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effortless
13th Nov 2008, 08:48
So was that a DH Dove orbiting over Brighton the other day? Anyone else see it?
smuff2000
13th Nov 2008, 15:21
May have been an AeroCommander as I believe one was around it is also back again today I believe.
effortless
13th Nov 2008, 15:43
If it was that then I'm booking in for an eyetest. I think that I have seen the one you mention though.
JW411
13th Nov 2008, 15:54
I saw a Ted Smith Aerostar at Shoreham a few days ago. Could that have been it?
Chris Scott
14th Nov 2008, 19:49
If it's a Dove, the (aaah, De Havilland) engine-prop sound should give it away, not to mention all the visual clues that it's not an Aero something-or-other. Is there still one based at Biggin? I've often seen a Dove apparently tracking a westerly VOR radial from 'BIG'.
The last Heron based at Biggin has been sitting atop a pylon outside Croydon Airport House for some years now, bearing the wrong (but significant) registration, and looking increasingly untidy. [Its heading, for maximum effect, is east, unfortunately.]
His dudeness
14th Nov 2008, 20:58
The Dove you have seen often is the mayfair dove, isnīt it?
http://www.mayfairdove.co.uk/ (http://http://www.mayfairdove.co.uk/)
Seen it a few times at Biggin.
I used to fly a german Dove, the last of the three flightcheckers of the german ATC. Really beautyful and big fun to fly. Check the fuel and refill oil.
Newforest2
15th Nov 2008, 07:24
D-INKA?
Your link is bad, got another?
Mayfair Dove - Private Aircraft Charter (http://www.mayfairdove.co.uk/)
This might work.
effortless
15th Nov 2008, 13:28
Hokey dokey, didn't want to say this in case I was really wrong. The ac in question sounds like a DH, and looks like a DH. I am old and often demented so I stand to be corrected. I will drive out to Shoreham today and look. I haven't flown from there for a few months and it will be a nice trip out.
His dudeness
15th Nov 2008, 21:55
@newforest: D-IFSA
Foto Private De Havilland DH.104 Dove D-IFSA (http://www.planepictures.net/show.php?id=110884)
Newforest2
16th Nov 2008, 08:07
Nice.
Effortless. Don't forget the pub by the roundabout for Sunday lunch, superb (never mind the bikers!).
dropshort105
7th Jan 2011, 15:10
Anybody in Brighton during this years Goodwood revival would have seen two Doves in formation.
Double Zero
7th Jan 2011, 15:26
This is an old friend from Dunsfold, last heard of going strong in Australia / New Zealand.
Last saw the Mayfair Dove at Compton Abbas in 2001.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/gvtol/Dove-1.jpg?t=1294417502