Have you seen “Launch & Recover” on Youtube? It was made in 1960 so a little later than you are asking about but it features some great video of carrier deck vehicles…..Oh, and there are some nice Scimitars and Sea Vixens to feast your eyes on too
That’s a lovely, striking scheme on the Beech. Thanks very much, Errol.
K5054NZ – agreed re. the Jodel. It’s great to see that shot as small. civil aircraft are usually over-looked when there are so many other types around.
Happy to help, RT. I did quite a few different searches before eventually stumbling over the “Grasshopper” so I don’t actually remember which search term found it!
I’ve tried tweaking the photo a bit and I think the name on the back of the lorry reads Fryer. On searching that I found that Fryer’s Ltd was a large garage/transport concern covering the entire west of England by the 1930s. I wonder if the photo was taken at one of their depots as they had taken on the Chevrolet brand by that time.
It’s the Smith Ranchero biplane. Built by Gene Smith of Valley Engineering, Rolla, Missouri. There’s another pic of it at the bottom of this page – http://www.culverprops.com/engines.php
Well it’s nice that you got a reply, AA. I do wonder why it is taking longer than expected and fear that the archive, if/when it re-appears, will look very different and not be as user-friendly as previously. I hope to be proved wrong in this too!
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