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Old 4th Sep 2015, 11:20
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Ancient Squipper
 
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Thread drift but I don't care.

You mentioned Biteswell (Lutterworth) in your last post.
As a Leicester lad and as a school boy in the 50's I often used to cycle to the airfield as a young lad it was magic As I am sure you know it was where Armstrong Whitworth assembled aircraft and tested its engines. Sea hawks Hunters Wyverns and all sorts of experimental stuff. Sapphire powered Canberra with reheat. Lancasterian with a Viper ? engine in the tail. The Blackburn YB1 (like a Gannet but with a V shaped tail) The Prone Meteor which I believe was on the 'Secret list then' sure that I have missed a few All assembled aircraft had to be taken across a public road in order to gain access to the airfield. Sadly the site is now a massive Asda distribution warehouse.
Still see the Prone Meteor whenever I take any of my visitors to tha RAF Cosford Museum.
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