..Scans from a 1938 vintage Sperry brochure, front cover illustration is ‘newsprint’ quality, alas does not copy too well.

Chumpy.

As you are probably aware Crop Culture was one of the ‘seeds’ that grew to be the Britten Norman company, closely associated with another local outfit Micronair Ltd that made the rotary atomisers.

One my early boyhood ‘aviation’ memories (circa 1965), was peering through the window of the building next to the Commodore cinema in Ryde…. Wondering what the heck all those bits of of aeroplane were doing in there, twas many years later that I found out what I was looking at!

Pic of Crop Culture, Auster G-APMH fitted with said Micronair product.

Chumpy.

A paragraph from an old Air Britain mag on the history of Sandown, Bees Flight the local operator of joy-rides etc. Not sure who actualy ‘owned’ the outfit. The author of the article Henry Nobbs (font of all knowledge re Sandown airport), is still around can be found in the tower some weekends.

Also still living close by is Mary Ellis (nee Wilkins), commandant of the airfield in the late 1960s. An amazing lady delivered many a plane during her ATA career. Somewhere I have her ‘Spitfire’ list, this alone runs to around 200. Amazingly also includes a couple of today’s surviours MT928 and RM927, the latter to be found with a certain aircraft restoration outfit close by!

Also attached a scan of an old airport postcard showing the Gemini fleet.

Chumpy.

An interesting thread..never know where it will end up.
Looking for stuff re Dick Emery on the web, I now know that he was once the chairman of the Airfix modellers club!

OK Willip how about another one??!

Chumpy.

Tug!

Hi Hugh,
Glad you liked the photo..once upon a time there were plenty of them!

Anyone recognise the location, UK or CCF..production?

Chumpy.

Hi Hugh,
Photo of a Hurricane wing jig, a good sturdy bit of kit by the look of it!

Cheers, Chumpy.