I was looking through my collection of Chipmunk papers today ... and came across some press cuttings from 1997 covering the 'Northern Venture' Expeditionary Flight. I thought they might be of interest ... That's eighteen years ago that all this took place !
Image Credit : Daily Telegraph
Image Credit : The Saturday Times (Both Above)
Image Credit : The Times
Squadron Leader(s) Tony Cowan (Leader), Ced Hughes, Bill Purchase and Tony Severs.
I don't know if it's still possible to obtain copies ... but there were two books published covering the expedition.
"Around The World At 90 Kts" - The Chipmunk Circumnavigation by S/L Bill Purchase MBE
"Chipmunks Around The World" - A Royal Air Force Expeditionary Flight by S/L(s) Cowan, Purchase and Hughes
Sadly I don't have copies of these books
Confirmation Details of the flight by S/L Cowan.
Northan Venture
A little more background as recorded by the RAF Museum against WP962
RAF Museum Chipmunk WP962 Service History