1943), Cairo (1943), Teheran (1943) and Yalta (1945). On another occasion, it served as the personal aircraft of King George VI during his tour of North Africa in 1943. On June 10, 1954 it was struck off charge and finally broken up at North Coates, Lincolnshire. Gmax exterior model and paintkit by Manfred Jahn, FDE by Paul Edwards, repainted by Hans Hermann, Virtual Birds Factory.

[casey jones]

I wish to thank you in finding ASCALON for me. It will not be found in
propliners FS9, you must go to War Birds FS9 and there it is. I made
3 copies of ascalon which was the 3rd prototype of the York and had
square windows. I am still amazed by todays technology I can talk
to you from Minnesota to South Africa I have a history of the WARATAH
a ship that disappeared near South Africa in the early 1900s.

Thank You

Casey

[zswobbie1]

Hi Casey, Modern technology is quite amazing. I'm here in Cape Town, close to a South African Air Force Base called Ysterplaat (steel plate) where we have the only flyable Avro Shackleton MR3, that we used to pull out of the hanger to do engine starts for the public. She will never fly again, it's a heritage aircraft, still with a few hours left in her spar, but not enough to train new crew.

PM me your email & I can send you an FS2004 version of it, that we originally sold for funding to keep the real Shack alive. I was chairman of the Friends of the South African Air Force Museum for a couple of years there.

Take care,
Robin