It’s changed a bit since the last time I saw it!

Mind you, so have I since 1978.:rolleyes:

Ta. (I think).

Is there a dataplate on it? Half-tempted to see if it’s worth trying to get it to Legends.

Incidently, for the benefit of the chaps who removed electrical bits, if you thought the fusebox cover wasn’t an Auster item, it’s actually from the Beverley. 😮

You are of course correct sir!

To anyone who finds this all a bit strange – its worth remembering that flight was still in its infancy. The (arguably) premiere flying service of the prewar days – the Royal Navy – only had 16 aircraft in service at the end of 1912.

Lets hope they’re not reduced to the same number by 2012.:diablo:

Thanks, Martin, that could well be the one.

Are there plans afoot to return ‘286 to the air? I really must get over to Eggesford, even if she’s in bits. I’ll have to persuade SWIMBO to let me have a day off for a nostalgia-inject.

Andy

I don’t recall reading that bit in ‘Chickenhawk’, and as a former helicopter driver I would dismiss the claim too, for the reasons given above.

On an exercise in Germany some years ago, (’84 possibly, Soltau-Luneburg Training Area) we had an unmanned F-16 drop in on our location, after the pilot ejected when his engine quit on him. Despite being half asleep after a night on watchkeeping duties, I woke with a start when I heard the ejection, followed by the approaching whistling noise as the engine wound down, but the zip on my sleeping-bag jammed, trapping me inside.

It missed 3 Gazelles, two refuelling trucks and 15 blokes by a matter of yards.

Two quick Qs if I may?

Is AOP9 XP286 at Eggesford? (Used to be at my old ATC Sqn),

and

does the Super Cub owner fly in an ex-military Mk4 bonedome -I flogged my spare to a chap at Perranporth some time ago, who was restoring a Super Cub at the time. It’d be nice to know both of these two items from my past are extant.

Thanks.

An excellent project, and well worth supporting, Pat.

I take it you’ve been in touch with the Museum of Army Flying, and the Assault Glider Project?

You may want to have a look at this topic on the British Army Rumour Service website too. (Although I wouldn’t normally recommend ARRSE to those of a nervous disposition.) On page two is a complete list of those carried on each glider.

Pegasus Bridge discussion

AFAIK, aircraft registration numbers/letters were not stamped onto modifications plates, as the sub-assemblies were frequently interchangable, and mods were made to sub-assemblies in store prior to final assembly.

Nice to see some Horsa bits – when I last visited the Varsity LGs there was very little to be found apart from German small-arms cartridges.

The nature of the flow of the Humber may well have resulted in changes to the shape and size of the island; a comparison between contemporary and modern maps may well show any differences. (Many years ago the Humber Conservancy Board ran a physical, scale model of the estuary in Hull to research the tidal effects, and I spent far too much time watching the forces of nature destroying stuff)

While I’ve no reason to doubt the explosive effects of the V1 payload, impacting into soft, intertidal mud may have had a moderating effect.

You never know, it may still be down there. 😮