These pictures are from the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Garden Party at White Waltham June 15th 1952. Notable are the debut of the recently restored Gladiator, plus displays from Pioneer, Beaver, Storch and BEA Bell 47.
Try not to reflect on the dozens of war-weary Fireflies in the background.
Photos as usual by the late Gerald Lawrance, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke.
VP546 Fieseler Fi156C-7 Storch. Ex War Prize, on strength of RAE Farnborough. Retired in 1955, now preserved by RAF museum at Cosford (Notable for flying from HMS Triumph in 1946):
OO-ULA Tipsy Junior. To G-AMVP Oct 1952, and still flying. (Notable for having flown from HMS Ark Royal in 1957):
91123 SAAB 91A Safir, F8 Swedish Air Force:
G-AMRK Gloster Gladiator 1. This aircraft was rescued by Viv Bellamy from Ground Instruction duties and restored to flying condition. Only registered 16-5-52, this was probably its airshow debut. Glosters purchased it in 1953, then donated it to The Shuttleworth Collection in 1960:
G-ALOW DHC-2 Beaver 1. First on British Register, To VP-YKA later in 1952. (After life in Rhodesia and Zambia, last noted Lanseria as N5482J in 1990):
G-AKBF Scottish Aviation Pioneer II. Prototype Pioneer, To XE512 in 1953 and W/O 4-1-58:
G-ABUS Comper CLA.7 Swift. Wfu by 1979, believed on rebuild:
G-ALUA Brunswick Zaunkoenig. To EI-AYU in 1974, later D-EBCQ and preserved Deutsches Museum:
G-AHIC Avro 652A Anson C.19 Srs 1, College Of Aeronautics. Wfu by 1973:
G-AGWF Avro 652A Anson C.19 Srs 2, Sperry Gyroscope Co. Wfu by 1957:
G-AKNM Douglas C-47B Dakota, Air Survey London. Scrapped E. Midlands 1973:
G-AHAG DH.89A Dragon Rapide. Wfu by 1973:
G-AKMH DH89A Dragon Rapide, Bees Flight Ltd. To 9Q-CJK 1964:
G-AJZJ Miles M.65 Gemini 1A, Derby Aviation. Wfu by 1965:
G-AKEI Miles M.65 Gemini 1A. Wfu by 1963:
G-AKKG Miles M.38 Messenger 4. W/O 1-6-68:
G-ALUX Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III. Wfu by 1963:
G-AGWT Miles M.7A Nighthawk. Wfu by 1963:
More to come.
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