Duxfords magister

Photo from the mag:

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They’re bloody lovely to fly! Chuckable with stick and rudder, held in by that huge leather harness and the wind in your face. Can’t beat it.

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I think Pete’s (the one I flew) is technically a Hawk Trainer too?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by robbelc
[B]Indeed ‘FBS was built as a Hawk Trainer in 1937 for the civillian run 11(?)EFTS at Woodley.

11 ? should be no 8 EFTS.

There is an excellent guide to the Magister by 4+ publications featuring many references to G-AFBS.

The late and much missed Robert Rudhall was among a small team at Staverton who repainted this very aircraft in the early 70’s, during an earlier refurbishment.

Septic.

Indeed ‘FBS was built as a Hawk Trainer in 1937 for the civillian run 11(?)EFTS at Woodley. In the early war years,like many other aircraft in these schools they continued to be civil registered. It finally became BB661 in March 1941

It is a Hawk not a ‘Maggie’.

As far as i understand the Hawks were a civilian Maggie built before the war and loaned to the RAF during it for training. Hence the civil registration.

Thanks Mike, I had assumed as a military aircraft, it would have had a service serial number.