LUTON History and Nostalgia
SE-DPX
For comparison, here's my picture of SE-DPX.....An early Srs 50 built for TWA with the retrofitted No 2 Engine "Frisbee fairing"
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One of the airports institutions before it was closed down was the airports flying club. I never really went there apart from the grab a granny nights towards its end. The site is now an apron for an FBO.
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How about this one registered to the flying club 24/05/1957
http://www.austerj4.co.uk/?page_id=132&ckattempt=1
http://www.austerj4.co.uk/?page_id=132&ckattempt=1
Austers at LFC`60-63`; `AGXH;AIGT;AIJI;..Autocar `AOHZ
Tigers;AOGS,AOZH,ANLR,AISR.
Chipmunk;APAC;AMXL;AMMA.
Hornet Moth;ADKL
D.Turbi;AOTK;
Piper Colt ARIS.
Not sure if all belonged to LFC,but `leased/used`....
Tigers;AOGS,AOZH,ANLR,AISR.
Chipmunk;APAC;AMXL;AMMA.
Hornet Moth;ADKL
D.Turbi;AOTK;
Piper Colt ARIS.
Not sure if all belonged to LFC,but `leased/used`....
I remember seeing an Invicta Brit. flying calves out of Hurn in the 70s. The loady or handler was hanging out of the rear door on taxi and only closed it as the aircraft accelerated along the runway.
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Great youtube clip here. After some stills at the beginning of the clip there is some cinema news coverage. What great sounding engines these aircraft had. It seems the aircraft was based on the high speed Comet from three years previous.
For those with time on their hands there is a fascinating youtube video that follows the above clip about the Mosquito but this video lasts 44 minutes but it is well worth watching it. Looks like the film was made just after the war and covers its history, build and the thoughts behind it. and of course to keep it all in topic the Mosquito was also built at Luton. One thing I learned from the film was that the American AF also flew the Mosquito.
For those with time on their hands there is a fascinating youtube video that follows the above clip about the Mosquito but this video lasts 44 minutes but it is well worth watching it. Looks like the film was made just after the war and covers its history, build and the thoughts behind it. and of course to keep it all in topic the Mosquito was also built at Luton. One thing I learned from the film was that the American AF also flew the Mosquito.
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