Here is an example of an Auster Mk.V rudder with the markings clearly being stenciled on.[ATTACH=CONFIG]227191[/ATTACH]

David, thanks for posting. This is exactly how the stenciled fuselage serial LZ791 appeared on the Proctor and will re appear again in the very near future.

My late father purchased Proctor V G-AGTC for £325-00 guineas in 1963 and sold her a few years later for £500-00! He also bought a 1935 4 1/2 litre blower Bentley from a side street in Whitechapel in 1952 for £150-00 and sold it less then a year later for £250-00 as its fuel consumption was to great!! Think around £70k for the Mk V today and £500,000 for the Bentley in today’s money!!

Tango Charlie’s Proctor III was used as an ATA air-taxi

Indeed she was Mike J. Operating mainly from Thame and White Waltham. Fascinating history is coming to light about this Proctor with three wartime pilots still with us, all who logged time in her.
Joy Lofthouse was checked out on her at Barton aerodrome near Luton by the late Denis Lead. Nicholas his son has his log books which show over 70 hours in LZ791. Other entries include Prestwick, Luton, Harwarden
Lyneham, West Raynham, to name but a few. Many of these would have been drop of/collecting of aircrew

Percival Logo

Flyernzi, I have the exact logo. It was scanned from an original piece of artwork and re created. Essentially its a seagull in flight, with cloud outline behind and sea below. Included is wording Percival Proctor with the Grosvenor Street address underneath. The colours are an aqua marine back ground with dark blue detail and outline. If you would care to pm me with an email address I will forward. I would be interested in seeing your pictures once scanned. Incidentally Guy Clapshaw in NZ has the very logo on the fin of his Proctor Mk 1, we will be applying to our Proctor restoration. David Beale in the UK who has built the magnificent Mew Gull reproduction also has the logo on the fin. Hope this helps.

Trying to identify the casting within these Proctor spares ?[ATTACH=CONFIG]225862[/ATTACH]

Tango Charlie reporting for duty! These look like Mk 4 or V , I see a differential brake handle with bendix cable, fuel tank caps and various U/C components. Looks like part of the elevator trim control also.
Are these for trade, let me know. Be interested to know whats hidden in the two wrapped cylindrical looking packages in the box.

Oh my!!!! Augusts pre booked holiday cancelled, this is far more important. I just have to see this pair not once, but as many times as possible. Lets hope they can fly over East Kirby with Just Jane below, engines running!

Farewell Phil

I met Phil twice when he flew into great Oakley with friends to look at the Proctors both in store and our rebuild of the Mk 3. He came across as a real enthusiast with a great knowledge of classic British types.
It was always a pleasure to chat to Phil, on the last visit he asked if we would be coming into Shoreham with the Proctor. I assured him we would and that a seat would be available for him. His face really lit up
sadly he will now never get to fly in LZ791. We will attend Shoreham at some point in memory of Phil and maybe his friends if they are forum members can attend on his behalf.

A sad reminder of that dreadful conflict, are thoughts must go out to all those affected especially the poor digger driver and the others hurt. In the course of my day to day business activities, working frequently in London on excavations we always carry out a detailed ground scan before excavations commence. Any suspected ordnance immediately halts work and the area sectioned until confirmation of the suspect is confirmed. One assumes a similar practice takes place in Germany? I know there are UK maps detailing UXB sites, they are not complete by any stretch of the imagination and scenarios like this will doubtless be repeated for decades to come.