Here’s a new batch. The Rapide is G-AEML, briefly in the ownership of Jim Keene at Liverpool Aero Club, 1968-ish. G-ARGO was one of the club’s resident Tri-Pacers – again, pic from February 1969.
Can’t remember if the Fox Moth was a resident or just a frequent visitor. One of the post-war Canadian machines.
The Comets are at Farnborough 1968. One is F-BGNX, now at Salisbury Hall, the other I gather is now a Nimrod simulator and the truncated fuselage half hidden, according to Martin Painter of Air Britain, was the last remnant of the prototype G-ALVG usually recorded in the productions lists as scrapped mid-1950s.
The Nimrod is XV226 – Farnborough 68 again.
The Gladiator is the Shuttleworth machine, taken at Ternhill 1965. Considering that it’s an uncropped photograph, taken with a camera with a 40mm lens, it must have been pretty low. A little blurred, but it captures the atmosphere of the display as I remember it 40-odd years later.
William
By: philglt - 15th March 2006 at 16:03
Hi William, I don’t have the exact date on the slide, but you are correct about ’69. On those long days spotting at Speke, the old Fox Moth was often the only thing to move all day bouncing across the grass
If you have more photos of Speke in those days I would love to see them.
Phil
By: Moggy C - 15th March 2006 at 14:47
Can’t remember if the Fox Moth was a resident or just a frequent visitor.
William
It was the resident ‘joy ride’ aircraft. 2/6d per passenger for a ten minute hop.
I did one. 🙂
And the ‘Tri-Pacer’ is a Colt. Call yourself a spotter?
Moggy
By: Scouse - 15th March 2006 at 14:37
Certainly looks like it, judging from the position of the Viscount and the refuellers at back left. No exact date in my notes, other than it’s consecutively numbered bwteen a bunch taken at Staverton in April 69 and another batch at the Hawarden open day in June – so late spring 69 is the best I can say.
As you say, wow!
William
By: philglt - 15th March 2006 at 14:19
Wow! Was this taken on the same day?? 😮
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