Cheers Nick.

Garry

Hi Roger

You didn’t comment on my mention of the Belfast??

Garry

Fairey Rotodyne.military serial but civil tested
Bristol Sycamore
Westland Widgeon……..their own adaption of the Dragonfly
Short Belfast was offered as civil but no sales but did have a longer civil career than a military one and one still flies.

These are all aircraft but are you thinking more of aeroplanes?

Garry

Thanks Ian

I’ll look out for it next week:)

Garry

Just a quick comment on the ‘toy like’ appearance of the Comets nose gear.

On the Comet the steering gear etc is up the top neatly within the fuse line where as on most types it is just the bottom part of the leg with the steering gear mounted on the leg itself about half way down making a very complex looking unit. The Comet’s bare pole look is simply the steering being out of sight.

Garry

Jersey Airlines ceased to exist as such well before the Twin Otter existed. As mentioned above I think you are thinking of Jersey European. The only Twin Otter I can think of out of Shoreham at that time was Metropolitan Airways…..in full Dan Air livery……..Shoreham-Alderney for a short while.

I don’t know if they flew the route in their own livery defore the Dan Air tie-up.

JEA may have operated Twin Otters into there but I don’t know off hand

Garry

Jersey Airlines became British United CI Airways in 1963 so I would think the Islanders and Twin Otters you refer to were Jersey European or infact with the Islander the forruner, Intra Airways-Jersey.

Did JF Airlines ever go to Shoreham with Twin Pioneer, Heron and Trislander?

Garry