It appears a bit over-stated.

He wasn’t flying the aircraft, the captain was!

Had my first flight as a 7 year-old in G-AOIR back in 1975 from Old Warden with Maurice Brett piloting. I’ve got a photo of me on landing with a grin so wide that not even the cockpit can contain it!

In the 1970s, my father worked with Maurice for many years on the East Anglian Aviation Society’s attempted rebuild of Magister G-AKPF. Every Sunday morning Maurice always made time for me even though I must have been in the way more often than not.

By coincidence I’m currently reading Maurice’s book ‘ A Sunday Flyer’ and would recommend it.

Fond memories of both Maurice and the Jackaroo.

Maurice Brett was my boss at the British Aircraft Corporation site at Stevenage in 1977! He was an IT Finance Systems Manager. I wish I had persuaded him to take me up in his Jackaroo then.

I distinctly remember it being “Give him the money mabel”!

Well we let them win the last Test in order not to embarrass them so much, but from now on we mean business!

….and a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all our Auusie friends as well!

“Give him the money Mabel”

[QUOTE=Vino Collapso;1677449]The photos were taken at Southend in either 1962 or 1963. the memory fades.
As a youngster the future importance of such machines as the Hermes in the background were lost to me, and the quality of the pictures even less important. I have a number of boxes of 35mm slides that I will scan when time permits. Most are not well framed, or taken through windows by a child, but do provide some atmosphere of the times.

My collection crosses through the 60’s into the 80’s.

Maybe the discolouration of the slides is a factor of their age.

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That would have been taken in 1963. The Auster was owned by Mr Noakes who had permission to keep it in the Channel hangar.

Hot here too but i have a pool..lol :diablo:;)

…..and doing well in the cricket as well!

G-AHPB, to Autair at Luton in 1963, now in a Swiss museum as D-BABY.

Thank you for that.

Channel Airways were keen to buy that Viking but for some reason the deal fell
through!