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Actually it was a fair bit after the end of the war, I remember seeing it taxiing out of its hangar before its first flight from the the top deck of a bus on my way home from school, happy days!!
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Vickers Viking.....?
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Well, sort of yes, no and yes again!
Like a lot of British aircraft manufacturers, this one was absorbed by another Group which later split and the original part was brought out by its Management and started trading again under the original name, now under the EASA banner, it has plans in hand to survive Brexit
Like a lot of British aircraft manufacturers, this one was absorbed by another Group which later split and the original part was brought out by its Management and started trading again under the original name, now under the EASA banner, it has plans in hand to survive Brexit
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Sorry dook, I think I may have misled you slightly whilst trying not to hand you the answer on a plate, relying on memory and later experience with them, I now find that things were far more involved than it seemed at the time!! One of the principle characters involved was a regular lunch time visitor to the Public House run by my mother (opposite my school) and he later became quite famous! I will tell you now that my school was called Prince Avenue Junior. 
Checking out the history, it was in fact taken over by a non-manufacturer that was providing defence support services to the Royal Air Force, the Fleet Air Arm and other overseas air forces. It also played a significant role in Post War civil aviation, both here and abroad.
Checking out the history, it was in fact taken over by a non-manufacturer that was providing defence support services to the Royal Air Force, the Fleet Air Arm and other overseas air forces. It also played a significant role in Post War civil aviation, both here and abroad.
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Oh dear! I see that the Airwork story on wiki didn't hand it to you on a plate like I feared it might! My challenge's Company is actually mentioned, but somewhat blurred by another takeover/name change!
The challenge is not from Airspeed, but the revelation of my school's name should home you in!
The challenge is not from Airspeed, but the revelation of my school's name should home you in!