More from Alan Noble's collection

Mr Noble must have visited Strathallan in May/ June 1976 – the Shackleton (VP293) and the Avenger (Dutch Navy 045/ G-BTBM) both arrived that month – the Shackleton flying in and the Avenger arriving by sea/road. If I remember correctly they didn’t remain for long in the positions in which they were photographed, probably a matter of a few weeks at most. The Texan (G-AZJD) left Strathallan in the August of the same year.

Don’t find the colour cast a problem myself – it’s just really nice to see old photos like these, thanks 🙂

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Hi I have sent you a p.m.

Hurricane LF363 at Booker by the way

Apologies for the quality but this batch have suffered more than previous from poor storage, I have posted them though because I believe they will be of interest to those of us that were not fortunate enough to have seen these aircraft in 70’s.

There are still quite a few of ‘Nobby’s’ photographs, negatives and slides to scan, some of which have severe colour casting which I am thinking of converting to BW because my thinking is they would still be of interest in that form.

That was my mistake Roobarb, as I always get the two muddled up. But having said that I was convinced this colour scheme was Robs example – not Anthony’s!

Rob

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I watched them struggle to start the engine on this Yak C.11 on the morning of an airshow at Duxford in 1984, then later during its display slot the late John Larcombe successfully forced landed it wheels up in a field on the east side of Hunts Road after the engine let go with lots of smoke part way through a barrel roll whilst flying west to east.

Sadly John later lost his life in the first TFC P-63 King Cobra crash in France. A really nice guy as I recall!

Rob

It was indeed a fuel starvation problem caused by the oil system running dry due to the inverted position, this is apparently linked into the fuel management injection system. However what you’ve all missed is that it wasn’t this aeroplane at all. This is G-AYAK then of Anthony Hutton, whereas the aeroplane involved was G-KYAK of Robs Lamplough. Both were of course part of the Fighter Wing Display Team based at Duxford. G-AYAK went to a number of other UK owners before moving on to Kermit Weeks, getting wrecked at Tamiami in a hangar collapse/Hurricane arrival and is now finally under rebuild for sale in Switzerland. G-KYAK was repaired and moved to North Weald when Robs re-located his collection. It appeared at some of the sadly now defunct Classic Fighters shows and then moved to France, TFC and then to Germany

A random collection from Blackbush,

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Looking back through these photos just reminds me what an amazing museum Southend actually was. Such gems like the Beverley, Lincoln, Casa, Saab Tunnen and Sea Fury to name but a few would be nigh on impossible to replicate now – albeit at huge cost!

Rob

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G-AFLW at Booker 1971

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G-AXPW

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G-AYCG

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G-AWIW

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G-AOAA

A few from Southend museum, various dates and quality.

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WE168 Manston

Ex Bassingbourn 231 OCU, the remains of this PR.3 were turned into the walk-in cockpit display that’s now at Flixton!

Rob

Just a couple of ‘WAGs”
The Spitfire looks like it just might have an “artificial” high back although I’m very open to correction on that point: plus 4 blade prop, unarmoured windscreen etc. Duxford for the BoB filming in 1968? Possibly awaiting the stick-on letters.
The Beverley when first at Hendon?
The Buchon fooled me in the PPS hangar at Booker (IIRC) I walked right up to it and only smelled a rat when I touched it. A very gentle pull on the wooden cannon resulted in it starting to slide out of the wing. So my first look over a Buchon …….. wasn’t.

The Hawker Hunter XF946 was certainly at Booker on the 11th July 1971.
The Me109 or Buchon is replica BAPC74 which later was displayed at Torbay, Devon

A few questions regarding these images from ‘Nobby’s ‘ collection,

1. Which Spitfire and any idea of location?

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2. Any ideas re location or location of this Beverly?

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3. Is this a replica or real Buchon? Picture taken at Booker 1971.

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A few classic jets,

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XH764 Manston

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XF946 Booker 1971?

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WE168 Manston

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WH132 Chelmsford ATC

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WH132 Chelmsford ATC

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? Henlow

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VZ638 Southend

Possibly. As I recall the smoke started just at the beginning of the manoeuvre – or literally as it became inverted, but as it was 31 years ago my memory could be a little patchy 🙂

Rob

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I watched them struggle to start the engine on this Yak C.11 on the morning of an airshow at Duxford in 1984, then later during its display slot the late John Larcombe successfully forced landed it wheels up in a field on the east side of Hunts Road after the engine let go with lots of smoke part way through a barrel roll whilst flying west to east.

Rob

Did the engine let go or was it an issue with the fuel injected engine being held upside down for too long during a slow roll?

A number of years ago I watched another Yak 11 perform a similar roll which resulted in a lot of black smoke from the engine and a huge loss of power, luckily the pilot landed safely. As it was explained to me at the time it seems that the fuel management system didn’t like being upside down for too long and did odd things to its settings.

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I watched them struggle to start the engine on this Yak C.11 on the morning of an airshow at Duxford in 1984, then later during its display slot the late John Larcombe successfully forced landed it wheels up in a field on the east side of Hunts Road after the engine let go with lots of smoke part way through a barrel roll whilst flying west to east.

Sadly John later lost his life in the first TFC P-63 King Cobra crash in France. A really nice guy as I recall!

Rob

Interesting ( for me) to see the Tallmantz B-25 with the ( presumably ) camera gear extended. In 1972 I saw this machine, in that configuration, come flying at fairly low level along the Thames in central London. Presumably filming for something- any suggestions?

Interesting set featuring N1042B at Old Warden 1972,

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