Westland+Lysander

The Lysander has taken a few years to build, but the end result is brilliant. It's first flight was in November 2008. It only managed to get a few inches off the ground...but it flew. It suffered some minor damage that has now been repaired.

This model is scratch built and has taken much research to complete it. It won first prize at the Concourse d'Eelegance at the HMAC (now the DMAC) in 2001.

Images and video of the Lysander in flight
Click on the link below for the first flight (just) of the Lysander at Broken Bank flying site 2008

Lysander first flight
Click on the link below for the second flight of the Lysander at Broken Bank flying site September 14th 2009

__Lysander third flight__
The Lysander has attempted another flight in June 2010. Sadly it did not get far off the ground. The jury is still out as to why it struggles to take off properly. Some video clips both from the ground and inflight are below:- [|Lysander_crash_June_2010_2.wmv] [|Lysander_crash_June_2010_1_resized_WMV9.avi]

Links on the web about the Westland Lysander:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Lysander http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1997/08/stuff_eng_detail_lysander.htm http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_westland_lysander.html http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=Westland%20Lysander&distinct_entry=true