That thought did cross my mind….

Haven’t seen an Anson in the air for years! It was a treat to see and hear. Certainly appeared to have a camera ship in tow…maybe some nice photos to follow.

Regards;
Steve

Yes it was the CAF one en route from CVT.

Tim

Hi Diamant

Excellent effort in producing such a range. Thanks for sharing the reference picture you’ve used for the Comet nosed version – I still believe though that even that shot shows that the nose of the real item was pointed in both planes, vertical and horizontal.

Tim

Why not search G-CHTK on the CAA site where you will see the details?

Tim

The answer may be elsewhere on this Forum :), see: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=122704

Doing a search on ANY of those registrations would reveal what you are asking.

Even this very forum has previously come up with the answer.

”Heavitree was a strip upon which an office complex is now sited. The “barn” was on the edge of that old strip. The AL.1 moved to the owner’s family’s private premises and last I knew of it was still stored with them (along with a couple of BA Swallows which were stored in the same barn at Heavitree) – though rumours of a restoration of the AL.1 surface from time to time.

Prior to emptying, the barn contained a very early Taylorcraft C (now with Leicester museums stored and stripped), an Auster, Tiger Moth G-ACDA (which was restored to fly then hit a pylon on its first post-restoration flight and was burnt out) though it’s frame survives. Another Swallow which was once amongst those aircraft stored at Heavitree was removed many years back, was restored to fly and is now at Shobdon w.f.u. again.

The collection originated with Bertram Arden and I believe his family beneficiaries owned the AL.1 and probably still do. It would be wonderful if it could be restored to fly ……would sit nicely with a Falcon ?!” CONSUL

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45121&highlight=G-AALP

Thanks for quoting this post which I made quite a while back. I did photograph the items in the barn at the time.

It was with a period friend to keep it company last week in the snow. All that hard work the SPT had done with the covers proved very sensible.

Tim

Love your 2nd shot Col …..looks a bit like a Ju52/3m despite what the IWM think and yes I know there are differences but from the effect of that piccie who cares …..shame she’s going.

Tim

Nice to hear it will represent RAF use. G-PSID carried a pseudo RAF scheme for a little while – see link to a zombie thread on this Forum for a picture.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=20624&page=3

Tim