Originally Posted by
dixi188
Lockspeiser LDA-01. G-AVOR.
I never saw it fly but remember it in pieces in the flight shed at Hurn about 1973.
It first flew (from Wisley I think) in about '73. Displayed at several Farnborough airshows. David Lockspieser latterly used it to commute to Farnborough when he had business in the vicinity (well before we started 'officially' accepting civil aircraft in 1989).
He would park near the old tower on what is now called 'East Apron' (then called 'A' Shed tarmac), remove his collapsible bike from the capacious hold behind the cockpit, then pedal off.
I believe it was destroyed in the hangar fire at Old Sarum on 16/1/87 which also destroyed several production Opticas.