G-AROY

…todays spotted.

This afternoon I heard what sounded like a radial engined aircraft….nothing immediately came into view…was about to dismiss it as an interesting sounding motor cycle that had fooled me….then a Stearman came into view…

Registration very easily read as;….G-AROY….4-28pm over Gunby, E. Lincs. Heading more or less West.

Lovely sound…and sight..

Clive.

Hello,
East Kirkby Spitfire T 09 was out and about again this evening….he turned overhead home here at Spilsby at 7-10pm before heading off to the SE, returning towards EK at 7-15pm and was then out of sight but sounded to be carrying out a display for the next 5 minutes or so…

Clive. 🙂

From home, Spilsby, saw BBMF flypast at Friskney this afternoon then watched the fighters move into line astern as they tracked West and RTB….

Clive.

Hello Glyn,

Thank you for posting up the photos.

I have flown in G-AHSO out of Skeggy. On a quiet pleasure flight day towards the end of the operation of Skegness Aerodrome I arranged for an AHSO trip to Sturgate…and had a few other flights around the general area too. Had the Skeggy aerodrome stayed open the next year I had an idea to take the Auster on a few more outings..sadly this was to remain only a pipe dream of mine.. 🙁 .

I summise G-AHSO is still just up the road from here…so local but I don’t know…but it is shown as not a flyer.

G-ALFA is just up the road from here…in the opposite direction…and does sometimes appear over Spilsby here.

Clive.

I have posted this 1992 photo before… but I post it again.. 😉

Likewise, wandering off topic… but the Skyvan mention reminded me of one from, I think, the Southern hemisphere that was operating across Lincolnshire a couple of years ago… had some sort of towed or mounted gear.??. magnetometer perhaps or some such..??.. got into all sorts of bother I seem to recall flying through bits of sky it shouldn’t have without having a word first with the “owner” of the sky.??!!.

Back on Bristol Freighters.. happened to be in the right place at the right time many years ago and watched the Instone one trundle over East Lincs, quite low….heading South…possibly en route for Duxford..??

Clive.

Cereal packet model.

Hello,
On top of the wardrobe….with peeling stick on transfers…I found one of the cereal packet models. I seem to think it had to be sent away for…having saved some tokens.???

This DH88 was once part of the Spilsby Rail Air Centre (SRAC) collection…which few will have heard of.???!!! :confused:

It was sort of Skyfame meets OHB meets Dinting Railway Centre meets the early days of the N Yorkshire Moors Railway…my Hornby Dublo 3 rail figured largely in the reality of this..!!

The collection once included Sea Fury, Bleriot monoplane, Lanc’ nose section, Spitfire 14 and V1…..the Vampire was kept airworthy… sponsored by Sylko for Cotton Thread.. 😉

Clive.

Hope the pictures post ok…haven’t posted such for ages..!!

Hello,

For the answers try; http://www.thedps.co.uk/ for The Deltic Preservation Society.

Definitive Deltic Library ..http://www.55s.co.uk/

And for more info and Deltic photos etc http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/engines/index_55.htm This site also covering all preserved UK Diesels except Shunters which are covered here..http://www.preservedshunters.co.uk/psh_intro.php.

All the best,
Clive.