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  • November 25, 2009 at 1:17 pm in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1129586
    l.garey
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    Wymeswold

    John Aeroclub: As you asked, I shall put my Wymeswold pictures on a site called “Wymeswold 1955”

    Laurence

    November 25, 2009 at 6:05 am in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1129903
    l.garey
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    Morning John. Re Wymeswold, I have other photos, but not of the Olympia.

    9697 170/31M “GC-697” RCAF
    G-ANTD Dakota IV
    G-AMJP Dart Kitten
    G-AIUL Dragon Rapide
    RAF Sabre
    Chipmunk WK471 NUAS
    A few Meteors

    If you are interested I could put them on another thread so as not to get too far from gliders!

    Laurence

    November 16, 2009 at 6:07 am in reply to: Whitley Parts #1138343
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    Elliott
    Did you ever get the turret cupola from Fenland?

    Laurence

    November 14, 2009 at 3:51 pm in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1139515
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    David
    Stamford eh? Not so far from Wymeswold. Can you throw any light on my mystery Olympia, post 43 above?

    Laurence

    November 14, 2009 at 12:47 pm in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1139752
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    Wymeswold 1955

    The EoN factory was a hive of activity in 1961. I was lucky to be able to visit.
    I had helped start an enthusiasts’ group at Oxford, and we opted for a visit to the Newbury outfit. Thread drift, but on that day I also saw:
    G-APEW EoN 403 Dark blue “90”
    EoN/4/007 EoN 419 Dark blue. Peter Scott’s. (G-APSX)
    EoN/4/009 EoN 419 Rudder: EON/4/R010. (=BGA1051)
    EoN/S/003 EoN 460 Partly built. (G-ARFU, BGA1177)
    255 EoN Baby RAFGSA. Silver. Last Baby. EON/B/047 (48th fuselage)
    KI Silver. Dismantled
    A great day out!

    The Wymeswold thing was a display of some sort on 30 May 1955. Can’t remember the precise occasion, but there were some items of interest (apart from the Olympia):
    9697 170/31M “GC-697” RCAF
    G-ANTD Dakota IV
    G-AMJP Dart Kitten
    G-AIUL Dragon Rapide
    I got their photos too!

    Laurence

    November 14, 2009 at 6:12 am in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1140023
    l.garey
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    Morning Fournier. I have turned the Oly round in my original posting.
    As I said, I took the picture at a display at Wymeswold in May 1955.

    Can anyone identify it?

    In February 1961 I visited the EoN factory and the folowing Olympia 2s were there:
    EoN/O/107 It was red, and had the wings of EON/O/96 (G-ALNF).
    EoN/O/149 Red fuselage, grey wings

    Laurence

    November 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1140387
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    oops

    Thanks Fournier. When I took a contact print in 1955 (which I still have) I printed it the other way round. When I scanned the neg this week I got it wrong. It is one of those old giant 120 negatives, so I could only scan the close-up bit. Not bad framing though ….
    I shall change the way round tomorrow.
    Do you know what is written on the nose in the flashing line? Any idea of identity?

    Laurence

    November 13, 2009 at 5:46 pm in reply to: EON Olympia 2b #1140412
    l.garey
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    Oly at Wymeswold 1955

    Interesting thread. I took this Oly at a display at Wymeswold in May 1955. I did not record its identity, nor can I see any registration on the negative which I just scanned. I am not even sure I have the print the right way round! Can anyone identify it?

    Laurence

    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/30555Wymeswoldglider-1.jpg

    November 10, 2009 at 6:30 am in reply to: Preserved ME262s #1143642
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    DaveF68:
    I just checked the list of Me262s that you gave us. Useful data.
    But re the Hendon example, 112372: its former RAF marks are not given. I saw it in March 1961 at Bicester’s Exhibition Flight, in their hangar waiting to be repainted. It still had its original Luftwaffe marks, on top of which I could just make out VK893, that it had used at Farnborough I think.
    The marks had gone a month later (April 1961).

    I just saw this link which gives a lot of detail:
    http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/collections/aircraft/aircraft_histories/85-AF-69%20Me262%20112372.pdf

    Laurence

    November 7, 2009 at 11:24 am in reply to: What happened to the FW190 replica? #1146106
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    FW 190 replica in Switzerland

    There is still HB-YEL just down the road from me at La Côte ( LSGP) (NDB GLA).

    My photo with it under wraps last summer, and a nice one with resident Bücker HB-UUL and visitor An2 (photo thanks to Jean Voegelin, Avianna Antonov Club).

    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/DSCF0121.jpg
    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/an2uulfw190.jpg

    Laurence

    November 1, 2009 at 9:56 am in reply to: Gulf Aviation fleet history #1153255
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    Yes, thanks Edskarf. Was IBO written off in the collision? What was the final fate of GXY? I cannot find references.

    In the museum at Sharjah is an Auster fin/rudder with the Autocrat type rudder, but it seems it was a piece acquired from Baginton, of unknown origin.

    Laurence

    November 1, 2009 at 6:08 am in reply to: Gulf Aviation fleet history #1153301
    l.garey
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    Thanks both. Just what I wanted!
    As I have mentioned several times in various fora and at
    http://l.garey.googlepages.com/rafsharjah,almahattamuseum

    there are 4 supposedly Gulf Aviation aircraft in the museum at Sharjah, ie G-AKVW, MZZ, JPR, NFE, but they are all in fact just painted as such. In reality:
    KVW is ex TX183
    MZZ is C-GCXE
    JPR is G-ARDE
    NFE is VH-NJP

    So it is great to have your full list. Cheers

    Laurence

    October 31, 2009 at 5:42 pm in reply to: Meteor Miscellany #1153669
    l.garey
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    Just found this rejuvenated thread.

    Here is Belgian NF11 OO-ARO at Middelkerke, August 1959 (EN-18, ND-F, ex WD661)

    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/38.59NF11OOAROMiddelkerke.jpg

    and dying NF12 WS686 “E” at Northolt July 1959

    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/167.59NortholtNF12WS686.jpg

    Laurence

    August 3, 2009 at 3:58 pm in reply to: Anson Cockpit drawings #1162231
    l.garey
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    Twin stick cockpit

    This is the twin stick Anson C19 TX183 (G-BSMF, but falsely marked as G-AKVW) in the Al Mahatta Museum, Sharjah, UAE.
    http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc39/apollo-fox/DSCF0011anson.jpg

    Laurence

    July 6, 2009 at 5:44 pm in reply to: Aviation Musums or small airfields in/near Vienna. Help! #1190553
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    Spelling

    If you Google with the correct spelling, it comes up, and with quite a bit of data on other Austrian groups.

    Fliegergruppe rot-weiss-rot

    Laurence

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