Carrying the registration ZK-PHZ (but not actually registered until today) this one started life as Tiger Moth N6907 before emerging as Jackaroo G-AOIO back in 1958, then was exported to Australia in 1978.
Probably not in the best of condition at that time, as it was logged as ‘under rebuild’ on arrival.

Nice to hear that this Jackaroo has been restored. I’ve seen mention of it a few times lately in Scottish Air News  (SCAN) issues from the 1970s. It belonged at the time to Paul Gliddon and took up residence with him at Aberdeen (Dyce) on 17/5/74 ,and later Inverness, staying in Scotland till being sold to Australia almost 4 years later.

I’m not sure if the Jackaroo ever flew at Aberdeen though as one of the first comments in SCAN was that it was having C of A work done and this was within a couple of months of it arriving. Six months later it is described as being “in pieces – fuselage at Dyce. Wings at Strathallan for re-covering.” By March 1977 they were reporting that she was being “re-converted to Tiger Moth using parts of G-ANMO and possibly G-AOIP” and a month later that the top wings had made their way to Kilkerran in Ayrshire. She was sold and left Inverness 27/2/78.

Well done to the current owner on completing her restoration 🙂

More detail on the light aircraft he owned as stated in A Fleeting Peace –

G-AAAS DH60 at Heston ; G-AAHE Avro Avian at Hanworth; G-AAWE Klemm L.25 at Heston; G-AAXR Puss Moth at Heston; G-ABCI Klemm L.26 at Renfrew and G-ABLY Puss Moth again at Heston.

Hi AA,

As you suspect there’s no detail about Patcham/ West Blatchington Farm in “Avro Aircraft since 1908”. Other than a brief mention about Captain Kennard being in charge at Brighton/ Patcham/ West Blatchington farm I have found only one other reference –

G-EAOM Avro 546 “saw little service and made only a few flights at Hamble and West Blatchington Farm early in 1919 – 20”

The New Mexico connection would include Albuquerque – both Oxnard Field and Kirtland Air Force Base were used there.  A couple of quotes from the National Register of Historic Places – https://www.denix.osd.mil/cr/archives/historic/historic-structures-dist…

Four-Engine School The Air Corps Ferrying Command Four-Engine Transition School is established at the new base. Trans World Airlines is selected to train pilots to ferry B-24 bombers to the Royal Air Force in Great Britain. The Albuquerque base is chosen because of the length of its runway and ideal flying weather.

 

Oxnard Field’s business began to decline sharply by late 1939 because of competition from the new Albuquerque Municipal Airport and Cutter-Carr. One of its last functions was as a ferry stop for crews flying Lockheed Hudson and Douglas Boston bombers from the Lockheed factory to Great Britain. The planes were given fuel consumption test flights and final inspections before continuing their trip overseas

There’s a nice photo of VP-KEO at Tabora on 

https://www.airphotographicinternational.com/products/vp-keo-avro-652-a…

Managed to find the 26/1/49 Hansard article (I’m sure I used the same search term before!). An interesting discussion starting not far from the bottom of the page under the heading  Aden – Nairobi Air Service –

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1949-01-26/debates/60cd26cd-c0e0-…

You’ll need to scroll up a few pages from where that link takes you, AA, to get to the start of the chapter!

C L Air Surveys get a mention in a Hansard Report of 2nd March 1949. Seems to have been a bit of a stir in Parliament around them going into receivership (or not). I’ve tried to find further reference to the 26th January speech by Mr Lindgren but without success.

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1949/mar/02/clairway…