Hmmmmm…………Most peculiar.

Well spotted/remembered.

Incidents like this are of course very upsetting for individuals involved, when ones endeavours are suddenly in the public domain, for better or for worse, and I do agree that any outside comment or reporting should be both sensitive and respectful, and any departure from known facts is a perilous path to follow, and usually ends badly.

My description of the short flight was a direct reference to a statement made by the owner/pilot on his facebook page, which includes the following comment ”Thanks Anne very disappointed, would not have been a problem if the engine had kept going, up until then everything was fine. Now need to find out why it stopped.” 25th Sept 19.01 hours .

Flight One were THE Twin Pin operaters in the UK, doing aerial survey work all over Europe. They were at Staverton, but moved to Shobdon in the mid eighties, and took about 4 Twin Pins up there, though operated only two I think.

G-AYFA was scrapped, though the cockpit lives on, one went to East Fortune. One went to Air Atlantique.

Twin Pin prospects are strongest in Australia , right now.

This update posted just yesterday!

” Twin Pioneer Close to Flying Down Under

by Mark Booth/Phil Buckley and photos by Phil Buckley

We thought our readers might enjoy a restoration update on the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer at Wedderburn Airfield near Sydney, Australia that we reported on back in December, 2016 (see HERE). The rare Short Take Off and Landing (STOL) transport will soon become the only flying example of the type in the world.

This particular ‘Twin Pin’ rolled off Scottish Aviation Ltd’s assembly line at Prestwick, near Glasgow, Scotland in 1962 as construction number 586, the penultimate example from a production run of 87 airframes. The Royal Malaysian Air Force accepted her as FM1066 on May 28th, 1962, and she continued to serve with them for the next decade. She then went through several civil operators until she ended up at Wedderburn with Richard Thompson.”

See link for more.

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/aircraft-restoration/twin-pioneer-restoration-update-downunder.html