I think the excellent Cholet show is every two years. So, fingers crossed for next year – and that they book us again! Best aircrew catering in the business 🙂

Keith is not well – probably best not to try contacting. There are likely to be other Duxford contacts who can help?

GC – can you confirm that RAF serial. I have FP285 as SOC in the Middle East in 1946.

Based at Zweibrucken.

I’m reminded that when the third engine was first installed on the prototype Trislander G-ATWU, the revised fin was made by Miles Aviation (R&D) Ltd at Ford in Sussex and it did not include the finlet on top of the engine a shown in post 294. This was a later addition some time after it was exhibited at Farnborough 1970.

Be my guest! Bend the thread away! I got the answer I was looking for regarding the badge for 6eme Escadrille (although, do you think I can find a nice hi-res picture of the badge anywhere!) Happy to see lots of pictures of pretty and shiny P.2s….I like them as much as I like Piston Provosts 🙂 …oh! and Arado Ar-96s. Now there’s a type I would like to see fly.

Best regards;
Steve

Steve – if you go to https://www.facebook.com/swissairforcebadgeswissspotter/ and look for a message dated 17Oct16 you will find an image that may help a little.

Talk of the P-2 and John Watts is very nostalgic. I see that I flew in G-BJAX with John on 14May88 on a local from North Weald after that year’s Fighter Meet in formation with DC-3s G-AMCA and PH-DDA and again with Chris Diggens from West Malling to Duxford on 29Aug88. The first attempt ended in a precautionary landing back at ‘Malling with suspected smoke in the cockpit and then a successful transit to Duxford. I also flew twice with John Watts in P-2 G-BONE/U-142 on the evening of 25Jun85 when he was practising a synchro pair display for The Fighter Meet with Paul Warren Wilson in G-BJAX out of North Weald. Let’s just say they had a lot of fun!

Back to G-BJAX and Meier Motors – I seem to recall a post on this forum some time ago to the effect that it was not a rebuild project but it was being used for parts.

I’m very familiar with that black void under the control yoke – it’s the route to the bow hatch for mooring up purposes! No gun there now of course.