From what I understand if the airports operator is wound up ownership will return to the city council who are the free holder. It is likely that they will reopen the airport so it is likely to be just a short term closure , hopefully?
Sadly NIMBYS blocked a new terminal so the two airlines moved out a year ago. Hopefully this won’t affect Air Atlantic too much and will be over soon?

Passing this afternoon the Drover had been dismantled , didn’t see a lorry so it may be transported tomorrow? The Meteors and Prentice were still there, didn’t have time to notice the rest as I drove past. Lets hope they all go on to better places.

Passed Lasham this morning after going to rememberance. Museum was shut up, no other aircraft have moved so far apart from the Auster. F-104 is lacking its nose cone and most of the others are in their normal sorry state. Only the Meteor F8 looks to have been worked on reciently? Hopefully these aircraft will move on to safe homes in the near future for some much needed TLC.

Adding to this have heard the Sea Prince is going into store at Booker, the Drover is heading to the only place it should be in the UK and one of the Meteors and maybe the F-104 are going to ‘Poland’? Andbody able to confirm of deny these rumors???????

This is all good news, those aircraft have been rotting away for long enough. There had been quite a few people working on the aircraft over the summer when I have been passing. Supprised me as I had seen no activity there for years. Would have gone to see what was happerning today, but even the birds have been walking:(.

The continued existance of the Labybird had almost turned into a legend in its self. One thing that has always puzzeled me is that in the coulpe of photos I have sen the aircraft has its c/n painted in large letters on the fuselarge, did it ever carry its civil registration?

From what I heard on the grapevine ,from somebody who is having problems with the CAA with his light aircraft, its not just TFC who are having problems. He said that there is a new woman at the CAA who is trying to make a name for herself, so hopefully it will just be ‘blip’.

according to the British Independant airlines book East Anglian Flying Services, that became Channel in 1962, operated during that period….
Rapides
G-AEMH 1952-1961
G-AKJZ 1948-1959
G-AKRN 1948-1960
G-AKSC 1953-1954
Doves
G-ANVU 1954-1972
G-AOBZ 1955-1970
G-AOCE 1955- w/o 19/1/58
G-AOZW 1957-1961
G-APAG 1957-1960
there is a long chapter on the company but it mentiones in 1953 a Ipswitch-Southend-Rochester-Shoreham-Jersey service. Also a Shoreham Paris service in 1953. 1954 saw a Shoreham-Le Touqet service. no further mention of shoreham