I have been asked to try and discover the identities of two airframes that were dumped at Cambridge airport around 1970, one was a Hastings and the other a Vampire.
Any clues to their identities would be most welcome and any info about their history, even better!
Thanks in advance.
Buster
By: wieesso - 18th December 2006 at 08:35
TG510 1960
http://www.abpic.co.uk/search.php?q=Handley%20Page%20Hastings%20C1&u=type
TG510 1949
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2657774950035970728dYqRve
By: wieesso - 18th December 2006 at 08:22
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=22567&page=5
Cambridge Flyer posted:
Cambridge airport(uk) has a few ghosts of it`s own.
I cant recall all the details,but i think one has something to do with ground running a vampire and a unfortunate member of the ground crew being killed.
By: G-ORDY - 18th December 2006 at 07:38
IIRC the Vampire T.11 was going to be converted into the “Mystery Jet” executive aircraft. The conversion fell through and the airframe remained at Marshalls for several years before being passed to a preservation group. Can’t recall the serial.
See here for more info http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=21759&highlight=mystery+jet
(Would you believe I was in Las Vegas last weekend – I should have popped down to Henderson to see if it is still there!)
By: wieesso - 18th December 2006 at 07:37
http://splashdown2.tripod.com/id30.html
Handley Page Hastings TG510
– Used as a firedump aircraft at Cambridge Airport
– 19/05/49 did a ’wheels-up’ landing during the Berlin airlift and was repaired
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December 18, 2006 at 7:19 am