Fireflash (Thunderbirds)

BOAC Fireflash

BOAC Fireflash

BOAC Fireflash at Budapest airport 2065

BOAC Fireflash at Budapest airport 2065

Fireflash main wheel bogie

Fireflash main wheel bogie

Once you see claveworks Fireflash* profile in BOAC colours it never looks right in anything else again in my opinion – I have always thought of it as the VC10 of the 2060’s anyway.

The machine is as magnificent as it is crazy with its 900plus feet length, atomic engines and a top speed in excess of 4000MPH. It was just a schoolboy melt down when it appeared in the amazing pilot episode of Thunderbirds “Trapped in the sky” way back in September 1965…
… oh hell, 1965. I think I just depressed myself!

* See Claves FF here: https://www.deviantart.com/claveworks/art/Fantasy-668-Fireflash-BOAC-502176351