Hatfield pictures
I think it came from Roger Bacon (aka Mike Ramsden).
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ETA Redsetter - I don't know anyone, but you could try the DHAeTS Association as we were all de Havilland apprentices de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School Association
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The hangar with the control tower attached is still standing as it is a listed building. It is now used as a fitness centre. Also preserved are the original De Havilland Head office buildings on Comet Way which are now the Hatfield Police HQ. The Gatehouse is an African hair-dressers and the personnel office is a KFC outlet. The old flashing light beacon was restored by the De Havilland Heritage Centre (De Havilland Aircraft Museum) and is installed on the lawn at the front of the De Havilland Campus of the University of Hertfordshire. The only other reminders of Hatfield's past connection with aviation are the names of the streets in the Hatfield Village housing development and a model of the Comet Racer stuck on a pole outside the former Comet Hotel - now mainly occupied by asylum seekers and refugees at public expense.
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Hatfield in the 1930s as seen here - c/w swimming pool!
Photo was on the occasion of first display to be held by the Royal Air Force Reserve Flying Club.
The aircraft flying by is G-ACDP the Saro Cutty Sark of A.S.T. (Air Service Training) from Hamble (see below). This aircraft remained in service used by No 3 E & RFTS until 1942 and is not the prettiest of aircraft IMHO.
Hatfield in the 1930s as seen here - c/w swimming pool!
Photo was on the occasion of first display to be held by the Royal Air Force Reserve Flying Club.
The aircraft flying by is G-ACDP the Saro Cutty Sark of A.S.T. (Air Service Training) from Hamble (see below). This aircraft remained in service used by No 3 E & RFTS until 1942 and is not the prettiest of aircraft IMHO.
DH88 replica
Seems it was removed in 2006 by the new owners of Hatfield Galleria, and now resides at Sywell awaiting repair to transit damage.
Sywell Aerodrome - The Burberry Comet Racer
Sywell Aerodrome - The Burberry Comet Racer
