By: Mike J - 13th February 2013 at 22:55
Well well, this aeroplane used to be owned by Bob Stanford Tuck
….for all of 3 weeks!
By: G-ORDY - 13th February 2013 at 18:32
I set up the sale of this Argus to Winston Ramsey (After The Battle magazine) back in the mid-1970s. Cliff Lovell did the initial rebuild & repaint in camouflage at his strip near Basingstoke. Winston based it at Stapleford Tawney for a while and used it as the camera ship for some of the air-to-ground photos in the book “Airfields of the Eighth“. I remember it had some problems with the brakes, among other things, and although we did have some fun flying it he decided to sell it – didn’t realise that Bob Stanford-Tuck was the purchaser!
By: Propstrike - 8th February 2013 at 10:23
Well well, this aeroplane used to be owned by Bob Stanford Tuck, and before that Jordons ( of Jordan’s Cereals, Biggleswade). John Jordan was another WW2 flyer.
By: igbfn - 8th February 2013 at 08:56
I have the Argus as on rebuild in Somerset and the replica as having its CAA permit cancelled in April 2006.
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February 7, 2013 at 5:32 am