Jim; if you have it, select shades of grey, not just black and white.

Isn’t there a book out about that?;)

Little did I know that 28 years later I would own and fly my own Aiglet Trainer G-ANWX.

..in which I watched you nearly crash at Badminton ,Lee! 😮

Myrtle Avenue, anyone?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18817472

Never discovered Myrtle Avenue until the late 70s as it was never necessary to go elsewhere when all the Roof Gardens and viewing terraces were open at Heathrow. Very sad how times have changed! 🙁

Air displays at Lydd have not exactly been frequent or regular. The only date that possibly fits is the Easter Air Display on Sunday 6th April 1969.

Not forgetting that our ‘sponsor’ has purchased Ian Allan Magazines! 😉

http://www.keypublishing.com/view_news.asp?ID=4970

….in order to get rid of any competition by closing down Classic Aircraft mag.:mad:

VHF Supplies on the A4 Great West Road. That takes back a bit. Went out of business in the early 80s when they decided to only sell their World Airline Fleets book and the monthly update that went with it. Out went the kits, radios, other aviation magazines and display models. Probably not the best business plan.

Not so! They expanded to specialise in scale models, particularly Travel Agent type models and moved a few hundred yards up the road to Noble Corner and kept the name ‘VHF Supplies’ for a few years, later being renamed Collectors Aircraft models. Then they moved into the basement of one of the large hotels. They final went bust only a few years ago due to the present economic climate,high overheads and poor customer service. Their remaining stock was bought up by Aviation Retail Direct at Hillingdon.

Thought this was another thread about Long Marston?:rolleyes:

I hate to say this but If any magazine should go then it should be Flypast!

Ive stood back and noted that Flypast has become a copy of Aeroplane Monthly, not as well written as Classic Aircraft and last with news which mostly has already been published in other magazines, even some of the articles appear to be the same.

It used to be the leader, the one that you waited for to drop on the mat and im sorry but it is now just a lazy, late clone. As another thread said they even thought the front cover was the same shot of Aeroplane last month.

Flypast needs a kick up the backside. Ive been receiving Flypast since the 80’s and im sorry but its gone downhill.

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I’m afraid I agree – I haven’t bought it for several months. Flypast should have left the stable whilst retaining Classic Aircraft, for my money! As someone else said – long live Jets Monthly!

I also agree – I pick it up in WH Smiths and wonder, as the years roll by, how many people still want a magazine obsessed with WW2 articles, a messy layout that tries to cram too much on each page, whilst the rest of the pages are crammed with advertising, which they clearly must need as sales must be falling also. I thought Classic Aircraft was excellent, well laid out with many rare post WW2 colour photos and good features mostly written by Ben Dunnell. If Flypast is to change, it needs to include the best of Classic Aircraft to provide a more balanced magazine.