British Air Attache DH Devons
I was at RAE Farnborough from '83 to '85. From my logbook the Devons there were:
XG 496 VP 959 XM 223 and VP 975. When possible we used to assist Transport Flight with the coms flying - known in the trade as 'guest artists'. It was possible to do the early Bedford run and be back in the office by 0900 in time for whatever the day held. The Devons were replaced by Chieftains just as I completed my tour.
XG 496 VP 959 XM 223 and VP 975. When possible we used to assist Transport Flight with the coms flying - known in the trade as 'guest artists'. It was possible to do the early Bedford run and be back in the office by 0900 in time for whatever the day held. The Devons were replaced by Chieftains just as I completed my tour.
Boss when I arrived was 'Tiff' O'connor but my mate, a hell of a mess guess guy, was Denny Dennison.
Even got a flight in the Dakota KG 661, which was hurriedly re numbered ZA947 after some confusion and still flies with BBMF.
When we got SSR on the Transport Flight Devons, it was 'interested' to see that whenever Denny flew the Bedford Ferry, the SSR would disappear from radar as it approached Chequers/Halton and re appear near about a mile north east; wonder why that was,
Actually Ifound out one day when one of my cadets, whose father was on a postng to Halton, told me he had been taxying a JP at Halton with his father when a Devon with gear and flaps down appeared on final for 02!!
