I think Aeroplane Monthly did a comprehensive article a few years back that included a 3-view. Unfortunately I don’t have the indices.
Roger Smith.

Poor lad must have had helluva time keeping his beret on!

Roger Smith.

MAM

I’m seriously thinking about moving over that way so I could get involved with them. All those classic jets under one roof – lovely. 🙂

Most of the aircraft at MAM are, unfortunately, not under a roof hence the need for the repaints. The Meteor F.4 along with the SAAB J.29 and T-33 haven’t needed repainting since they went into the Sir Frank Whittle hangar about 15 years ago (The Vampire F.1 has had attention).
The “advantage” with repaints is that the scheme can be changed – as per the Meteor NF.14 with its latest repaint (it’s 3rd?).
Incidentally the MAM Meteor F.4 is the oldest Meteor extant, is the NF.14 the newest? WS838 is only 10 off WS848 the last built.
Roger Smith.

“Anyone remember the name of the engineer at Old Warden who pre-dated CM?”
Andy, before Chris Morris was Wally Berry and before him Malcolm Frasier. Malcolm emigrated to New Zealand about 30 years ago to work for MoTAT. Manager at Shuttleworths in the 60’s and 70’s was Sqdn Ldr Jackson who, like Allen Wheeler, had known Richard Shuttleworth before the war.
Another engineer I remember at Old Warden was the late Bert Etheridge who restored (amongst others) the LVG.
Roger Smith.

MAM Canberra PR3

I haven’t had the opportunity to see the inside of the Canberra recently to admire Malcolm’s efforts but it is certainly attracting a lot of compliments.
The insides of the aeroplane had not been totally ignored prior to Malcolm’s hard work. I was involved in moving it from Cambridge to MAM and I well remember Jim Titford (the Museum’s Engineering Officer at that time) when he opened the cockpit door for the first time. He recoiled sharply saying “it smells as though a cat has died in there”! First job for someone was to clean it out.
If you do get to the MAM remember to appreciate some of the other member’s efforts as well – they are all volunteers.
Roger Smith.

Lancaster NX611 reunion

Mr. Taylor,
I am still in contact with Doug Hogarth who was with H.A.P.S. until his family moved to Kenilworth and he transferred to join the Midland A.P.S.
I will pass on details to him.
Roger Smith.