Hello Steve

Just to flag that I also sent you details of my email but via a PM, for a copy of the listing please.

Tim

Biggin Hill 18 May 1974 – the only time I ever saw the S1. I believe it was built at Old Warden but have no idea of its ultimate fate.
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G-AXNZ is now a static exhibit in Rahmi M. Koc Muzesi in Istanbul.

Tim

That final scan of the AN-2 at Hullavington brought back memories of that World Aerobatic Championship event.

The day we attended it POURED down with rain – it was unrelenting. I recall that a few hardy pilots demonstrated their skills but the awful weather proved quite a challenge throughout the public open day.

The area into which the public were herded to view proceedings was not full of the facilities we’re used to these days at air events – it was all rather basic. The public toilets comprised chemical Elsan type buckets and privacy was afforded by sacking strung up on string between poles. Now primitive as that may sound it was not an uncommon method used at public events up until then, as it was cheap and easy to construct.

The problem at Hullavington was the volume of rain in each downpour. I remember that after the worst one hearing a large cheer go up. Looking around I found it wasn’t directed at a pilot but at some poor chap who was sat on the loo but was now revealed to everyone as the sacking had sagged with the weight of the rain. 😮 Poor sod!

Today’s events are a little more civilised. 🙂

WIX responses to exactly the same Q: http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=45170

Tim is right, they are Venturis for the instruments.
They are still installed in the port leading edge of G-AEDU to this day, but it is back to the standard two.
Ben

Hi Ben

Here’s a view indicating the pair in EDU

Tim

I’ve only been once to the Biggin Hill Air Fair in 1970. Wonderful show!

Sorry Jur but your (excellent) pictures were not taken at a Biggin Hill Air Fair.

There used to be two annual shows at Biggin. The Air fair was run by JM and was a totally different event from that held in in Sept to commemorate the Battle of Britain. Your pictures were taken at the September Battle of Britain show. The Air fair that year was held in June 1970.

If you want to verify the differences in aircraft attending then please look at the respective reports on the following site: http://www.scramble.nl/showreports.htm

I agree the Air Fairs were superb – I attended from the earliest days and used to provide some of the photos used in the show brochures.

Tim

OK then all you accumulators of junk,—————-
Sob Sob I haven’t got any o’ them (or possibly have squirrelled away somewhere in all the rest of my junk) Would we be breaching any copyright laws if they were to be recopied so that some of us poor deprived antipodeans could also share the delights of yesteryear???
Slight deviation of thread. The Gemini that I am currently restoring was registered to Mr A.C. Pritchard, 28th Jan 1982, Vintage Aircraft Magazine 5th Feb 1985 and Aston Publications Ltd (last UK owner and proprietor thereof, i.e.A.C.Pritchard)
Small world huh?

Whatever happened to Aston Publications and Anthony Pritchard? Many years back I won a competition in VA and the prize was a flight in Miles Falcon G-AEEG on its birthday. I and another winner were flown down from Baginton to Denham in a Fuji then had a great day there including the promised Falcon flight. Sadly the weather deteriorated and we had to return to the Midlands by rail with Mr Pritchard – who from what I recall was a good bloke.

Tim