Looking at my old spotting books, I see that I first saw G-ABUS at Sandown IOW on 29/5/67. I can’t remember its colour scheme at the time.

The first Swift I saw was G-ABUU at Portsmouth on 3/10/65 at a fly-in. I do remember its colour scheme being red with black striping. For a while it was my favorite aircraft until I saw Cosmic Wind G-ARUL  “Ballarina” at the Kings Cup at Baginton on 13/8/66 which was love at first sight! I remember that I was quite upset when she was written off at Halfpenny Green later that month. A few years I saw her “recreation” in a hanger at Duxford I knew that she existed but it was a surprise to see her. Although wearing the same registration, I understand that little or nothing of the original Ballarina lives on in her and she has lost something it not having the ribbed control surfaces..