Originally Posted by
CoffmanStarter
Many thanks Alan ... I'm pleased to see my original post still pulling some interest
As plane mad youngsters in the early 1950s, my brother and I lived in a village about 10 miles south of Topcliffe and would regularly see both the short and long tailed Neptunes passing overhead on their landing approach. They had lovely sounding engines compared to the racket from Dishforth's Valettas! We occasionally got close to them at Linton-on-Ouse open days and remember the subtle whistle that came from the props; noticeable during start up, warm up and taxiing. They seemed impressive aeroplanes to us.
Around the same period we had the excitement of 66 and 92 squadron Canadair Sabres frequently passing around the village, and used to ride our bikes the 5 miles to hang over the hedge to watch the Sabre movements for hours on end.
I realise I am extremely late to add to this thread, but I saw a photo of a Neptune on line and the memories spurred me to do a bit of a search which ended up here!