I think this airline was named after his achievements…:D

I saw this one go in at Farnbough. Low level aeros, never a good idea. It was Bristol Bulldog K2227/G-ABBB, which is now in the RAF Museum, well probaly the C/N plate part of it!

And later…

Do I take it these C-47s were on delivery to the Spanish Air Force at this time?

I recall the 1970s were interesting at Blackbushe. I recall seeing other Spanish Air Force types like the Casa Heinkel 1-11s and some Junkers 52s.

No, they were going the other way! Doug Arnold bought up 1/2 of the Spanish Airforce to sell on, sometimes after being tarted up, whilst other stuff was just moved on still with the Spanish markings showing. He didn’t just buy from the Spaniards, but there were Indian Spitfires, American B-25’s, T-28’s from Algeria, I think and the German Sea Fury target tugs. I was fortunate enough to be there when 2 of them arrived. Both were bright red and rather smokey as they taxied in, folding their wings on the way. At this time, no one realised that these Sea Fury’s still existed, let alone were airworthy, so it was a surreal experience for me.

Here’s a couple of Daks.

Anna, I think I still have my ship spotter book, “Ships of the Solent” C1959 if you would like to hone up your skills on specific marks of ship, though I don’t recall there being any container ships in my edition… :rolleyes:

They won’t get far without tanks…and if they were nice and bright, it would be easier to find too…