Photobucket seems to work now.
As I said in my previous post:
I presume you have seen the two photos on page 250 of Vol 3 of AJ Jackson’s British Civil Aircraft (1960). They show the Aerogypt in its Mark I version, giving the c/n as 3 (why 3, I wonder). The second photo is of the Mark IV, which seems to have the same fuselage, judging only from the paintwork, minus the funny roof, but with the end plates. However, the fin colour scheme is different, in that the dark stripe is absent. This might uphold Avion’s surmise on his previous thread that the fuselage might have changed between Marks III and IV.
In the abpic photo of the hen house (giving c/n 01), the fin does not have the dark stripe, so suggests it must be the Mark IV. The endplates might simply be broken off.
Laurence
Alouette II HB-XYB (ex Swiss Air Force V-63) is still active. Seen here at Geneva Classics 2009.
And of course the Air Force still uses Alouette IIIs and Pumas.
Laurence
And here is another French version (MS500 F-AZDA, ex F-BBUG) at the Geneva Classics meeting September 2009. To paraphrase Avion, due to being tied to the ground it was completely stationary at the time.
Laurence
I still see the Swiss ones fly past my house, over Lake Geneva. Some still in overall silver, occasional ones in the Patrouille Suisse red and white.
Here they are at the Payerne 2004 display.
Make your holiday in Valais next year: there is a meeting planned at Sion 16 to18 September 2011.
Laurence
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