As mentioned in the Duxford thread, I have been given permission to post some images taken by Alan ‘Nobby’ Noble, I believe they will be of interest to members of this forum so I will post more as and when I get a chance to scan more. I have noticed that a lot of his prints and negatives have not stood the test of time, probably through poor storage so the quality on some will not be up to modern standards.
This batch have images from Newark date unknown, and Bassingbourn, May 1978.
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T33 at Newark
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F100 at Newark
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Wessex XT469 at Bassingbourn
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Chipmunk WP964 at Bassingbourn
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Sea King XV699 at Bassingbourn
By: LAHARVE - 29th March 2015 at 08:39
A few from Mildenhall 1980,
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XF300
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XE668
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XE995
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WF791
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G-FURY
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G-BFIR
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G-BGPB
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G-BFKK
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G-ATBG
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G-ANDE
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G-AKKB
By: HP111 - 24th March 2015 at 09:27
I have some similar Blackbush pictures (but without the Islander) dated 31/7/1976.
By: LAHARVE - 24th March 2015 at 00:08
Another selection,
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Storch/ Criquet at Biggin Hill year unknown 79 or 80
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LF363 at Biggin Hill year unknown 79 or 80?
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LS326 at Duxford 1988
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N1051S at Duxford 1988
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N15798 at Fighter Meet 1990
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Blackbush date unknown date.
By: TwinOtter23 - 22nd March 2015 at 15:24
Pleased to have been of some assistance! 🙂
By: LAHARVE - 22nd March 2015 at 14:04
Thank you for the info re Newark, Twin Otter, I will pass it on to ‘Nobby’.
By: TwinOtter23 - 22nd March 2015 at 12:03
Revised info – I’ve just checked my own photo archive, the second set including the Piston Provost, is post-autumn 1980, which is when the Anson fuselage was moved to the new site!
The first T33 photo that you posted is missing a ‘drop tank’, this is due to damage that I inadvertently inflicted on it at Sculthorpe (located the release trigger without anyone there to catch the tank).
The repair to this tank was undertaken by some members from Rolls-Royce, Hucknall and perhaps with assistance from forumite Joe Petroni; IIRC this work was completed after summer 1980 after they’d refitted the ‘coal-scuttle’ air intake to the Meteor FR9.
By: LAHARVE - 22nd March 2015 at 11:21
More from Newark, as before, date unknown.
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Swift FR.5, WK277
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Meteor FR.9, VZ608
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Piston Provost WV606
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Mystere IV
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Mystere IV
By: TwinOtter23 - 22nd March 2015 at 10:09
I’d suggest that the F100 & T33 pictures were taken at Newark in late (Nov / Dec) 1978 or early 1979 – most likely the latter.
By: LAHARVE - 22nd March 2015 at 10:01
A few of the Harvard’s at Bassingbourn.
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D-FHGK
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F-AZAS
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G-BDAM
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PH-BKT
By: Sabrejet - 22nd March 2015 at 04:24
Ah Bassingbourn – I think that was the Harvard meet? I have some shots too.
Newark circa 1978 too I think: by 1980 the T-33 was gaining Thunderbird colours.
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