On one of my visits to the UK I took my brother down to Biggin, because he knew of my interest but had never been involved. In the S & K hangar I noticed the wreck of what was obviously an amphibian, and asked around for its identity.
Some months later I was told there was a British visitor in the office so I went to say hallo. During the course of conversation I asked him what he flew, and he replied D140, oh, and I have a Grumman Widgeon. Not 444M, I asked. He almost fell off the seat, for twas Mike D himself. I have since sat in it and tried to wriggle down the starboard side into the hull, to pop out of the hatch (but as I mentioned earlier, I used to slip through cracks in hangar doors - no longer). I recently stayed with Mike in his lovely house on Mallorca. He now has a Baron too.
Incidentally Aerohack, what did you do with the two Knight Twisters at Eastleigh - got 'em in yer shed???
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