You have a very good point here, there should be more books of this kind. The only other one I can think of that might be of interest is ‘Six feet Over’ by Peter Charles. He worked for several airlines as an engineer, before later going on to form his own crop spraying company. However, apart from my own I haven’t seen another copy for years so I don’t know how easy it is to get hold of now. But, if you can find one, its a very good read.

There are some copies to find, i.e. this one http://www.amazon.co.uk//gp/offer-listing/1852000775/sr=/qid=/?condition=new&tag=bf-dt-home-21

Chipmukks folks/Colombian DHC-1 whereabouts??

Chipmunk Folks:

Good day!

Never seen in pictures yet.. but this only sample apparently existed somewhere in Colombia c. 1954-1956. Another source says that the aircraft was w/o when the packing crate came-off the truck during the delivery phase to Bogota, Colombia & went down a deep cliff.

Was this & only sample rescued after the incident? was this aircraft replaced by the factory?

Seeking some more details or pictures of this shipment to Colombia. How were this samples crated? did they have the national insignias painted already? any photos of the export crates process will be appreciated.

p.s ..No c/n known about this aircraft yet!

C1/0971-Columbian Air Force
http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=6733

G-AKDN
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?117174-7-Chipmunks&p=1931565#post1931565
G-AJVD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5508995562/
G-ARFW
http://www.abpic.co.uk/popup.php?q=1083764

http://www.poorhousephotos.com/lvnmz_files/shell_mex_large.jpg
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?113204-Argentinian-Spitfire
http://www.aeroclubdolores.com.ar/spitfire.htm
http://www.poorhousephotos.com/lvnmz_files/lvnmz_moron_large.png
http://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.de/2013/05/lv-nmz-supermarine-spitfire-pr-mk-xi-cn.html

Already mentioned here http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?127597-Aussie-Wirraway-new-project

Santiago,
here you can find a pdf file of the book “Diamonds in the sky sixty years of HAL, 1940-2001“

http://www.4shared.com/office/F2BUWimq/Diamonds_in_the_sky_sixty_year.htm

But be careful – don’t know if one can trust this link!!!

Martin

Rob, PM sent.
Martin