Heath Parasol G-AFZE
The suggestions that the NA3T image might be Fairoaks are spot on. That was where it was based after Dennis Fry 'rebuilt' it (for the second time) in a more 'modern' paint scheme, with a subsequent first flight reported in Flight in March 1964. Blackbushe was only 13 miles away, just right for a short hop. Having succeeded, after several frustrating years, in prising it away from its last owner, 'FZE is awaiting yet another rebuild, without doubt its most extensive yet (and its fourth!) with Colin Essex in Coventry, once he's completed DH 53 'EBHX, following its fatal crash in 2012. Still unable to gain access to the aeroplane's logbook, details of any other sightings would be extremely helpful, not least to give some idea as to how frequently it was flown and the length of these flights. Although I've a fairly comprehensive range of photographs, there are certainly gaps and, in particular, it would be very interesting to know if it flew after the third rebuild, when it was hangared at Old Warden for a while in 1983-4. It was also based at RAF Cranwell in 1962, but no image has yet come to light.