‘Around the lighthouse’ pleasure flight from Lands End/ St Just in an Islander circa 1969/70, hooked from that moment – especially as I was allowed to ride in the copilot’s seat.
Thank you, Oracal! Somewhere way in the background is the Plessey Flying Club, probably with little 9 year old me and Dad preflighting Condor ‘WFO. Now to dig out some pictures from the garage….
JF Airlines at Portsmouth operated Heron 1 G-ANNO in the early 70’s, and 2 Twin Pins (PHY and PHX), one red and one yellow. Took them for granted at the time, wish now I’d taken some photos…
I’m sure you already know, but there is a replica in the Netherlands built in the UK from plans supplied by BAe, perhaps they might even have some old docs?
The owners’ post on WIX says there is a lot of damage to the port nacelle and tip-tank, and the engine and prop are ‘toast’. All appearances cancelled for next year, and it will take at least a year to repair as it’s a volunteer led team. 🙁
21/04/1943 Wellington DV936 of 15 OTU crashed at Wychbold when an engine caught fire, leading to failure of the wing. F/Sgt D E Hamlyn, Sgt H M Holmes, Sgt A C Page, Sgt L F Short, Sgt G E Boyes RAAF, P/O N G Woodward and Sgt W P Hoare were all killed. (From Military crashes in the south west Midlands – 1943 (aviationarchaeology.org.uk)
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