Avro anson

Evening all,
It is really great to see those two “old ladies” looking in such great shape.
I notice that the Bae aircraft G AHKX is listed in G-INFO as C19. Is C19 not a military designation and should it be Avro XIX series 2 ?
Regards
Tony K

thanks for that tim,

glad i saw her, made my day.

thanks for the info.

With big thanks to another volunteer, John Harding , here is a history of the Flights Anson .
Built Nov. 1950 at Yeadon(AVROEc/n3634.1951 jan)Entered service at Raf Hullavington(NO1 Ans) as a T21
1953(June)to 22M.U Silloth.154 -A.V.oe for conversion into C21 then to 20 mu Aston Down
1955 to Bomber Command Comms Flight at Booker. 1958 to Fighter Command Comms. flight Bovingdon. 1963 to Transport Command Comms flight Northolt.
1965- 1978 to 23.MU Aldergrove as training airframe No.7881M. 1978 (Jan) left Aldergrove for E.M.A. and registered G-BFIR. as a T21
1981 crash landed at Andrewsfield due to a brake failure.Returned to E.M.A and then to Hurn for a complete rebuild.Out of service until 1996.
1996(July) to Duxford (arco for re-paint and permit to fly.
1998Feb17th flown to Coventry by Mike Collett and reregistered G-VROE.
2000 flew toBahrain to celebrate 50th anniversary of Gulf AIR (Took two weeks to journey each way)
Total airframe hours as at April ’05 =3872
Alan.

Thats the chap…

… apparently Harrison was impressed with the Anson, a man of good taste!

…….also, the Anson has met some stars in her time with the company, who is this trying to steal her limelight at Rome airport? (I had to look twice when i was shown it 😀 )

I think its a Yank from the southern states, as one of his mates chews baca. :rolleyes:

is it that bloke who used to be in Bucks Fizz and ended-up selling ice-cream in Brighton… 😀
Neil

One of G-VROE’s greatest adventures was a tour of the Gulf region in 2000, along with our ex-BBMF Devon, suitably dressed up as a Gulf Aviation Dove. I could probably track down some better pictures in the archive, for now here is an extract from our brochure about it…

..also, the Anson has met some stars in her time with the company, who is this trying to steal her limelight at Rome airport? (I had to look twice when i was shown it 😀 )

G-VROE is still a very active Anson, as Ian explained it is often seen in Jersey when our chairman Mr Collett brings it ‘home’. I think it was restored to airworthy condition at Duxford in the mid nineties (Aircraft Restoration Company :confused: ), there are probably others here who can fill in the gaps.

It has a few rather high profile airshow bookings this year…. watch this space 🙂

Ps.. G-VROE’s twin engined RAF stablemate at Air Atlantique should be familiar to our friends at Conningsby..

Should have looked me up, I only live around the corner and am a member of the club.

Kev35 and I spent a short while there on Monday.

Mike Collett brings the Anson G-VROE home often though his preferred form of aeronautical carriage is either a Citation or a twin piston engined Cessna that I have no idea what type

The piccies were taken on Tuesday morning at the flying club where our A/C were parked overnight.

It was on the island on Monday when I was there.

Regards,

kev35

It belongs to Air Atlantique, the company chairman is Jersey born and still lives in the Island. He sometimes brings the Anson home, other times it’s a Citation, company car.

When were these taken ?