Let’s look at it the other way round – who operated the Potez 25. I’m no guru on the type but my references state that it was made in 87 different variants, 3500 were built in France and it was also licence built in Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania and Portugal. The major production version was the TOE of which some 2270 were build of which 297 were exported. Military users of the French built examples included: China, Paraguay, Uruguay, Greece, Ethiopia, Switzerland and Estonia. Test examples were exported in small numbers to other countries including the Soviets. The type was also experted for civilian use especially air mail carriage in South America.

Of the markings shown I assume the red star over roundel to be Yugoslavia (though I don’t recall the star being represented with a segregated centre roundel circle), the strange S shaped red white blue marks are Uruguay’s.

I’m not sure about the blue/yellow/black roundel – I thought Brazil in that period used blue/yellow/green.

This was the Belgian registered Tiger on one of her jaunts from the Woburn turf.

tsk tsk! you surley mean “Gloucestershire Airport” 😉
old habits never die… they always get so pissed if you call them Staverton – serves then right for changing the name to be more sterile.

I’m with Rob …..Staverton is where it’s located ….a marketing name is far less evocative ….for most of its lengthy history it’s been Staverton and Staverton for some it will always be -by the way I still refer to Birmingham International as Elmdon!!! 🙂

Rob – I too was at Staverton on Saturday on my way back from Bristol where I collected an Avro Cadet prop that I have obtained – shame we didn’t meet.
Regards
Tim

RIP Neville.

Thanks for passing on this sad news. I knew Neville for many many years and was one the regular correspondents to the BAPC journal Control Column that he edited. Prior to FlyPast, Aeroplane Monthly, Vintage A/c, Warbirds WW et al coming on the scene and the advent of the web this was one of the first publications dedicated to preservervation and proved an inspiration to others. I kept in touch with him via Xmas cards in more recent years. Having only today returned from abroad I’ve only just learnt of his passing so sadly its too short notice to attend the funeral but my thoughts will be there …. good-bye old friend.

Tim

Anybodyelse on this forum Ex Skyfame and knows what happened to everybody? Peter Thomas and Gladys? David and Jessica? Mike Hayden, Ian Juggins, Glyn Tandy, Mike Southern, Norman Carpenter and all the crew?

Graham Bruce Fletcher

Sadly Peter passed away recently see:http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=43059&highlight=Peter+Thomas

A real find! What memories this brings back – I recall regularly attending the Coventry Air Pageant and Air Races. The film shows amongst others the Hawk Speed Six, Percy Blamire’s Gemini G-ALZG, Spitfire G-AIDN, Mr Spillers Cessna 180 (G-ASIT I think) …such a typical mix from those days when shows were less commercial, restrictions were fewer and the word warbird was yet to become a popular term. Even without sound it’s very evocative – thanks for sharing!