Some pictures from the ‘At Home’ event organised by the Luton Flying Club on July 22nd 1951. Photos are once again by the late Gerald Lawrence, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke.
NV768 Hawker Tempest V. Napier test aircraft, with annular radiator and ducted spinner. Napier had a Flight Test unit at Luton, but the Sabre-powered Tempest was probably long retired:
G-AGNZ Avro York C.1, Eagle Aviation. Ex BOAC, acquired by Eagle in 1949, W/O Gatow 24-8-52:
G-AJSL DH.89A Dragon Rapide, Trent Valley Aviation. Wfu by 1970, now on rebuild at Moorabbin as VH-UXZ:
G-ALRY Percival P.54 Survey Prince 1. Stayed with Hunting-Percival and Hunting Surveys until Wfu 1966:
EI-AFH Miles M.38 Messenger 2A. Reverted to G-AKBL and W/O 1-4-53.
G-AKKG Miles M.38 Messenger 2A. Operated by Shell-Mex/BP. W/O 1-6-68:
G-AEXT Dart Kitten II. Still active 2011:
G-AHES Percival P.28 Proctor I, Eagle Aviation. Scrapped 1955:
G-AIAG Percival P.44 Proctor V. W/O 30-6-64:
G-AKIH Percival P.44 Proctor V. To TC-PAR 1952:
G-AIGM Auster J/1 Autocrat. Active until 1987:
By: Arm Waver - 15th March 2011 at 15:07
I am loving these old shots of “real” aeroplanes.
I have walked many a mile on airfields assisting ‘EXT in to park. Lovely machine and only recently (in the last couple of years) sold on by Alan who owned, operated and maintained her for 19-20 years.
By: Sky High - 15th March 2011 at 10:50
And still they come!! For those ofn us of that vintage these pictures are pure delight. Thanks again.:D
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March 15, 2011 at 10:45 am