Most recent memory of T-21 came at Bicester just a couple of weekends ago. Student and instructor circling within airfield at a couple of hundred feet or so, having a conversation about a lady student on the ground.

Unfortunately it was a quiet evening and every word could be heard at the launch point! 😮

I came across N89FA in 2001 at Atlanta’s Tara Field (no Scarlet O’Hara comments please!). It was absolutely the last type of aeroplane I’d have expected to see at an American regional airport!

Some more from its previous sortie at Henlow, at http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=1472

Just got time at last to take this in. Fantastic stuff – and as for Gene de Marco’s taxiing the Camel on the blipper switch – amazing. The conventional wisdom is usually wheel it to the end of the runway, start, then chuck it and run!!

I wonder whether it’ll give Mr Sephton at Old Warden some ideas!:diablo:

There are actually two Luton’s

A Minor G-AFUG which was orginally built by Mr Brown in Stanley during the second world war. It was restored by Ken Fern and painted with the period registration G-AFUG although it was never registered.

There is also a Major built in Peterlee by Peter Jobes but not finished before being donated to the museum.

Thanks for that Thunderbird. G-AFUG did have me scratching my head, as it didn’t line up with any previous records?

I’m very intrigued to hear more about the Major (or indeed any other Majors left in existence). Anyone have any idea how complete it is?

Well you did get to fly it first!!

So that explains the pair of biplanes my mum spotted on aproach to Henlow today.

There were even threesomes sometimes. It was a DH Moth Club Flying Forum Day -and the Bristol became an honorary de Havilland type for the day!

Sorry about the bendy prop, that’s what happens when you take air-to-air pics on your phone!