Comment and photos from John Henderson
Recent posts about the only Lockheed Hudson still flying (VH-KOY) prompted John Henderson of Ottawa (jandbhenderson@sympatico.ca) to send this email.
Herewith a couple of images of KOY in situ at the Temora Museum, taken several years ago during one of our journeys to the Antipodes Islands, New Zealand.
(Photos by John Henderson; captions added by Diana.)
VH-KOY is painted here to represent a Hudson III, s/n A16-211, a bomber that served with the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. Ii is in fact a Hudson IV (c/n 414-6041; Military s/n A16-112). Photo: J. Henderson.
Superchargers on the two 1200 hp Wright Cyclone 9-cyl. radial engines give Hudson VH-KOY an extra boost for take-off. The bomber has a cruising speed of 196 mph (315 km/h). Photo: J. Henderson.
Link to Temora Aviation Museum
https://aviationmuseum.com.au/
Looks great. Nice work.