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Old 14th Feb 2010, 13:36
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At Derby Aviation in Burnaston we did the annuals on the RAF University air squadrons aircraft for several univeristies every winter.
Every autumn they would ferry in a dozen or so, Chipmunks and Harvards.

We would do the annuals and mods etc and then in Spring several Ansons would arrive with the drivers to take them back to the unis!

When they were all lined up on the tarmac they were pretty inpressive but alas I did not get any pics.

With the prop noise the Harvards sounded quite aggressive compared with the Chippie

Departure day meant running around with spare Koffman barrels for the Chippies as they fired all the cartridges without a start !!

Usually we got a good beat up on departure ( Days before elf an safety)
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