Dove over Brighton?
If it's a Dove, the (aaah, De Havilland) engine-prop sound should give it away, not to mention all the visual clues that it's not an Aero something-or-other. Is there still one based at Biggin? I've often seen a Dove apparently tracking a westerly VOR radial from 'BIG'.
The last Heron based at Biggin has been sitting atop a pylon outside Croydon Airport House for some years now, bearing the wrong (but significant) registration, and looking increasingly untidy. [Its heading, for maximum effect, is east, unfortunately.]
The last Heron based at Biggin has been sitting atop a pylon outside Croydon Airport House for some years now, bearing the wrong (but significant) registration, and looking increasingly untidy. [Its heading, for maximum effect, is east, unfortunately.]
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The Dove you have seen often is the mayfair dove, isnīt it?
http://www.mayfairdove.co.uk/
Seen it a few times at Biggin.
I used to fly a german Dove, the last of the three flightcheckers of the german ATC. Really beautyful and big fun to fly. Check the fuel and refill oil.
http://www.mayfairdove.co.uk/
Seen it a few times at Biggin.
I used to fly a german Dove, the last of the three flightcheckers of the german ATC. Really beautyful and big fun to fly. Check the fuel and refill oil.
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Hokey dokey, didn't want to say this in case I was really wrong. The ac in question sounds like a DH, and looks like a DH. I am old and often demented so I stand to be corrected. I will drive out to Shoreham today and look. I haven't flown from there for a few months and it will be a nice trip out.
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