Is Sandy Topen still around?

i can understand wanting to turn it back to a swiss spec, But you gotta admit, the short nose type look gorgeous, where as the swiss nose does look a little odd,
I hope you didnt bin the short nose ??:eek:

No, I still have the short nose, and have other plans for it!

Bruce

He definately used to have them at the Lincolnsfield site at Bushey from 82 – 86, used to be a US Army camp & they claimed it was where Glen Miller spent his last night alive. I used to go to Queens School next door & decked a kid for lobbing cricket balls at the airframes.

I am a bit confused so can someone please clarify. Was Wrecks and Relics wrong to list the Sandy Topen airframes under Bushey or were they kept at a site near his home there as some of the info posted gives conflicting information. Thanks.

I was hoping for a report of a physical sighting of the aircraft.

Planemike

Anybody able to confirm that it is at Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, as it was last noted as being there in 2003/4.

Thks for that Buccsociety………….yes, I had checked G-INFO. I was hoping for a report of a physical sighting of the aircraft.

Planemike

Try this one:

http://tinyurl.com/4tump3

I’ve changed the short nose back to a Swiss nose now,

Bruce

i can understand wanting to turn it back to a swiss spec, But you gotta admit, the short nose type look gorgeous, where as the swiss nose does look a little odd,
I hope you didnt bin the short nose ??:eek:

Ref post # 2…………. Anyone know the current whereabouts of Auster AOP9 XK416 ex 7855M/G-AYUA ????

Planemike

Don’t know of its whereabouts, but take a look at G-INFO here: http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AYUA

Ref post # 2…………. Anyone know the current whereabouts of Auster AOP9 XK416 ex 7855M/G-AYUA ????

Planemike

Try this one:

http://tinyurl.com/4tump3

I’ve changed the short nose back to a Swiss nose now, and have just completed a full airframe survey ready to get stuck in.

I think we’ve gone a bit OT!

Bruce

I didnt realise she had gone to MAM Bruce.

Have you any pictures you can share of her as she is now?

Can you be tempted to pop the suez stripes back on? :p

Cheers for the help and advice given guys.

As ever much appreciated.

Only thing I really knew of Sandy Topen was of the lovely Vampire T.11 & Suez striped Venom he had on the display circuit. I used to lust after them as a child.

The Venom, sadly wont be airborne again, being time expired.

On the plus side, it is my current museum ‘toy’, and I’m looking to return it to its original condition, less Suez stripes!

Bruce

Sandy initially had his collection called ‘Lincoln Field Vintage and Historic Collection’ just near Bushey. He then moved to Cranfield and then onwards to Bruntingthorpe.

`74` will be airborne on Sunday if it`s fine.

Cheers for the help and advice given guys.

As ever much appreciated.

Only thing I really knew of Sandy Topen was of the lovely Vampire T.11 & Suez striped Venom he had on the display circuit. I used to lust after them as a child.

Any help?

From G-INFO

Registration Details
Mark: G-MKVI Current Reg. Date: 02/06/1992
Previous ID: J-1167
Manufacturer: FEDERAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY
Type: DH100 VAMPIRE MK6
Serial No.: 676
Registered Owners: TRACY CRISTENE TOPEN
72 MEADOW ROAD
BUSHEY
WD23 3FD

Sandy topen

Sorry can’t help with whereabouts of Sandy Topen but if it is any help my 1984 edition of Wrecks and Relics records Auster AOP9 XK416 ex 7855M/G-AYUA as being with Sandy Topen at Bushey together with an unidentified
AOP9 frame.

Bushey is/was his home, not where he kept any aircraft

sorry, don’t know if he is still about.

I believe he tried to get back onto bruntingthorpe about 3 or 4 years ago maybe longer.

didn’t happen tho………..too much history

Sorry can’t help with whereabouts of Sandy Topen but if it is any help my 1984 edition of Wrecks and Relics records Auster AOP9 XK416 ex 7855M/G-AYUA as being with Sandy Topen at Bushey together with an unidentified
AOP9 frame.