Chipmunk in scrapyard

I think it was a PAX by the time it was at Abingdon. Certainly I think Dave Pope had it at Benson before he went to Malta. It ended up with Lance Cork where I viewed it circa 1991 in very poor state – I have a feeling it was bought by K&L Aero beforehand for spares as I seem to remember Lance saying he had got it from a scrapyard which would have been fairly local.

Hi David,

You are correct that Lance obtained the remains of the Chipmunk from a scrapyard in Holbeach (Laddies yard, now part of EASCO I believe). I had a word with my dad today about this and K&L Aero Services (dad’s company) did buy the fuselage section from David Pope and removed virtually all that was removable from it including the steel tie-bar that was fitted. I don’t think any pictures were taken of it at the time as I was away at college, but dad did say that it was in a bit of a state when they were finished with it. It was then sent to the local scrapyard, Laddies, which was at the end of the same road in Holbeach.

Hope that helps.

Regards
Dave