I would like to see a Battle in the air. But also i would go for Gee Bee QED.:diablo:

Not a Luton Minor then after all……

Wicked Willip :diablo:

Found this : Aries M.75 75/1002 G-AMDJ Untraced VH-FAV G-35-1 # Prototype Aries; *

Aries 1 M.75 75/1007 G-AOGA Stored Dublin Eire 1993 EI-ANB Known History: On 8 August 1969 the aircraft was reported damaged. Circa 1980 noted with Russell Winn, Kilbrittain Castle, Cork. Donated by Mrs Winn to IAM, Dublin in 1984 after the death of Russell Winn. Noted arrived at IAM, Dublin in January 1984. July 1993, noted still with Irish Aviation Museum, Dublin. (stored off site). YES

I got to know Russell Winn quite well as he was a regular visitor to Shoreham in the 1960s/70s, having a close relative or relatives living nearby.

At one time he owned four Miles twins, G-AKGE, ‘LCS & ‘LZG Geminis as well as G-AOGA the Aries, some of which were badly damaged in a hangar collapse at the Kilbrittain Castle airstrip. Photos below show a couple of the Aries, the second of which was not taken by me but is believed to be an old one and possibly at Biggin Hill prior to his ownership, plus two of the Geminis.

I was lucky enough to have a flight with him in ‘LZG at the 1975 PFA Rally at Sywell, but sadly this was the aircraft he subsequently lost his life in (in Ireland as EI-BHJ), when it crashed as a result of a structural failure of the tailplane.

Wicked Willip :diablo:

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Of course you may use it however you wish.

I suspect it was taken early in 1967 and it would have been at the Beagle firm’s company airfield of Shoreham. Again the lack of blue sky gives the game away as to the photo being taken in the U.K.

I live less than 5 miles away and was there throughout the Beagle years, during which time numerous Pups and B206s were photographed prior to delivery.

Regrettably the exact date has been mislaid but at one stage 5 or 6 B206s were stored on the airfield for a period of time in the basic colour before final painting and onward delivery to their owners.

Wicked Willip :diablo:

Hi Jesse

You’re very welcome. Roger is right and Charles Masefield had not yet been knighted at that stage. I remember it well as it was based at Shoreham at the time, as Newforest says, originally being a maroon colour when it first arrived.

I do have shots of it in the three different colours (maroon, then white, then red) buried somewhere in a large box of photos, including a picture of Charles and his engineer (Dick?) standing in front of it with the Kings Cup trophy after they returned in triumph following his victory, when it was definitely in the white scheme.

Wicked Willip :diablo: