By: paul1867 - 15th February 2013 at 22:13
Hope this is not getting too far off topic but I just cannot help going down these interesting avenues
The Dagling Pictures 1 & 4
Mr. R. F. Dagnall, was Manager of Airships Ltd of Merton, Clapham and Wandsworth in 1918 and founded RFD Ltd in 1920 which is now RFD Beaufort located at Belfast. From adverts in Flight they were, and still do, make many forms of life saving equipment such as dinghies.
The 1950 advert lists a whole range of products with obviously connects with his roots in airships. Note the cables address.
Images from Flight Archives
By: avion ancien - 15th February 2013 at 18:19
RFD Co. Ltd. – presumably the company formed by R.F.Dagnall of Dagling fame? Maybe this was its last throw in the unpowered aircraft market? If so its a long way from 1930 and his modified Zogling, which was ubiquitous in the early days of the British gliding movement with its single seat training gliders.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 15th February 2013 at 13:23
Fab stuff!
Many thanks
TT
By: paul1867 - 14th February 2013 at 10:04
RFD were using this image of the RDF30 as an advert in The Aeroplane in February 1951.
By: chumpy - 10th February 2013 at 17:09
The Brooklands target from an old company brochure that I have…….alrighty how about this one??
Still 1950s I think also came under the Fairey banner as well as RFD….Yes does look a bit Phoenix!!!
By: philip turland - 10th February 2013 at 16:12
Your mind is befuddled by clouds
But it always was
Jakey Says fanks for godsprog pressie
By: alertken - 10th February 2013 at 08:50
AST C-4/Brooklands A/c 32ft. towed target glider 1953. Used by RN. Nothing pre-War.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 9th February 2013 at 18:41
Bloody hell, never seen that before!
Where on earth did you find that!
The one I seem to remember is earlier interwar say 20’s and, well for want of a better description looks a little bit like the Phoenix from Flight of the Phoenix!
ATB
TT
By: chumpy - 9th February 2013 at 16:31
One of these maybe?
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