Goose neck flares?

I’ve got a full set in the garden shed, keep meaning to get them all fired up for a photo session…

Wasn,t there a PO Prune about a Mozzie landing on the taxiway in the dark?Thought it was a bit short and bendy than usual…

Goosenecks were still being used at Stapleford Tawney by Thurston Aviation in the early seventies for the Piper Apaches night flying. I used to help set up the runway,as an apprentice.

Dangerous things, still in use in the second half of the 1960s. The night flying brief included the warning to turn onto the runway slowly in order to avoid fuel venting in the vicinity of the them. At least they were reasonably easy to see which is more than can be said for the “glim light” that replaced them. The later L3 portable airfield light was a much more satisfactory piece of kit.

exmpa

Still in use in the early half of the 70’s!!!!! held 1 gallon of paraffin. (there’s still two in the oil shed at Andrewsfield)

I nearly set fire to a landrover @ Wattisham…proper way was to place snuffer over flame. laziest way to extinguish was to drive alongside the gooseneck rev the engine and blow it out, unfortuately got a bit too enthusiastic and blow the can over and set light to the grass and part of the rear tyre…

Replaced by Glims then LE58’s…. ask any AATC in the RAF at the time if they liked putting out and maintaing the emergency flarepaths 🙂

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Thanks guys 😉

Landing on a grass airfield with only Glim Lamps – no other lights anywhere – was never my sense of fun!!

= Tim

PS – Clear decks – coming in full load!!

Dangerous things, still in use in the second half of the 1960s. The night flying brief included the warning to turn onto the runway slowly in order to avoid fuel venting in the vicinity of the them. At least they were reasonably easy to see which is more than can be said for the “glim light” that replaced them. The later L3 portable airfield light was a much more satisfactory piece of kit.

exmpa

Cotteswold is correct and they look different to what appears in the above pic.
There is a picture of one in the Control Towers book by Paul Francis.
If you ask over at AIX someone may post a pic.

Period photograph by Damien Burke, that demonstrates that he is even older than he looks! :diablo:

Have a look at this page

http://www.bamburghcastle.com/bcaam.html

Not really – but it was a large watering can with a wick stuffed into the spout??

= Tim