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October 26, 2006 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Seeking info on Airwork Services #1331005

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Airwork

I went through 4FTS at Worksop in the mid-50s and I am under the impression that most of the supporting services, such as maintenance and safety equipment were provided by Airwork.

October 25, 2006 at 8:35 pm in reply to: Key's Basset G-FLYP ? #394054

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Beagle 206

I did my Instrument Rating on Beagle 206s at Gatwick in 1971. There were two, G-ATYC and G-ATHO, operated by Air London. As far as I remember they were nice to fly, but the take-off run seemed interminable.

August 13, 2006 at 9:55 pm in reply to: EF111 crash in bucks ? #1254523

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F111

I was flying from OATS at the time of the F111 that crashed short of 09. We had experienced a sudden complete reversal of the wind direction at about the same time and our controllers were interviewed by the investigating team. It was considered possible that they experienced the same situation and would have had a sudden wind reversal on short final with resulting loss of lift.

August 8, 2006 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Can anybody ID this please ? #1260948

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ID Switch

Yes, it was used on many aircraft that used a Ground Power Unit, commonly known as a Trolley-acc. To ease the strain on the aircraft batteries the switch was put to the Ground position and power from the GPU was used for starting or any other purpose where electrical power might be required on the ground. When the engine was running the switch was put to the Flight position.

August 8, 2006 at 8:57 pm in reply to: Duxford Firefly on the move ? #1260959

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Firefly

This may be the Firefly that I remember being flown into Skyfame at the end of its target-towing life. Peter Thomas hoped to get it flying again, but I understand R-R would not give engine support.

August 3, 2006 at 9:45 am in reply to: Help with research: 'Skyfame Museum' (2006 Zombie) #1267988

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Skyfame

I was one of the Skyfame pilots and I have a copy of the local paper that had a whole page spread regarding the closure of Skyfame. I also have one or two other newspaper clippings.

June 10, 2006 at 9:14 pm in reply to: APPEAL FOR EARLY FLYING FILMS #401121

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Archive Film

Unfortunately I don’t know if it is still in existence, but back in the late 1960’s Rex Walwin, pre-war flying instructor with the Cotswold Aero Club showed us some 9mm film, including air-to-air of pre-war club flying. I don’t live in the area now and Rex has long since died, but Phil Matthews, CFI of the Cotswold Aero Club at Gloucestershire Airport may have some contact with any descendants.

June 5, 2006 at 8:04 pm in reply to: Javelin vs Sea Vixen #1256622

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Javelin/Sea Vixen

I am pretty sure that I saw a model of a thin-wing Javelin in the window of the Chief Designers office as I walked by it one day in my apprentice years. As far as I remember, it had no tail-plane.

May 24, 2006 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Bristol Britannia was made where? #1271443

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Brittania wing

As Bristols had a factory at Weston super Mare it would not be unreasonable to expect them to have built components, although the main purpose at that time would have been the helicopter development.

May 15, 2006 at 7:55 pm in reply to: Landing Fee's #401830

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LANDING FEES

Yes, landing fees are high in this country, but the airfield operators have heavy bills to face. Apart from the pay of staff they have to face substantial CAA fees and the cost of annual inspections as well as having to ensure that Council Tax is paid to the local authority. Add to this airfield and equipment maintenance. It has always surprised me at the low fees on the continent, but in many cases the authorities look upon local airfields as a benefit to business in the area.

April 29, 2006 at 9:53 pm in reply to: Light aircraft pics #1308294

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Checking my log-book I find that I flew VR-HFB from Kai Tak on several occasions in 1957. If I remember correctly we flew with the doors off to counteract the heat. Nice to see familiar shapes.

March 22, 2006 at 10:03 pm in reply to: RAF jet kills #1339603

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Flt.Lt. Graham Hulse survived an in-flight break-up of a Meteor he was flying at CFS Little Rissington, but I believe he was shot down and killed by his wing-man over Korea.

March 19, 2006 at 5:55 pm in reply to: Aviation Photography #1342765

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Best photographer

Don’t forget Russell Adams, the first in the world to do air-to-air photography of jet aerobatics.

March 15, 2006 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Help Needed, Please read! #405345

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Help Needed, Please Read

Somewhere in my arcghives I have a photograph taken around 1970 of the old apron area, together with some of Skyfame’s collection taken from a Rapide I was flying. I don’t think copyright will come into play as the photographer who took the picture emigrated to Australia in the early 1970s and the company ceased trading in 1971.
If you are interested I will try to find it.

March 15, 2006 at 10:16 pm in reply to: 2-seat Spitfire G-AIDN race #99 (Zombie thread from 2004) #1345963

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G-AIDN

I was delighted to see the photograph of the Skyfame formation as I was flying the Anson. John Cole, who replaced me as CFI of the Cotswold Aero Club, was flying the Oxford.
It was quite hard work as John and I were operating at almost full throttle while John Fairey was worrying about coolant temperatures as he had to keep IDN’s speed low.
Happy memories! I think I was the last pilot to fly the Oxford as I was checked out on it just before it was grounded for glue deterioration.
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