Not sure if this was mentioned. The Blue Bell near Coningsby. Has a rich aviation history. Many signatures on the ceiling but mainly post war. Even some F-14 pilots appear incl. Puck, the final F-14 Tomcat CO. Enough WW2 photo’s and logbooks present.
Kissing the mud. Just scroll down these pages a little.
http://www.airnieuws.nl/phregister/474/luchtvaartnieuws.html
Hi Eric,
indeed conditions were not 100% 5 years ago. One of the planes kissed the mud. I never made it to the airstrip myself as the remaining air ops for the weekend took place from Hoogeveen ap.
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Great photos! Thanks for sharing.
Bill,
thanks again for the information. I am pretty known with the Auster mk.6 we own but lack knowledge of the older types.
Looks like the folks in 2010 used the wrong picture than.
In addition to my first question:
Is it known what kind of equipment like radios was available for airstrips like this one?
WS18,19 or 38 radio’s?
Bill, thank you. Just found this commemoration from 2010. I guess it could be an original picture attached. I saw a picture of Canadians using a mk.5 near Barneveld so this could be a mk.4.
Nice shots indeed!
R.I.P. Herve
To add to above: this airstip was called Porter Field. Not sure where its name originated or if it was RCAF Porter Field or similiar.
The Husky wing has aluminium spars -it has a few differences from a standard Auster wings. Looking at the right hand wing – the spar looks bent.
Didn’t know it was aluminium. That indeed makes things more difficult.
Glad to see everybody got out unhurt!
Looks like repairable to me. According to the pictures the engine seems to have stopped before impact as I don’t see any damage to the prop?
Depending on the state of the fuselage this seems to be repairable. There is a shortage of left hand Auster wings but repairing a right hand wing (tip) should be possible.
I am sure there a lot of work involved though. :apologetic:
Cheers, André
Nice one centurion, like it
Meine Güte!
:rolleyes:
Forgot to ask but could you please send me larger images by email?
a.g.jans[at]home.nl
Cheers, André
Ian,
so far not much luck but former Grumman members think its pretty old, probably WW.2. More recent parts were all painted white. None of the guys remembers these green parts being used in jet fighters, etc.