Hi
Many years ago (about 1980) an elderly man called ****y Martin flew the Shuttleworth’s clipped wing Spit AR501 down to Culdrose Air Day. I remember my Dad telling me he was a wartime Spit pilot and I ran off to get his autograph (I was only 8 at the time).
Does ****y Martin still attend the Shuttleworth displays/associates himself with that aircraft – I am guessing he no longer flies for them anymore?
Any info would be of interest.
Thanks
Nick
By: Snapper - 15th March 2004 at 19:54
Tally Ho! Ducky!
By: JDK - 15th March 2004 at 18:47
Hi Folks,
D1cky Martin was Chief Test Pilot for Glosters, and arraned for Glosters to donate the Gladiator to Shuttleworth before they closed down. He was a long term pilot for Old Warden (I think chief?) and in my book is probably the only person to fly a Spit weating NHS Specs. I think he retired in the late eighties / early nineties. (Just realised there’s a full bio in ‘From Bleriot to Spitfire’. Rats.)
Cheers
By: DazDaMan - 15th March 2004 at 18:27
Wg Cdr D*cky Martin
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th March 2004 at 16:43
Sorry folks, his name is D1cky Martin!
Keep getting my Mucking Words Fuddled!!
😉
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th March 2004 at 15:59
Sorry folks, his name is D1cky Martin!
Keep getting my Mucking Words Fuddled!!
😉
By: BlueRobin - 15th March 2004 at 15:44
There once was an amusing post on pprune not so long ago where the author described a tragic incident nr S****horpe, making frequent references to S****horpe. Half of it therefore got censored and given the incident circumstances, shouldn’t have been funny but the censorship turned it around to a farce. 🙂
S****horpeS****horpeS****horpeS****horpeS****horpeS****horpeS****horpe!
By: BlueRobin - 15th March 2004 at 15:36
What’s his first name again? :confused: 🙂
By: DazDaMan - 15th March 2004 at 15:28
I seem to recall in one of Jeremy Flack’s Spitfire books a Wg. Cdr. D!cky Martin – he had a ‘tache and wore glasses, if I remember rightly.
If it is him, I could try and post the photo.
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March 15, 2004 at 3:14 pm