No Sinecure by the name "Sebastian Melmoth" in reference to the novel; this fact may have inspired Hornung to use the name "Maturin" for a Raffles living in social exile. BBC Radio adapted the story into part of the thirteenth episode of its Raffles radio drama, "No Sinecure", which first aired on 30 July 1992. The drama features Jeremy Clyde as Raffles and Michael Cochrane as Bunny. The first half of the drama closely follows the plot of the original story, with some minor changes: No Sinecure "No Sinecure" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief
Garrison Melmoth tank, with a total of of fuel carried, giving a range of . To make use of the long endurance an autopilot was fitted, for comfort the cockpit was in width. Its span rectangular wing with an aspect ratio of 6:1, employed an NACA 65A316 airfoil, mounted double-slotted flaps and adjustable-incidence ailerons. The engine was a Continental IO-360-A producing , driving a Hartzell constant speed propeller of diameter. Control was via center control sticks. The Melmoth was registered with the US FAA in the "Experimental-Amateur-built" category. Over time the aircraft was modified to include IFR avionics, an automatic fuel tank