Aaah, takes me back. Nice piece of film – wonder if we can view the rest of it?

I first visited OW 1962 or 63 and it became my second home (at least during the summer months) – everyone was so friendly and there was a very relaxed attitude in those days.

That’s Wally swinging the Tutor prop – he succeeded Chief Engineer Malcolm Frasier(?) in the late 60’s when he emigrated to work for MOTAT in New Zealand. I think that’s ‘Jacko’ (Sqdn Ldr Jackson, Manager who had been a friend of ROS before the war) in the cockpit of the F2b.

Bert Etheridge and Phil the caretaker are other names that spring to mind.

Roger Smith.

Is that the RAF museums Wellington in the back ground at about 1m minute , 3 seconds in? Dave

The RAFM’s is a T.10 – wasn’t it turret-less at that time?

Roger Smith.

Thanks for posting. Is the Polikarpov genuine or a replica do you know?

Roger Smith

I didn’t know that Stoneleigh was used for flying, certainly not with Camels, 504s and the like. Were they on the surface or did you have to use a metal detector to locate them!

The “Militaria” event at the National Agricultural Centre (as was), Stoneleigh. 🙂

Roger Smith

(I drove past it twice but was too busy helping my son move house to actually go in :mad:)

That’s a sound idea.

They could call it something like the British Aircraft Preservation Society

http://www.bapc.org.uk/

Moggy

or perhaps the British Aviation Preservation Council

Roger Smith.

I took one look at the article in WH Smiths and pomptly put the magazine back on the shelf. …………Jon

Did you look at it long enough to see ‘MLZ (or half of her) in the background of the photo of the Cunard Brit at Heathrow?? At first glance I thought it was a modern photo taken at Speke 🙂

Roger Smith.

Cees – I’m one of the many who look at this thread when something new appears, probably think it’s great you are making more progress but don’t neccessarily comment. Surely you keep track of the number of visits – nearly 12,000!!!

Roger Smith.

Fabulous pics, thanks for sharing them with us.

Roger Smith.