Interesting lauriebe. This one was also by an ex-student. There was also one of a class group in front of an SIA 727. As they were in service 1978-1985 it would put the date at the end of the 1970s. Do you have a link to that Air-Britain page?
These did a bit better, after my first experiences on the T31! Wassmer Squale and M200 Foehn at Challes. Three minute aero tow, then as long as you like in the French Alps, 1972. Lovely.
Does indeed look like F-86’s behind the Sea Fury. A quick bit of googling suggests the location to be Lasham then as that is where the Sea Fury met its end as well as surplus RAF F-86’s that werent sold to Yugoslavia.
Jon
Except that the F-86s do not seem to have RAF marks, in that there are serials on the fins. I can see “178”, “642” and “72”.
When I was doing a flying scholarship on the Marshalls Tiger Moths in August 1958 there were 16 Valiants being refurbished, including XD826, 861 and 870 illustrated above. So I would hazard a guess that the dates of the magnificent pictures are about then. But the turnover was quite high and rapid.
There was even the first production example, WP199.
Lincoln: re the photo, I did not take it. In fact I am in it too! It was taken by one of our officers who was photographer for the local Peterborough paper (Citizen and Advertiser). I only have one copy, but you can maybe download it.
Yes, this was the aircraft you referred to. It was in fact more than 50 years ago. Thornaby, August 1954. I got to see the inside of the C-119 but flew instead in an Anson.
Just to try to liven things up.
I don’t know what it is. The background looks American, but the fin/rudder combination makes me think Heinkel. Can we have a clue?
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