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  • December 7, 2009 at 2:11 am in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1117291
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    For a nearly 50 year old aircraft it is in very good fettle.
    When the Varsities departed, Staughton was used from 1972 by Farm Aviation Ltd (Mike Pruden)using Piper Super Cub G-ASCU and Pawnees based near the Control tower. The short runways had been broken up by then and later Colton Aviation (aircraft resprays)moved into the Robin hangars near the Southgate hangar.

    December 7, 2009 at 1:55 am in reply to: 1687 B.D.T Flight Raf Scampton #1117292
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    Welcome,I am sure other’s here will be able to help. You could try the museum at Scampton http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafscampton/aboutus/war.cfm

    December 6, 2009 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1117878
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    G-ARNE would have been delivered into the UK in 1960 thru Peter Clifford Aviation at Oxford Kidlington I presume. I do not have any history on it ? could you provide Moggy ?

    December 6, 2009 at 11:20 am in reply to: Sunday Competition – Identify The Museum #1118081
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    Castle AFB ?

    December 6, 2009 at 11:15 am in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1118174
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    Moggy, Thanks for the input interesting. Apologies if off thread.

    December 6, 2009 at 11:12 am in reply to: Sight Reduction Tables #1118177
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    The French and Swedish Red Cross were flying food into Biafra from Libreville in 1968/9 using DC-4(Air Fret) and DC-6, DC-7 CF(Jack Malloch. A good book on this history is “Shadows” Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria.by Michael Draper Hikoki 1999.
    Most likely to have used sun and star shots as nav- aids and radar coverage was poor in that area and involved long sector flying hours over sea mostly.

    December 6, 2009 at 10:59 am in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1118191
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    Not sure on Denny ? Does the Colt have the very basic autopilot called “Autoflite” ? like the 4 seat Tri-Pacer ?

    December 6, 2009 at 10:51 am in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1118203
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    Nice shot of a Piper Colt with the Lancaster in the background.

    December 6, 2009 at 10:00 am in reply to: Little Staughton Airfield – 2009 Thread Revived #1118219
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    Brooklands Aviation used Little Staughton from 1952 overhauling Vampire 5 and Sea Vampires. The Valetta and Varsity were overhauled at Staughton from 1954 till the last Varsity WF411 left on 31.3.71. From 1957 to 63 Boscombe Down aircraft were also overhauled there.

    December 6, 2009 at 9:28 am in reply to: Sight Reduction Tables #1118337
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    I have both volumes in the loft. My father passed a GCE “O” level in Astro-Navigation in the late sixties and practiced with the sextant on night navex’s in Varsities out of RAF Strubby. Could the Gabon book be a left over from the Biafra airlift day’s when Lockheed Connies and Dc-7C’s were still night flying ?

    December 6, 2009 at 9:22 am in reply to: 1930's Glider Picture,Famous Owner #1118345
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    It’s a BAC VII from Lowe Wylde. Robert Kronfeld flew this glider across the English Channel in June 1931,after a 12,000 foot aero-tow by a Klemm from Boulogne to Dover. Pictures and stories in ” Happy Landings” by Group Captain Edward Mole. Colour was white with the title in bright red . It looks like the leading edges were red also.

    December 2, 2009 at 8:35 am in reply to: Hastings Wash And Brush Up #1122210
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    Thanks Twin Otter.

    December 1, 2009 at 7:02 am in reply to: Hastings Wash And Brush Up #1123588
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    Can anybody explain what the two aerials are, both on the undersides of the wings between the fuselage and inboard engines ? I have seen them on the Newark and Duxford Hasting’s .

    November 25, 2009 at 8:48 pm in reply to: Wymeswold display 1955 #1129089
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    The Dart Kitten G-AMJP flew with the Grimsby Aero Club at Waltham in the late fifties and flew out of Skegness Ingoldmells quite a bit around 1965/6 in an all white colour scheme. The B.170 would have been based at nearby Langar with the RCAF Transport Flight.

    November 16, 2009 at 10:44 am in reply to: What Are You All Reading Now! #1138201
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    From Amazon but will have to wait till Christmas “Highest Duty” by Captain Sullenberger the pilot who ditched the Hudson river airliner.

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