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Charles "Chunkie" Lagus
I was his assistant around 1964/65 in Film Department at TFS Ealing.Was last in contact 10 years ago when was living in Mauritious in a house on the beach after his retirement. He did have family living locally to me. I would doubt that he would have kept any film from those years. Was it done for the the Beeb or privately ? I wil lmake some enquiries amongst my colleagues as to his whereabouts. Alan
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There were 436's still with us in late '76 - but maybe only 'PFJ - I did my command base training on it - in fact it was still pounding the circuits in Jan77 when I last flew it doing crosswind landings, after which it was all 336B/C's.
G-ALHI - love your user name - it was the aircraft in which I last flew with my father when he was checking out on the Argonaut for Air Links - circuits at LGW - great fun
G-ALHI - love your user name - it was the aircraft in which I last flew with my father when he was checking out on the Argonaut for Air Links - circuits at LGW - great fun
A little addition on the 707-436 timeline ,I flew on one on my honeymoon (why I remember it so clearly) to Faro from LHR in late March 77. I think though it may have been borrowed from Airtours due to having HF radio and needing to avoid French ATC or something similar.
Also took an interest as had a friend who was 436 pilot though he may he been on temporary lay off at that time too.
For all thats been said about them at airshows I also remember it for being stunningly noisy inside with those 4 Conways crackling and roaring away . Came back on a Trident 3 which was much nicer to fly on
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Also took an interest as had a friend who was 436 pilot though he may he been on temporary lay off at that time too.
For all thats been said about them at airshows I also remember it for being stunningly noisy inside with those 4 Conways crackling and roaring away . Came back on a Trident 3 which was much nicer to fly on
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707-436
The 436's were definitely still around at BA in March '79 as they were the first aircraft I worked on in TBB when I moved from Cranebank as an apprentice.
Now I work and occasionally fly at Booker!
Now I work and occasionally fly at Booker!
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Have just been trying to do some research on this issue as I was on board a Trident that did a flypast at Booker. Sadly I cannot remember much at all (not even the year) as I was only about 5 at the time! My dad was a manager at BEA then and the flypast flight I went on was specifically launched for the event. It was filled with only staff and their families/friends and everyone knew the purpose of the flight so there was little consternation about a low approach and flypast. The flight was LHR - LHR and that is about all I can remember about it, despite it being the very first time I ever flew. If anyone has any more details, or even a picture, then I would be most interested.
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Sally B, then painted silver and wearing French registration F-BGSR was shown purporting to be an RAF bomber in a 1971 episode of the A Family at War TV series. No idea where the scenes were filmed but given the budget the series had to work with, I feel sure it would have been in the UK somewhere.
Thread drift.
T6NL, let me guess - you used to be a Hawk driver?
T6NL, let me guess - you used to be a Hawk driver?
I remember seeing a picture of a DC 3 captioned as being taken at Wycombe Air Park in the back of Flight International from the 8Th March 1980. Its an arty shot tail on taken into the setting sun. You can just make out the big I of Intra's final livery on the fin. Thanks to ABUKAYBOY I now know why the Dak was in Buckinghamshire, The remaining piece of the jigsaw is which Dak of the JY fleet was it?
Anybody remember the splendid Air Displays at Booker in the late sixties early seventies? I recall at one show seeing a BEA Trident (was it inbound to Heathrow from Brussels?) doing a super fly-past. I understand some of the pax were NOT AMUSED! Gosh and then there were the Red Arrows going hell for leather in their Gnats - they blew all my Ian Allan stuff and binos off the top of my minivan pulling out from the bomb-burst. Ray Hanna in a Spitfire in the days when Spitfires were still a novelty and a Vulcan too if my memory serves me right.
Is that real or a fake?
Why would I post a fake!
Sorry!! Who was flying it? Does anyone know?
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TheAirMission, super pic - at first glance I thought it was an RC model! - and I can only assume the ground drops away where the aircraft is flying. It must be nearly 40 years since I last visited Booker... As a witness to the White Waltham flypasts I am sad I didnt get to see this one too!
Any chance of posting a few of the other pics from the day?
Any chance of posting a few of the other pics from the day?
TheAirMission, super pic - at first glance I thought it was an RC model! - and I can only assume the ground drops away where the aircraft is flying. It must be nearly 40 years since I last visited Booker... As a witness to the White Waltham flypasts I am sad I didnt get to see this one too!
Any chance of posting a few of the other pics from the day?
Any chance of posting a few of the other pics from the day?
G-AWPZ with a white red tail,
G-AVJO in camel.
a Jet Provost
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I seem to recall the Andreasson BA-4 was owned and displayed by Peter Phillips for many years though I can't recall seeing him fly it - Islanders and the Firecracker yes.
I seem to recall the Andreasson BA-4 was owned and displayed by Peter Phillips for many years though I can't recall seeing him fly it - Islanders and the Firecracker yes.
Using the Scramble Database of show reports I have deduced it was July 1969. Only way I know this is because the other aircraft come up on the show report. The VC-10 mysteriously doesn't!