Kenley Hangars
The Kenley hangars did sterling service rebuilding various modes of staff transport including a TR3 the AC, and my beetle.
Kenley in the 60/70's was a fabulous place to be and i miss it very much.
We were lucky to have such freedom and a virtual free run of the rovers and austin. Spinning in the snow was a regular winter pastime and we were always looking out for more power to get more spins.
My beetle "1200" would manage two turns from 50ish down the runway,but i managed to get a couple of runs in the CFI's "1500" from over 60 and do 3 turns.(He was watching from the tower mouth agog) as he thought my request to borrow his brand new car was a joke !!! (great days) at a great place
PC
The Hangar lives on in shots from "Reach from the sky", and the dispersal images were done in the original gliding huts down towards the dump.
If i had been a bit older the spit would have been rescued by 450.I tried to get a Piston Provost for us to play with but the "powers to be " were more interested in starting a band,hence my interest in "helping out" at 615.
Comper is being moved to new base (closer to home) for some long o/due TLC.