An Unlikely Warbird on this special anniversary

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Many years ago I had to help move the aeroplane about in the hangar it sits in and moving it was hard; those twin wheels are held to the airframe by nothing except the bungee cord and the vee brace attached to an upright on the skid, which moves freely and is not fixed. This means that the wheel bogies move about all over the place, and somewhat surprisingly, the aft braces holding the tail section are really heavy. Pushing it forward caused the wheels to go in different directions and because of the springy nature of the bungee, the thing kept bottoming out on the skids! It would have been impossible to taxi, let alone fly. Originally, the pre-war Caudrons had 45 hp engines; the thing would have taken ages to get airborne from a patch of grass.
 
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