The flight manual states that if you change the canopy to Canadian part number then you have to change the front screen as well as this provides the crash pylon. The Canadian POH states that the canopy must be open for take-off and landing but the UK one does not.

Bristol Plastics ‘blew’ the canopies for the ‘ Masefiled’ conversions but they may well have fitted them to the existing front screen which is what other conversions such as that of Darryl Gilbert in Canada have done.

For the record the conversions were:- GAOTM Sir Peter Mssefield
G-APOY Airways Aero Club
G-AOST Proven of Scotland
G-ARFW Hon Miss Felicity Willis
‘RFW was in fact the ex DH demonstrator G-AJVD – it crashed 13 miles East of
Cherbourg due to engine failure June 20th.1966

The Royal Flight Chipmunk WP 903 for Prince Charles also received attention
at Bristol in March 1961 when they added the canopy beacon a photo of which is attached

Best

Chipmunkflyer

Rod, slightly of topic but have you checked out this site and forum yet?

http://www.caledonianchipmunks.co.uk/history1.html

🙂

Unfortunately, not a rumour, 753 is indeed tendered for crush only. Efforts are a foot however!

MJR

http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/lightning/mainsite.htm

Any known reason for this? The Lightning has never been part of any arms treaty. Doesn’t make any sense to me 🙁

This Gemini would be c/n 6524 G-AKHW then, once owned by The Plymouth Aero Club and flown often by Philip Clieife who went on to start Mayflower Air Services. She’s also survived a trip over the cliff at the end of the runway at St Marys. 😮 On this occasion the brakes failed and the pilot ( Mr Clieife ) tried to switch both engines of but a switch failure ment the starboard engine kept going. The runway sloppes down to the cliffs and so the pilot abandoned the aircraft to its fate but not before it run him over – ouch!

Think this could cost me pennies 😀

Best get the overtime in !!

Hello Andy,

Just like to say thanks for all the efforts DJ’s have put in over the last 9 years. I’m a big fan but live in Suffolk and have very little time off so unfortunatly have not been able to get invovled. I wish you all the best for your 10th anniversary year and look forward to Kemble 2006. If I happen to meet you lot in a bar the first rounds on me !! 😀

DGH

Except that the SHF don’t fly aerobatics with the A-26 in the UK. Read the first post again and you will see that the display at Leuchars consisted of wingovers, but not rolls.

Ok yeah, getting abit confused with all this 😮

So Oscar’s having a pop at the pilot of the A26 for doing aero’s when he’s not doing them…. :confused:

I think there also seems to be some presumption that the A26 has only ever had one pilot, which I dont know is correct.

Ah the Hastings. One of those unsung forgotten about aircraft from the Cold War. Thanks for sharing the piccies Glyn. 🙂

Flew over my house as well – very nice.