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Old 22nd Nov 2010, 22:44
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gpugh
 
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Hi Alan, just read your post with interest, my father was an instructor with BRNC based at Plymouth with the Chipmunks from 1964 to 1993 your aircraft was never on the strength of the BRNC flight they usualy operated between 10 to 12 aircraft, I think yours would have always been on one of the station flights and the other one mentioned WP809 (912) was not one of the regulars at Plymouth but was held in reserve at Kemble for use when needed, the colour scheme in the 60's and early 70's was polished metal and orange dayglo and later gray and red nose etc. I do have a couple of period photos I can email if they would help, I do recall one of the chippys getting into trouble during a spin to the point where the crew were about to exit and I believe it was the action of opening the hood that stopped the spin or enabled them to recover I also remember the pilots saying that some were better than others for spinning


Gordon

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