Originally Posted by
Maoraigh1
I got my PPL at Thruxton in 1964 and my memory is that the boss was a retired squadron leader with a double-barrelled name, unlikely to be still alive today.
Two gentlemen with double barrel monikers are associated with the Thruxton Jackaroo. Squadron Leader J E Doran-Webb was the Managing Director of the Wiltshire School of Flying: he had the idea of building a four seat aircraft based on the de Havilland 82A Tiger Moth. Lieutenant Commander Pat Shea-Simmonds first flew the prototype Jackaroo... G-AOEX on the 02 March 1957 at Thruxton.