Any chance of a slight change to the title of this thread?
Edit: Thanks.
Open baggage door on the Beech?
Might well be, but not with aerial spraying.
The biggest acreage was flown in the years from about 1976 to 1985. not in the mid-1960s.
The VC 10 tyres were not sold last time and are up for tender again, closing next Monday:
http://www.mod-sales.com/tender/listing.htm
See Lots 235 and 236 (with photos).
Photo to be found on post #277 on the AiX Duxford thread:
http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?900-Duxford/page28
Details of the Freeman Collection and the Lotto payout for the AAM here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25764347
Oh dear – such sad news.
Puddy was a legend in our time. His name crops up quite a bit in Nigel Walpole’s books about the fighter-recce boys in Germany. I think he may also have spent some time in Oman.
Lots of Pud stories coming up on pprune:
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/529525-puddy-catt-rip.html
Given the problems with the wheels, I thought using that special trailer was pretty good lateral thinking to get the jet moved.
The CAA may not be the fly in the ointment much longer. Things are changing – see here:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP1123%20CAA%20response%20to%20GA%20Red%20Tape%20Challenge.pdf
Lots 205 and 206, ZD633 and XZ921, guided at £15,000 and £12,500 respectively.
Come on chaps, sharpen up!
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?127067-Air-amp-Ground-2-Day-Auction
… and for the C-130K:
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whats-going-on/news/hercules-c-130-handover-ceremony/
Seem to have double-clicked or something – anyone know how to delete a duff post?