A couple of shots of Newarks Hastings when it was kept live.

The blue unit behind the number four engine is an auxillary power unit, removed from Beverley XL149, when it was scrapped at RAF Finningley.

hi joe,
super pics of TG517 i first saw her when she,d just flown in and was in exellent order,ive been inside her some years past and enjoyed the view ,she suffered over the years from some lacked TLC but was taken in hand by the local Newark ATC who did some good work on her,however she should have been looked after better in her earlier years at newark probably down to lack of members etc often a good reason not to take too many aircraft on strength .thanks again for the pics
regards vic:cool: 😎

😮 😮 What a waste!!! Mind you after seeing what some museums throw out I shouldnt be surprised….

in addition they also scrapped a complete set of airfield tannoy speakers recovered from Marston Moor,they were left to rot outside 😎 😎

Ok Peter,

Here’s a photo by Paul Waites. Taken in the seventies, and you see here the “covered waggon” the section of fuselage fitted over the wing centre section. Does anyone know what happened to it? I don’t think it was fitted to HR792 at Elvington as that part came from Linton on Ouse.

Cheers

Cees

The section pictured was recovered by myself and some collegues from Nostell priory nr. wakefield where it had been displayed, We became “involved ” with YAM and subsequently the then “Halifax Project” I donated the section of fuselage after displaying it at several airshows over the years,the then commitee decided that it was of no use to the project and i believe it was scrapped without any thought( it certainly wasnt used )and without consulting me,at the time this piece of fuselage was the third largest piece of surviving halifax and we had spent some time doing cosmetic work on it to tidy it up for display,i dont think its around now as previously stated.:cool:

This airfield was used in the late forties/early fifties by the East Riding Flying School using Auster Autocrats G-AJIG and G-AJIN and i believe a Tiger Moth. The airfield was used by Tiger Moths ,Proctors and Gemini’s also. Does anybody know where the airfield was and have any photo’s or memories to share before it is lost in the ether ?

hi there T21
ive traced a miles gemini that was based at speeton in 1953 G-AMBH it ended up in the belgian congo circa 1958,there appears to be no photographs of the flying school at speeton and indeed it may have been known as bridlington airfield at some point that could cause some confusion.:cool: 😎