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Old 5th Jun 2021, 09:52
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Buster11
 
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As well as the radio flying at the former Croydon Airport there is also a paved control-line circle which is used by the British F2A CL World Championships speed team for practice; around 300km/hr from a 2.5 c.c. engine running at 36,000 rpm. In the 1950s the airport was the scene of Buster's conversion onto Tiger Moths after a flying scholarship at Redhill with Magisters. I still have the helmet, complete with Gosport tubes. Happy days.
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