Out of the 8 HP.42s built, none crashed anywhere near Moulsford; or at least none crashed there that resulted in the loss of the aircraft, although there were a few forced landings, I cannot see any that were near there.

This is what I’ve got;
G-AAGX (Hannibal) – Lost at sea over the Gulf of Oman on 01/03/40
G-AAUC (Horsa) – Burned out after a forced landing at Whitehaven in Cumbria on 07/08/40
G-AAUD (Hanno) – Wrecked in gale at Whitchurch Airport, Bristol on 19/03/40
G-AAUE (Hadrian) – Wrecked in gale at Doncaster on 06/12/40
G-AAXC (Heracles) – Wrecked in gale at Whitchurch Airport, Bristol on 19/03/40
G-AAXD (Horatius) – Wrecked in forced landing at Tiverton, Devon on 07/11/39
G-AAXE (Hengist) – Burned out in hangar fire at Karachi on 31/05/37
G-AAXF (Helena) – Damaged beyond repair landing at Donibristle on 01/08/40.

In addition to which, G-AAGX had a forced landing Tudeley near Tonbridge on 08/08/31 in which its tail got torn off by some telephone wires after a piece of flying metal damaged 3 of its propellors. G-AAXC sank into a drainage culvert at Hanworth after a RAeS garden party and had to stay there for a few weeks while repairs were effected.

Sorry this wasn’t more helpful.

FC

Going back to JDK’s original question; all of the above doesn’t really explain why various Soviet jet transports particularly the Tu-104, Tu-124 and Tu-134A had glazed noses. Surely, they wouldn’t have been used for load dropping. And also, why didn’t other Soviet manufacturers put glazed noses onto their aircraft, such as Ilyushin?

Just thought that I would stir it up a bit :diablo:

Cheers,

FC

I had it down as just being the Larson-Holmes Racer but I’ve no doubt that you are correct. It was in fact registered N29C.

I have to credit William T. Larkins for the photo. 🙂

Well done wout.

FC

Thanks John. I’ll find something to put up when I get home from work tonight. So if anyone wants to step in meanwhile….:D

Cheers
FC

Fouga CM.101?

I’ll cede that to Wilkofife; he can type faster than me 🙂

I’ve just had a look at Air Britain’s Royal Air force Aircraft – BA100 to BZ999 and there’s some pictures of Hotspurs in there – including a Mk.I, BV138. It’s a three-quarters rear view but I’m sure fairly that I can just make out the colouring under the rear fuselage which looks like it’s yellow with diagonal black stripes. All of the pictures showed them with green and brown upper surfaces albeit some of the demarcation lines being a little indistinct because of the photographs.

I also remember there was an article about the Hotspur in Aeroplane Monthly sometime in the mid to late seventies with a three-view. Sorry I can’t be more specific as I can’t get at my copy.

I hope this helps.

FC

The only picture that I can find of the Auster A.2/45 shows it with a white serial number (VL522) and the prototype marking is definitely yellow as it is a darker shade than the serial number.

Cheers,

FC

Wilkofife has it. 🙂

By the way, the photo came from William T. Larkins. Apologies for using it but I got caught on the hop by getting one of these right.

FC