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May 27, 2009 at 8:24 pm in reply to: Vickers Valetta #1160270

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Hello Jim,
That person who gave his chute was John Quinton a famous Mosquito navigator on 264 Squadron . He sacrificed his own life by giving his parachute to save an ATC cadet’s life when his 228 OCU Wellington Mk.18, PG367 was in collision with a Martinet NR570 over Hudswell,near Richmond, North Yorkshire on 13 Aug 1951. His name is perpetuated in Halton’s Quinton Trophy awarded to the best ex-ATC cadet graduating from the Aircraft Apprentice School.

May 26, 2009 at 7:45 pm in reply to: Airspray(Colchester)Ltd #1160994

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Great feedback chaps ,Farm Aviation later used Enstone and Little Staughton with Mike Pruden(Kings Cup DH Chipmunk winner)as boss. Cliff Annis was in charge of Lincs Aerial Spraying. Pat Miller survived a take off Pawnee incident at Boston and formed Miller Spraying at Wickenby becoming an Ag-Cat operator. There was a Cessna 188 operation out of Hardwick in Norfolk but the name escapes me. A whole book could be written on the UK crop spraying scene,now back to the original thread !

May 25, 2009 at 8:36 pm in reply to: Airspray(Colchester)Ltd #1161535

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Thanks for all the replies,Newforest lovely shot of a Tiger and yes all these companies of that era will be soon forgotten and no memories left so important to record now . Now how about Westwick Distributors at Ludham,Lincs Aerial Spraying,Boston & Skegness for further research. Newforest ,You are right ,as I did want to be a crop-spraying pilot all stick and rudder flying but it was killed off in the Uk before i could make it happen. Loved to watch Pawnees doing their trade around the Lincolnshire area in the sixties.

May 25, 2009 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Vickers Valetta #1161539

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Hello Jim,

My father was Flt/Sgt Jim Perry and was current on the Valetta C.1 & T.4,Meteor NF.14,DH Chipmunk and later the Canberra T.11 at 228 OCU 1957-1961. One of the Valetta C.1 was VX188 which he flew again at CNCS ,Shawbury 1962-3.

May 25, 2009 at 9:27 am in reply to: Looking for info and pics of Meteor Mk.8 WK914. #1161875

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There is a photo on Page 44 in “Meteor” by Steve Bond in CAW service.

May 25, 2009 at 9:15 am in reply to: Crop Culture Ltd, Bembridge,Isle of Wight #1161883

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Thanks for posting Brian . Were the house colour’s red/silver ?

May 24, 2009 at 9:58 pm in reply to: First Solo EEK!! #429723

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You kinda get a gut feeling when you are ready and the instructor feels this also . If you are jittery you are probably not quite ready and just need to polish off exercises. When the time comes you will be too busy concentrating and it’s only on the downwind leg that you realise you have any empty seat . Enjoy the moment , I remember mine at Leavesden in 1979 very vividly.

May 24, 2009 at 8:11 am in reply to: Crop Culture Ltd, Bembridge,Isle of Wight #1162374

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The scene of the Tiger being shoe-horned looks like a Morecombe & Wise sketch . Is that Eric complete with pipe on the far right ? Lovely to see these pictures.

May 23, 2009 at 8:28 am in reply to: Vintage Glider Club Rally #1163052

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If you report to the clubhouse via the proper approach road you will not upset anyone and I am sure you will be made very welcome . If flying is in progress keep a sharp lookout crossing the approach path areas and always give way if in a vehicle.

May 23, 2009 at 8:25 am in reply to: What was wrong with the Swift? #1163055

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“Swift Justice” by Nigel Walpole , Pen & Sword 2004 explains the whole Swift history . It became a super low level recon machine, after poor performance at high altitude due to an inadequate mainplane on the early versions.

May 23, 2009 at 8:05 am in reply to: Crop Culture Ltd, Bembridge,Isle of Wight #1163064

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Great pictures from a forgotten era thank you for the information. Apparently the building in Ryde was located in Star Street and the Tiger Moth fuselages were towed to Bembridge with a chap holding onto the tailskid !
Ryde former airport site is now a huge 24 hour Tesco store.

May 14, 2009 at 8:51 pm in reply to: Crop Culture Ltd, Bembridge,Isle of Wight #1171990

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Thank you to all for the interesting and varied replies.

May 7, 2009 at 4:09 pm in reply to: Pebsham Aerodrome, Hastings #1180741

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For Avion Ancien,

Little Common,Bexhill is listed as used by Sir Alan Cobham’s National Aviation Day tour on May 20/1933, Aug 23/1934 and Aug 07/1935.
Yes,C.W.A Scott did fly with Tom Campbell Black . He founded the Aircraft Collection and Delivery Ltd in 1939 for ferrying aircraft.
All this info from a lovely book “Those Fabulous Years” by Colin Cruddas Air Britain. Glad to assist

May 7, 2009 at 3:54 pm in reply to: Bees Flight, Sandown,Isle of Wight #1180750

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Thanks for replying NewForest. As far as I know Bees Flight was formed in 1951 with 3 Miles Gemini’s with Miss Vera Strodl as CFI ex ATA along with Miss Mary Wilkins ( shades of Pauline Gower/Dorothy Spicer ). The 2 Auster Alpha’s G-AJAJ & G-APJZ were for sale in “Flight” in May 1972. seem’s to have been a long and busy company. I will make enquiries at Sandown this next week as I am on holiday there .

May 7, 2009 at 7:09 am in reply to: Pebsham Aerodrome, Hastings #1181558

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“Peaceful Fields” by John Hamlin gives a short history but no site plan Grid reference TQ772089 approx.
Came to fruition in May 1933 on a 381 acre site at Pebsham Farm. Little progress was made with financial support from the Ministry of Health and the project was put in abeyance in 1938. In January 1939 an attempt to inject private funds was made with Mr C.W.A Scott as Manager, but the approach of World War 2 overshadowed any progress.
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