LUTON History and Nostalgia
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Are there any Luton Minors (or Majors) still flying ?
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Never knew that the Luton Aircraft Ltd was based just down the road at the airfield at Barton-Le-Cley before moving to Gerrards Cross.
Apparently Luton airfield became the home of No 5 Ferry Pool, an all-women group of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), who also used Barton-le-Clay as its Relief Training Ground.
A very interesting thread with maps and photos about Barton can be found here.
Barton(Beds) Aerodrome Also contains photos of the Luton Buzzard, which I had never heard of.
Apparently Luton airfield became the home of No 5 Ferry Pool, an all-women group of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), who also used Barton-le-Clay as its Relief Training Ground.
A very interesting thread with maps and photos about Barton can be found here.
Barton(Beds) Aerodrome Also contains photos of the Luton Buzzard, which I had never heard of.
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The last scrappers
OY-DSK B720, (may have been the one mentioned above as N7201U if re-registered before scrapping) and the 1-11 was G-AYUW which think ended up going to Hatfield for an emergency excercise as just the fuselage.
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Luton Buzzard II
Now that is a weird looking aircraft. The mark 2 had an enclosed cockpit and was made in 1937. It must have had a small propeller seeing that it is mounted behind the cockpit.
These snaps of obscure ultra-lights stirred a few grains of sawdust in the caverns of my mind. Can anybody recall the prang that the somewhat abrasive Luton SATCO Brimacombe Senior suffered flying a homebuilt at Luton in the sixties and the type of aircraft involved?
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G-AFZE Heath Parasol 1 April 1966. As the ATCO who was sat in the seat at the time said to me "I wasn't sure whether to press the crash alarms or start a letter 'Dear Sir, I wish to apply for the vacant position of . . . . .'" 
Got a pic somewhere . . . .
BTW It's Brimecombe.
Got a pic somewhere . . . .
BTW It's Brimecombe.
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photo of the prang here. ( photo can be clicked on the expand it)
http://www.airphotographicinternatio...asolluton-1966
So were was that photo taken?
http://www.airphotographicinternatio...asolluton-1966
So were was that photo taken?
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The photo I had in mind is on the 'net but copyrighted.
If you look here AVIATION GOLDEN OLDIES - LUTON at the bottom, right, you can see the aircraft with Brimecombe Junior seated in it and Brimecombe Senior standing behind.
If you look here AVIATION GOLDEN OLDIES - LUTON at the bottom, right, you can see the aircraft with Brimecombe Junior seated in it and Brimecombe Senior standing behind.
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The pic is taken up against the fence on he south side of the airfield where the crash occurred although I would think the wreckage has been moved to one of the EP gates prior to recovery onto the airfield.
It was at Old Warden in 1982 with a new owner but I presume it ended up in a skip when he new owner died.
The pic is taken up against the fence on he south side of the airfield where the crash occurred although I would think the wreckage has been moved to one of the EP gates prior to recovery onto the airfield.
It was at Old Warden in 1982 with a new owner but I presume it ended up in a skip when he new owner died.
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The photo I had in mind is on the 'net but copyrighted.
He has taken some wonderful photos so his website is worth a look but just don't copy any of them!
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G-AOVF passed over Luton during its last ever flight from Southend to Cosford during May 1984. I was sat in a garden in the north Luton area as it passed overhead on track to DTY wheels down. It might be a fading memory, but I also thought that it was on three engines?
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Those were the days when cargo operators using Britannia's seemed to be two a penny but I think the reality was that it was spread over a few years. Was the Invicta one cargo or passenger?
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Wishing all PPRuNer's who follow this thread a Merry Christmas but does anyone know this imposter?
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G-AOVF 12/4/80