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Keep taking the gin, your memory's intact. The 172 was operated by Inglis Aviation from 1985-1995, owned by Bill Robinson; in its last year, 1996, it became Beach Aviation Ltd. The Slingsby hovercraft (flown by Peter?) operated out of St Annes for two years (93/94?), and was used for training pilots from those organisations who had bought the craft - as a sideline, it was also used for pleasure flights around the Ribble.