On the Contents page – under “News” is a picture of a late model Me109 with paddle blade propeller and extended tail wheel leg – but i can find no reference to it within the magazine…….

is it me?

what’s/where’s the story?

at least it proves I look at all the pictures!

plus the Albion AM463 ambulances and refuellers – classic late 30s/ early war MT

aluminium + steel = bimetallic corrosion anyway

Fraid not – it’s an indigenous primary trainer, a bit like the Chippie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_HT-2

I remember visiting Lisle Street in Soho with my father in the late 50’s and early 60’s when it had many surplus shops. They were like Aladdin’s caves, especially for hams. He to was a radio ham from pre-war, G2CKW, and was in the RAF servicing electronic equipment joining Decca Radar after the war. He had a National HRO Senior receiver presumably bought war surplus. Anybody know where these receivers were used?

Visited Lisle Street at new year for the first time since then. Sometimes it’s best not to go back!

my dad was a pre-war ham as well – G3MY – but as a medical student was a reserved occupation – he spent evenings as a VI – Volunteer Interceptor – (google “Secret Listeners”) picking up U-boat morse traffic and transcribing the messages which were then sent to BP. He could apparently tell which radio operator was sending the messages by the morse “hand” of individual operators.