Summer in the City?
Hi all ... just a wee morsel to add to the thread.
When Mike Somerton-Rayner closed his busines it co-incided with my starting up Skyline Helicopters at WAP. Needing a bowser for the new business, I visited Mike's dusty Hangar at the west end of Thuxton Airfield to agree a deal on one of his Bedford TK Bowsers. I think the figure agreed was cicra £800 and on discovering the vehicle contained some 1000 gallons of AVTUR, Mike SM still insisted "That's all part of the deal"
I met Jim Thirsk shortly after he dumped the AB 206 in the Thames. 'Twas an A model I believe and wouldn't take kindly to a sudden loss of ground cushion with four up. I always get a smile when I picture four Saville Row suited posh-gents standing in the Thames up to their waists with the usual trickle of Coca Cola cans drifting by. But a lovely guy I recall. Dennis K.