Dornier
The aircraft is looking good, on behalf of all forum readers in the south who would I am sure like to see it up close, I would formally like to invite you to bring your classic aircraft to the Air-Britain Vintage & Classic Fly-In at North Weald on 14-15 June. I am hoping the Do28 from OW will attend and if we can get both Dorniers together that would be good to see. The Fly-In website has all the details but if you need anything further please drop me an email.
G-APDK
A-B Fly-In Director
http://www.air-britain.com/flyin-about.html

David also hopes to bring the Mew Gull to the Air-Britain Vintage & Classic Fly-In at North Weald on 14-15 June (which day is not known, but it will depend on the weather)
G-APDK
http://www.air-britain.com/flyin-about.html

My late Grandfather told me about this accident, as he saw it and was one of the first to arrive on the crash scene. He was concerned it had crashed on his Mother’s house who lived nearby to the crash site.

The tail section of the stricken aircraft came down at the end of Friars Lane (which runs west off Bradford St) and landed approximately where Williams Drive is today. For many years there was a small crater still visible, but that disappeared when houses in Willaims Drive were build there in the 80s.

The main part of the aircraft crashed into the grounds behind of the franciscan covent, which is adjacent to the River Pant in Broad Road. The crash site covered approximately the area where Nursary Lane, The Cloisters (road) and the lake of the former sand pit are today.

My mother recalls that after the crash many souvenirs were taken from the wrecakge by locals and the sites were eventually cleared about a week after the crash. Given this and the subsequent building at both locations and sand excavations at the latter I doubt there would be very much evidence to find today.

G-APDK
(Braintree resident)

The Pitts had a puncture.
G-APDK
(Airside Marshaling team)

Simon
It is a Skandinavisk Aircraft Industri (SAI) KZ-III

G-APDK

With regard to the Air-Britain’s latest historical publication, On the Wings of a Gull , this is a history of Percival Aircraft and its successors. This book, which fills an important gap in British aviation history is the result of many years of research by the late Dave Gearing and a two-year effort by a team of Air-Britain specialists who have contributed their individual expertise to produce the definitive work on Percival, Hunting and Hunting Percival. Historical coverage of the company up to the time of closure of the Luton factory is accompanied by detailed histories of the individual types from the Gull to the Strikemaster and over 1,000 photographs. There are production histories of more than 3,300 Percival and Hunting aircraft, exhaustive coverage of the many Percival projects, details of the company’s wartime subcontract activities, detailed three-view drawings and 32 pages of colour illustrations.

I am delighted that Tango Charlie is bringing the Proctor Echo X-Ray to North Weald. Air-Britain has invited owners of all Percival & Hunting Percival aircraft in the UK to join us. Hopefully we can gather a good array of aircraft for visitors to enjoy alongside our other theme types (Piper Cubs and Aeroncas). As part of this gathering and thanks to Weald Aviation and Kennet Aviation, there will be a line up of all marks of Provost.

If you worked for any of the Percival or associataed companies you will be most welcome to join us at North Weald for the launch. Watch our website for further details and about the this publication.

G-APDK
Air-Britain Fly-In Director
The book will be first available at North Weald on 9-10 June

Not a Rollason, but a Turbulent nonetheless, I came across EC-YAG at Igulalada-Odena airfield in Spain last year.
G-APDK
Air-Britain Classic Fly-In – EGSX – 9-10 June 2012

The only one registered in the UK was G-BJSH, this was cancelled as exported to Australia in 1996.

G-APDK