I too wish to thank all the newsgatheres and snappers that fill this thread and the one to follow. My son is normally at Duxford on Wednesdays at work but I gain more news from this thread than I ever get from him.
Thanks again.
Barry

Neville Browning

What a remarkable photograph. Poor old Neville knew what was coming but at least it stopped all the agonising and on-going pain from his acute arthritis.
There was a wonderful story, possibly apocryphal, of his spinning into the roof of the officers mess on his first solo in an Avro 504 when he attempted a loop. Can anyone confirm or deny………?????
Cheers and a great Christmas to one and all plus a great New Year in 2017.
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There is a scan of a newspaper report of the crash here with a picture of NB. scroll to the very end

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ccy8AAAAQBAJ&pg=PR22&lpg=PR22&dq=neville+browning+stapleford+tawney&source=bl&ots=vhhxwLdZoA&sig=ZGaQ4o5ECIDtekx7X80oyBVDk3c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikjf-XxIPRAhVFPBoKHf5qBd0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=neville%20browning%20stapleford%20tawney&f=false

The LAA AGM was attended by a record number of members on a fine Autumn day. The motion to rescind the award of the 2014 “Bill Woodhams” trophy to Tracey Curtis-Taylor was passed by a sizeable majority. Barry Tempest spoke to the motion, Harry Hopkins spoke on behalf of the LAA awards committee giving the background to the award and Tracey Curtis-Taylor spoke against the motion.
The AGM was admirably chaired by Brian Davies.
I hope this will bring to an end an unsavoury contretemps on social media. The matter is closed.

Is it just me or does the canopy seem to be very flimsy? I’m sure it must have been at least adequate for the task but it doesn’t look it. (I was trained on the Provost, so make allowances for old age!)

I flew approximately 40 hours in G-ATBG for many displays and a couple of feature films while it was owned by Lindsey Walton. The canopy door framing might seem a bit fragile but they did the job with no problems.
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A superb club with a history going back to the mid 1950’s and which has championed sporting general aviation for almost six decades. My own involvement dates from 1959.

An aerodrome that has become one of the best in south east England, ideally placed for cross channel flights.

It seems tragic that matters have reached this appalling state. One can only hope that mediation will bring an acceptable solution.

Trapper 69