Could be right. This one’s definitely a Luton Minor though!

Alright. I accept that this is not in the brambles, bushes or anywhere else out of the way. But in the absence of photographs of aircraft that fit this description, here’s one of a Luton Minor that seems to have gone the way of all flesh! I was once told a tale about this aircraft. It was that on a CofA check, it ditched in the sea off Shoreham. It was recovered and flew again, but the check pilot made a claim against the owner for the cost of replacing his watch, which stopped working as a result of the ditching! Apocryphal or what? Only someone out there can say!

Not only was it donated to the local school, but it was delivered by air, straight to the playground!

I know that the Magister had good short field performance, but to put it down on a school playground! Either it was a huge playground or the condition of the aircraft, as shown in the photo, reflects the consequences of a playground landing! The HSE would never permit that nowadays.

But where was the photograph taken? Certainly not Shoreham. I know that airfield far too well. Maybe Ford, having regard to the glasshouses, boiler chimneys and Sussex barn in the background? Or perhaps the LEC strip at Littlehampton? Or maybe none of these. And why are the two set of major components together, if one Gemini crashed in 1960 and the other was in store in 1971. Very strange! Over to you now.

This thread has gone very Mitchell (bit like East Enders!). So in the hope of taking it off in another direction, here’s one from behind the hangar! Not mine, unfortunately, but one from my collection. I don’t know who took it (so apologies for the lack of acknowledgement) or where or when. Can anyone shed light in my darkness?

Oui, c’est vrai! But if these posts continue in French, I suspect that the interest level will wain below that of the present!

Many thanks Tim.

However Don L. Brown, in ‘Miles Aircraft Since 1925’ (1970), records G-AHKL as “still on register 1968”. So is the information in appendix XII of this work incorrect?

Does anyone else remember seeing the major components of these aircraft behind one of the hangars at Lympne in the 1960s? If so, can you confirm or otherwise identify the registration marks carried by these components?

Just found them on bookfinder! A minute ago!

Many thanks. I have now found them. Looking at the prices sought for the set indicates that the surmise, contained in my post of 5 August, was not far off the mark. But then, they are being sold from the US!

I got a complete set a few years ago from here

http://www.bookfinder.com/

There are 2 Indexes and 1 copy of Volume 2 on it now (average price £20)

So hurry!!!

Put “Impressment Log” in title

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Many thanks for the lead but it appears that they have gone. A search under that title reveals nothing. C’est la vie!