I think the give away is on the tail where it says DC-6B.

Patience please Phil.

It was first thing this morning at work when I made my last post and had to wait untill I got home to have sometning to eat and my cup of tea before I dug out the photographs.

The year is 1991 and the date was the 21st September.

The silver aeroplane, just for completeness, behind the Rapide tail is a J/1 Autocrat.

Brian

P.S. It was the same show that the SU-27 Russian Knights appeared at.

LAHARVE

Having spent 12 years working at Finningley I think you could be right. There is a No 1 painted in the hanger windows just to the left of the tail above the foliage. That would make it the Search and Rescue hanger and between the hanger and the end of the frame is what appears to be a substantial building, which was on the other side of the road behind the hanger, in which JFACTSU (Joint Forward Air Controllers Training Support Unit before you ask) was based. If I trawl through my photo collection I can probably get an accurate date.

Brian

Sussed it. The two squashed ones were portrait images and were squeezed into a landscape frame.

Brian

When I get home tonight I may be able to help with the engine minus the cowlings bit as I took some photos of the Fighter Collection MkV at Duxford this weekend. The weekend before it was minus the engine and just the framework.

Brian.

Meteors

The two photographs are Crown Copyright and were taken at RAF Seletar, Singapore and the date on the back is 02 Feb 1962. The chap! standing in the cockpit is my dad. Yes I was out there as well. For two years.

The tail numbers are WS790, WS841, WS827, WS791.

An appropriate registration I think. Duxford this week end so still not painted white.