Nice piece there. Since the item for sale includes the aircraft serial number it might just fetch the asking price though IMHO the need to collect in person will deter all but the most serious collector. Earlier this year I advertised a Vulcan brake unit from XJ823 on e-bay on behalf of Solway Aviation Museum where I am an active volunteer, at starting bids of £10 or buy it now for £20. There was a lot of interest generated by the listing but in the event the item went unsold because of its weight and the need for the buyer to collect.

Here is a nice Pa-22 Caribbean 150 which called in at Carlisle during the summer for a fuel stop.

Excellent, nice to hear there are still some able to go on flying trips despite the shorter daylight hours.

Welcome to the forum, Jamie. Nice to see those superb GLA shots on this forum as I lived close to Glasgow Airport until 1989.

Excellent photos of superb ‘planes.

Many thanks for all that extra information, Auster Fan. I think the “vintage aircraft” which I wanted to fly in must have been the Cessna 170 as I had already flown in an Auster by 1973, yet a flight in a Cessna 170 is still on my to do list, although I have piloted 152’s and 172’s.
Here is a picture of Cessna 207 G-AYTJ taken at Glasgow Airport in 1974. She was based at Strathallan as a parachute aircraft but regularly came to Glasgow Airport for servicing by Loganair for whom I worked part time so I got to fly in her a few times between Glasgow and Strathallan. I believe her final UK owner was Ron Groat, after which I think this aircraft was sold within the past five years to South Africa where she may still be flying.

The Pa-28 which I normally fly nowadays was built in 1965 so Cessnas and Pipers were certainly built to last in those days.

Interesting report there and nice pics.

G-ATLT

I have a page in one of my scrapbooks about this aircraft as I treated myself to a pleasure flight at North Denes on 23rd July, 1973. The page includes a postcard of G-ATLT, captioned “Pleasure Flights, Great Yarmouth.” Colour scheme is red and white with a small black square at top rear of the tailfin with a smaller white disc containing some sort of logo, within the black square. The ticket cost £1.10 and although the ticket is issued by North Denes Aerodrome Ltd. my notes indicate the aircraft operator as Air Anglia. I recall that the pleasure flying was very busy that day and I was motivated to book a flight for later in the afternoon as they were using some vintage aircraft or other which I particularly wanted to fly in. I remember being disappointed when I returned to take my flight to find that the aircraft in use earlier had retired for the day and they were now using G-ATLT, which was very similar to the Cessna 207, a type on which I had already flown as a passenger several times.