By: Yak 11 Fan - 14th February 2003 at 22:26
RE: strange ones
The Orange Cat is still at North Weald, well it was last summer anyway. The Cat went to live indoors at Biggin Hill for a while after this pic was taken whilst owned by Doug Arnold. It returned to North Weald in 95 (ish) and lived in Flying A Services hanger for a bit before it was sold, (rumoured to be going to Israel) and then parked outside where it sits deteriorating.
Bedsheet Bomber was last seem as a rotted hulk close to where it sits in this pic, allegedly bought by a well known UK operator some years ago, it continues to corrode away. The poor old thing really is in a mess now.
The Skyraiders were Robs Lamplough’s G-BMFC (Bu127931, WT951) and G-BMFB (Bu126867, WV181), both ex Swedish AD4W’s. These were sold to Jack Erikson in 91 along with an AD4N (Bu126912) and G-BMFB now flies as N4277N.
By: sparky - 14th February 2003 at 19:49
RE: strange ones
In the Valiant photo there is a orange PBY Catalina is the aircraft behind it a B-25 and if so is the ‘Bedsheet bomber’?
Does anyone know whats happened to either of these?
By: Ant.H - 14th February 2003 at 19:35
RE: strange ones
I think the light blue/grey scheme on ‘434 was a high altitude fighter scheme rather than a Photo Recce one.A number of Mk.VIII’s & IX’s were used in this role to counter high flying German Recce aircraft.
Whose was the BT13 Valiant and what’s happenned to it?
By: alexis_lambert - 14th February 2003 at 14:49
RE: strange ones
Yes that is a Skyraider, the version with the long and wide top, i think it was owned by Robs Lamplough.
Great to see all these photo’s from the Fighter Meet, probably the best airshows of there day. Sorely missed.
By: gdenney - 14th February 2003 at 14:41
RE: strange ones
I’m afraid not. Dad has never painted MH434. Ok. Not entirely true. He did paint and fibreglass Spitfire for Breitling as MH434. I know it is one Spitfire that he did want to paint too.
I was also thinking a Skyraider. It looks like a 2 seat one.
Glenn
By: Arabella-Cox - 14th February 2003 at 14:35
RE: strange ones
The orange aircraft in the background of the B25 shot looks like a Skyraider. Tail looks pretty distinctive, but I’m not 100% certain.
The two tone blue scheme on MH434 was a PRU sheme; I’d guess that dates the photo’s to around 1987 – 1989 ish? Didn’t she have Norwegian markings added to her rudder at some stage while wearing that scheme, anything you might have been involved with Glenn?
By: SADSACK - 14th February 2003 at 13:32
RE: strange ones
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 14-02-03 AT 01:32 PM (GMT)]Whats the orange plane in the background?
And whats the awful scheme on the Spit?
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