Thanks Bruce and Papa Lima.

I’ve popped the pic on at http://forum.airforces.info/showpost.php?p=369934&postcount=58.

Dove G-ALFT

Found this old pic from a visit in the late 1970’s.

From the web, it seems that she is now in Caernarfon Airworld, Wales. Anyone know any more?

Vickers Valiant (pics 19 & 23)

Two more shots circa 1952 (cf first pic http://forum.airforces.info/showpost.php?p=333102&postcount=7). Captions on both “Vickers 660 Valiant”.

The first shot is so nearly identical with the one originally posted that they are almost certainly the same aircraft lined up for the same take-off at Hurn. The photo of Viscount G-AHRF was taken from the same point near the threshold; the photos of Ambassador G-ALZN and Viscount G-AMAV were printed at the same time and perhaps taken on the same day, most likely in April 1952. That being the case the Valiant cannot be the first prototype WB210 since that was destroyed in January 1952. The aircraft must be WB215, the second prototype.

The second shot in this post does seem to show the air intakes that look like the straight slots of WB210. I’ve blown this up at high resolution, but the original is too small a blurry to be sure. From other pictures that seem to be taken at a similar time, this is most likely to be WB215 again.

Two Avro Yorks (again) visable in the background.

Valiant history and much better pictures at http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/valiant/history.html .

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Anson 19 G-AGZT

Caption “Anson XIX GZT”. My Father’s notes show he first saw this aircraft at Bournemouth 12th February 1952; the background is consistent with this.

According to the UK civil register, this was c/n 1331’; http://pascal.brugier.free.fr/registre/txt/g-aaaa.txt has it as an Avro 652A Anson C19-1. Three pictures are in the AJ Jackson collection (http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/agaa.htm), but nothing else is known.

Viscount HRF

Caption “Viscount HRF” and printer’s number 967. Hurn, probably 1952.

UK civil register has c/n 01. This was the first prototype Viscount, first flown on 16th July 1948. http://pascal.brugier.free.fr/registre/txt/g-aaaa.txt has the aircraft as having RAF serial VX211(G). It briefly served with BEA in summer 1950 for evaluation.

It was written-off following an undercarriage collapse on 27th August 1952 at Khartoum Airport where it was under going tropical testing; the operator is given as UK Ministry of Supply (source http://aviation-safety.net/database/1952/520827-0.htm).

Pictures listed include one in BEA livery (AJ Jackson collection http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/ahaa.htm) and numerous at http://www.transportphotos.com/Air/britciv/g-aa_to_h.html from Farnborogh 1948 and Heathrow 29th July 1950.

An article from ?, 1948 about the first flight of this aircraft is on eBay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2245401479.

A road in Gander, Newfoundland claims to be named after this specific machine (although its actually called Viscount Cresent). It appears (cold and snowy) at http://www.k12.nf.ca/sptech/projects/streetpics/viscount.html. Many other roads in Gander have aviation-related names.

Airspeed Consul G-AIUX

Caption “Consul IUX” and printer’s mark 967.

My father’s first observation of this aircraft is given as London 3rd May 1952, but this picture looks more like Hurn. My father recalls this aircraft as operated by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for RADAR calibration and approach training linked to the ATC School at Hurn.

UK civil register has this an Airspeed AS65 Consul c/n 5106; no other info. There is a picture listed in the AJ Jackson Collection with the note “BSAA” (operator?).