Watch out Ben some of my AJS/ Matchless friends? ( Hooligan’s) want to visit your lovely museum. I would keep a close eye on them.

Dave

Nothing to do with WB880, To get out of sport, Which my dad hated playing. He went and cut up a DH Hornet with an axe which had belle landed. I have never found out where or which Hornet it was. Now he cannot remember much about it. I to hate playing sport.

Dave

The use to be a few spare nose section’s at RAF Bicester in the late 1960’s.

Dave

We sent one to Poland BGA856 that had it nose broken off. It went with some bits of Ian Dunkley’s. Don’t know if it ever got rebuilt.

Dave

I’ve always liked looking at the bits outside of the Air museum. Hurricane rear fuselage photo 7 and Gladiator wings I think in 8 in the background.

Dave

The late Mike Maufe went to Hawker to over see the fitting of glider hooks on Hawker biplanes from what I remember. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. Even sadder his son passed away last year. But not before the passed on the family Slingsby Kirby Kite 1 to Shuttleworth.

Dave