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Old 28th Mar 2006, 05:58
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Wunper
 
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My Dad used to take me flying in the Super Cubs from that batch that were retained at Lasham as tugs. I remember when they arrived at Lasham in about 1970 , drab olive , they were then all painted bright yellow.
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.asp...cub&dereg=true
Tragically one of them G-AYPN was lost in bad weather near Butser hill killing the pilot and passenger who was (Ex Goon) Michael Bentine's son. I recall the wreck wasn't found until autumn by the NATO standard unfortunate dog walker and the incident received national newspaper coverage.
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