Javelin
Here she is again, this time at RAF St Athan in Sept 1974. She certainly did the rounds of BoB displays before finally going into preservation at Duxford.
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Duxford 1973
I was also present on this day, the picture of the programme looked very familiar. A quick trawl through my photo collection revealed the following shots taken that day. Apologies for the quality of the photo’s, and the composition. My excuse is that my camera was very basic, dont even think I had a long lens at that time. Also the subjects tend to indicate my areas of interest which surprisingly have not changed much in the intervening 38 years…
I have the details of the aircraft serials if you are interested but I dont have them to hand at the present time.
QP
Panels
Maybe not quite so historic as some pictures I have seen, nor perhaps as interesting as the 109, Firefly etc stuff on here but I thought I would post my latest project. It has taken about a year or so to obtain all the right instruments and get them cleaned up to a presentable standard but well worth it as it was a very enjoyable project. Here is my early SH-3B originally but then I believe converted to an H, instrument panel from about 196?.
The main reason for posting this pic is that beneath the panel is a landing gear sub panel complete with emergency lowering handle, I have no idea what it came from, it was originally attached (poorly) to the bare metal panel before restoration. Anyway the point is that that is going spare and is available free to anyone who has a use for it. Perhaps I should mention that the workings behind the front plate, dont. Work that is, but it would still fill a whole in someones panel if just for display purposes.
PM me if interested.
QP
Last set of photos.
This is the last batch of photographs that I have in the Watson Lake collection……unless some more are found.
I have no more information about these aircraft than I did about the others I have posted. Maybe someone else can put some flesh onto the bones.
QP
Barnstormer,
As you seemed to like the first two shots from my Sandringham trip I thought I would share the rest with you. Maybe a little indulgent but who cares.
Anyway Calshot in Sept 1977
Trying to board a bobbing seaplane is always fun…
Take off with The IoW in the background
The other half of the instrument panel,
I only got about 5 mins standing in the astrodome but the view was amazing
The power and music of the engines live on in my memory…Oh if only I could rewind the tape of life and repeat the flight
Ok thats it.
QP
Many thanks to you both for providing so much info already. I have already posted the best photographs but there are a few others that I will post here so that you can see the complete set and I will then try and compile a complete list of identities so that I can pass it on to the family.
Photo No 15
Did the USAAF use women ferry pilots to transfer aircraft to Alaska? It would seem so judging by this picture.
Photo No 16
Photo No 17
A close of the damage shown on this aircraft during the previous posting.
Photo No 18
Photo 19
Photo No 20
Photo No 21
Photo No 22
Photo No 23
Finally the man himself, Robert Whyte. I am sure he would have a fund of stories about this period in his life and I would have loved to have had the chance to meet him. Sadly he is no longer with and these photographs are all that remain of his memories.
QP
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