GotTheTshirt - very interesting post about Autair Viking training at Panshanger.
Do you recall the same sort of thing happening again to an Autair Viking at Stansted whilst on a training detail? The late John Handley was one of the crew and he told me that the Stansted SATCO roared up to the aircraft in his Land Rover and loudly berated the crew for damaging "my grass" - sod the damage to the aircraft or any cuts and bruises to the crew. This would have been well prior to 1966 when I joined Autair. I suppose it could well be the same incident and John muddled up Stansted and Panshanger but I think not. On reflection I remember John saying that one of the main landing gears collapsed on landing and they swerved off the Runway. The SATCO's first arm-waving words to the crew were "Look what you've done to my grass! Look Look!"
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