Beech Turland…..That’s an all-American hero’s name if ever I heard one!

I suspect that Wing Commander Wallis may be able to point to a few of his own patented components, the rotor-head looks very familiar!

So if you were stuck in a jam on the M25 just past j13, you could turn onto the hard shoulder unclip the blades….. accelerate….lift off…..weeeee…..splat into the underside of an Air India 747 on finals to LHR :dev2:

I used to commute from Huntingdon to MK in ’99-2000 and remember a Cessna being parked outside the hanger sometimes. I also remember the field getting pretty badly flooded on occasion which I assumed what led to it’s dis-use?

I do look out for Wessex parts, I went after a throttle quadrant which I thought would make an excellent light dimmer switch for the lounge/dining room, unfortunately Senior management did not share my enthusiasm or vision…….. 🙁

It needs to be painted green, have a bigger door for throwing grunts out and some really incomprehensible emergency procedures for its hydraulic systems and fuel computers….then I’ll get excited 😀

Good news Pete, hope he continues to improve.

BTW, when I flew with Marshalls flying club from Cambridge, we based our visibility to fly decisions on whether we could see Addenbrookes from the crew room……

One of my instructors on Loadmaster Ground school was on Britannias, he recounted how he loaded a spare engine at Beruit and forgot that it was a Mark 2 with the wooden cargo floor, rather than a mark 1 with a metal one, apparently the cargo ended up going through the floor…..