Great!
Must have been on the Gibraltar run?
= Tim
Oh, dear – (Happy New Year!) – I seem to have transgressed?
I have not only offered photos taken by me while in Goverment Service, but also those taken by an AM Photographer 68 years ago, which I believed were out of Copyright.
Oh, dear!!
= Tim
Who, me?
No – ’twas at Turnhouse
So longed to fly one of those!!
Stunning! Congratulations whoever.
Again – no criticism – but note how the the gunfire has to be shown going directly at the target, instead of with lead. Has to be!
= Tim
Was posted away before seeing it.
In reverse order –
1. Thanks!
2. Volunteers? Yes – the early ones – until they ran out!!
3. Briefing? If you read “Hurricats” it explains all the briefing. I never heard a word of it!!
= Tim
Yes – but, in those days, no one knew whether the thing would survive the launch?
Some funnies there?
1. Was that the Farnborough catapult?
2. I thought I went off with canopy open. Clearly wrong?
3. All our ground launches were with u/c down.
4. Notice the stomach-turning sink on the first launch.
5. No headrest in the photo-launch.
6. Why do we always have to shake the control column to show that we are firing!!
7. John Pickwell & Peter Mallet were Navy FDOs. Were not the others the same?
8. “CAMShips were Naval Ships” – Must tell my Captain!!
= Tim
PS – I might have starred in a documentary about the unit, but I became unphotographic with Impetigo!
I’ve tried the Retroair link in the past & have got nowhere.
We positioned ourselves by Decca for the firdt bomb photos for Grapple. (Shackleton)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/photo04/RAF2/xmasis.jpg
In fact, we set up the chain throughout the Islands.
And Bill Macnamara, our Nav, worked out an approach to BK on it.
= Tim
The Z5207 trail keeps breaking up – for me!
But this seems to be the goal?
“Also lurking in Classic Aero’s hangar at Thruxton Airport are what look like two children’s climbing frames. These are the fuselages of two Hawker Hurricanes, which the company will have restored to flying condition in the next three or four years. There are currently only eight flying Hurricanes in the world, and while there are more Spitfires, the numbers are still low”
“Also lurking in Classic Aero’s hangar at Thruxton Airport are what look like two children’s climbing frames. These are the fuselages of two Hawker Hurricanes, which the company will have restored to flying condition in the next three or four years. There are currently only eight flying Hurricanes in the world, and while there are more Spitfires, the numbers are still low”.
“Phil Lawton who is currently rebuilding Z5207 – as flown from ‘Argus’ by one Sgt Anson on 07 September 1941 – and confidently expects it to be in the air before the end of 2010. The rebuild….. “
But I love this one – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1237180/THE-WIDER-VIEW-Three-years-making-boys-dream–ultimate-home-model-aeroplane.html
When you rise again today, are the Vs under each wing in the top photo tethering guys?
Where are you finding these treasures?
Well – that’s a good start.