DH Hornet Moth G-ADND to visit Manchester on 17th May-75th anniversary

[Proplinerman]

DH Hornet Moth G-ADND, which was the first aircraft to land at M/C, on 17th May 1937, when the airport was in fact still under construction, is to return there on Thursday, 17th May, at c11.00, to mark this 75th anniversary:

Return of the Hornet Moth: First plane to land at Manchester Airport makes 75th anniversary flight | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk (http://tinyurl.com/cglyhbo)

[Proplinerman]

17th May, 13.20: the aircraft arrived about 11.20 this am and here is a photo of it taxiing in:

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[boris]

Not the best landing the world has ever seen!

Nice aircraft though.

[Shaggy Sheep Driver]

Just watched it depart Man for Woodford, where it is now on the ground.