You mat be right, Mike – places like Hampstead Norris and Harwell not far away, one of which was definitely a Wimpey OTU. Plus of course Port Meadow was 300-odd acres of grass, and there is a big chunk of floodplain nearby – now breached by the A34 – both of which would have to be the number one choice for a forced landing if you couldn’t get home again.

Let’s hope the OAG can turn something up!

Adrian

Thanks Colin! Wish I could give you a bit more to go on, but that’s all I have…

Adrian

Ah yes, I guess “far from the sea” is relative. Oxford isn’t a bad guess, JDK, the furthest point in the UK is somewhere near Banbury so only about 20 miles away. I just think automatically of the sensible place to base an amphibian as being on the coast…

Dive bombers… news to me! I guess (I’m doing a lot of that) that a high-drag airframe would be quite a stable platform for that, as it wouldn’t keep accelerating but settle at a compromise between drag and kinetic energy. I think that’s the point of divebrakes, isn’t it?

Sadly, the only Walrus highlighted on Youtube is Hendon’s, though one briefly appears on the linked vid of K5054’s maiden flight. So no-one yet has film of Mutt looping it. Pity…

Adrian