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Old 14th Jul 2019, 12:06
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feroxeng
 
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In conjunction with Ron Paine, who was there that day, I wrote this up in the Brooklands Society Gazette, 2001. Aircraft lost were:-
G-ACLI owned by Steve Cliff, the first Cabin Hawk with Gipsy III.
G-EBXE Avian owned by FL Wilson who was glad to see it go as he'd been trying to sell it for a year.
G-EBVA Avian who had only been bought secondhand a month before by Walter Mason
G-ADGM 504N as recorded by Air Britain, but Ron didn't remember it being involved.
G-ABVJ Fox Moth. Same comment.
Ron did remember a Gipsy III engined Klemm, one of a number of aircraft modified by Brookland Aviation. It was stored under the mezzanine used for engine overhaul
where the fire started and 'stood no chance'. I've not been able to determine which Klemm this might have been. G-AATD was based at Brooklands around this time, but has post 1936 recorded history so unlikely.
I hope the above is of interest.
Ron had a number of photographs of the event, but nothing was left of the aircraft really that would allow one to identify something. He did have a picture of a burnt out Rudge motor-cycle. His photos went to the Brooklands Museum, but I've been unable to access them since his death.
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