Am I wrong or did it not cast its appearance at one of The Great Warbirds Display at West Maling?

And two lovely smooth Gipsy queens hauling her along! I wonder if she sounds Rapide like? Guess depends on the exhaust pipes but cant wait to see her.

These images are from a film released in April 1969, but produced in 1968, where the visual suggestion is that they show aspect of London Airport. Is this London Airport?



Thanks.

Does not look like Heathrow. Left hand drive coaches and foreign plates, possibly Canada?

That was TV959 now owned by by Paul Allen- as mentioned above

Just fabulous, made my day. Watched the short video clip,hairs on my neck stood up as the Merlins were spooled up. Well hopefully we get to see two Lancasters airborne here later this year, maybe north America and Canada will have the same with two Mosquitos.

Lovely and interesting post….thanx for posting

Happy memories of a sight seeing trip over London from Gatwick in MHJ, 1975. Still have the ticket, one hour for £18-00!

I’m trying to establish details of the Fuel C o c k used in the Proctor. In it’s outward appearance, as mounted, it has a round knurled knob with a pointer and looks unlike the more usual Vickers Fuel C o c k – or versions of it – utilised on so many other British a/c of the period.

Questions then;-

1) What is it’s part-number?
2) Does anyone have a photo – or photos – of one out of the a/c to better identify the unit?
3) Who made it?
4) Was there only one version used – or was it changed or modified as the a/c was developed throughout the Proctors various iterations…??
5) Was this model of Fuel-C o c k used on any other a/c type..?
5) Does anyone have one?

Answers to any and all of the above most gratefully received….!

S.

Ps;- Perhaps a Mod could correct the title as the system will not permit me to remove the daft asterisks….!

Snoopy send me a PM with email address. I can mail pic of the one in situ in our Mk 3. From memory they are the same type on all Proctor marks, not sure who made it though.
Where do you live, I ask as you would be welcome to come and inspect first hand, we have others in store for the other airframes, not sure if we are able to part with any

Here’s a link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27289499

Super Cub or similar, never heard of a banner towing Rapide. Pilot B – – -dy lucky!!

It is indeed in tribute to G-AEKL and IIRC she is painted and finished in the same way only the H for an A being the difference.

The spade grip in Davids Mew was a spare found on the rear baggage shelf that came with Proctor 111 KEX from Sweden. Great that it has found a home where it can be used as its maker intended!

We have the exciting prospect of seeing EKL with Mew EXF alongside Proctors KEX, NXR,KIU and the Vega Gull in the quite foreseeable future.
Others will follow including a second Vega Gull, a Proctor Mk 1 from OZ due to return home following re build there.

Add the Percival Q6 into the mix and Percival heaven beckons!!

Hi

ZK-AQK has been bought by the Ashburton Aviation Museum where we will restore her for exhibition.

But first we must move her from Rangitata to Ashburton which will most likely be done by truck and we need to do this soon.

Can anyone please help with advice regarding lifting points? Lifting at the wing attachments using a spreader bar? Sling around the engine mounts? I assume there are ‘official’ lifting points on these aircraft?

Thanks.

John, you need to lift using a minimum 150 mm 6 inch wide strop both front and behind the wing centre section to spread the load. We removed the U/C wheels complete and sat the legs on the forks in extensions to the trailer bed to accommodate the wheel base which as you know is quite wide. Not sure of the distance between Rangitata to Ashburton, towing her backwards on her U/C could be a possibility?
In our experience moving Proctors across Europe this was best done at night and the early hours. I am not aware of any official lifting points (only jacking points) we used a photo reference of a Mk V being lifted via a sling dock side into a ships hold for export to Australia in 1949 for our inspiration. Good luck, but why not consider a rebuild to flight instead of a museum piece?