Thinking about the Prentice thread, and the DCW pix on here, I have been wondering about the large numbers of ex military aircraft, many of which never made to “civvy street”.
I can remember as a young spotter at White Waltham being offered two unconverted Proctors, both of which eventually died there, and I can also remember Rollasons at Croydon, and the Marathons at Shoreham
So, who has any pics of unconverted aircraft, temporarily civil registered, that they would like to share ?
By: Barnowl - 8th May 2011 at 23:25
Something similar from Rollasons, via the deHMC archive….
Beautiful Triumph Tiger in the middle of that shot!
By: RetreatingBlade - 8th May 2011 at 22:11
Something similar from Rollasons, via the deHMC archive….
Most of the Tigers in the ‘pile’ at Rolly’s were eventually brought to flying condition and sold abroad (mainly to the US). By the end of the 60’s most of the fuselages were gone leaving an inordinate number of wings and assorted flying control surfaces.
RB
By: low'n'slow - 8th May 2011 at 21:51
Something similar from Rollasons, via the deHMC archive….
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th May 2011 at 12:22
Auster in the Tiger’s Den
Another photo without any source references for which I apologise.
A lone Auster with a number of A.J. Whittemore Tiger Moths at Croydon.
By: old eagle - 6th May 2011 at 23:45
Many thanks guys
By: chumpy - 6th May 2011 at 21:13
..Chippies…I believe taken at Croydon?
By: avion ancien - 6th May 2011 at 20:46
G-AMER at Shoreham. I’d love to give credit for this but for the life of me, I can’t remember where it came from. So apologies in advance if it was taken by or from the collection of one of you out there!
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May 6, 2011 at 5:52 pm