Catalina over Central London
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Catalina over Central London
Cycling back to my workshop from the shops 10 minutes ago I spotted a Catalina going right over our yard, at perhaps 2-3,000 ft, heading S.E.. Magnificent sight, white with smokey tinted "bubbles", so perhaps the very one whose wing my Dad, sister and I stood under at Culdrose about 5 or six years ago. We were under there for an hour to shelter from the worst effects of the British Summer before finally making a dash for one of the hangars.
In WW2 Dad had trained as FAA O/N and suddenly had a scary memory of being up on the roof of a Cat, between the pylon and the arc of the propeller, and reaching out with a pole to try to secure a mooring buoy in a winter gale off Arbroath, with the pilot having to keep the power up to prevent wind and tide pushing them onto rocks.
Health and Safety requirements have changed a bit since then!
In WW2 Dad had trained as FAA O/N and suddenly had a scary memory of being up on the roof of a Cat, between the pylon and the arc of the propeller, and reaching out with a pole to try to secure a mooring buoy in a winter gale off Arbroath, with the pilot having to keep the power up to prevent wind and tide pushing them onto rocks.
Health and Safety requirements have changed a bit since then!
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Great, thanks gents, I could hardly believe my eyes!
In Summer months the de H Rapides from Duxford regularly fly over, and about 20 years ago a Junkers 33 occasionally flew over.
In Summer months the de H Rapides from Duxford regularly fly over, and about 20 years ago a Junkers 33 occasionally flew over.
