Avro Shackleton on M25 today. Where from and to?
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I'll have to see if I got a better shot of it, though I fear I was more interested in the MiG, of which I took several detailed photos. I was fortunate in that the exhibits were in daylight, there were various Mirages, Buccaneers, a beautiful F-86 and so on. Taxying to depart we passed several DC-3s, DC-4s, Pumas and rather incongruously a Beech Kingair that apparently had been impounded for drug running. Seems it is still there.
The lifeboat wearing the SAAF emblem intrigues me - would it have been underslung to drop on rescue missions I wonder? Was it an Uffa Fox design?
A fascinating trip.
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edit: Wikipedia provides the gen as usual - the lifeboats were built by Saunders Roe...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_lifeboat
The lifeboat wearing the SAAF emblem intrigues me - would it have been underslung to drop on rescue missions I wonder? Was it an Uffa Fox design?
A fascinating trip.
rgds
atb
edit: Wikipedia provides the gen as usual - the lifeboats were built by Saunders Roe...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_lifeboat
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Tried to post two photographs to go with the text below but not allowed to include URL's as I don't have '10 points'!
Came across this thread while looking for the registration of 'K'.
The photograph is of me and my mate Den Rees in Masirah, 1969. I did 13 hours in this aircraft flying from Masirah, halfway to the Maldives, square search pattern, back to Masirah. The first hour was very exciting, the other 12 did drag a little but still interesting!
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Attended the WR963 Dusk Engine Run at the weekend (2 Dec 2017).
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Came across this thread while looking for the registration of 'K'.
The photograph is of me and my mate Den Rees in Masirah, 1969. I did 13 hours in this aircraft flying from Masirah, halfway to the Maldives, square search pattern, back to Masirah. The first hour was very exciting, the other 12 did drag a little but still interesting!
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Attended the WR963 Dusk Engine Run at the weekend (2 Dec 2017).
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I don't think the shack at Long Marston is long for this world if the rumors are true. Looks like they're closing the drag strip to build more houses.
On a separate note I used to work for Air Atlantique many moons back when they had the 2 shacks knitted together in half of hangar 7. I was the one who dinked the rudder trim tab against the aileron of the other as we tried to wriggle them out in to the sunshine. Sorry boys. Its good to see the one at Cov running and rolling tho. Long may it last, although the long term future of CVT seems a bit uncertain.
On a separate note I used to work for Air Atlantique many moons back when they had the 2 shacks knitted together in half of hangar 7. I was the one who dinked the rudder trim tab against the aileron of the other as we tried to wriggle them out in to the sunshine. Sorry boys. Its good to see the one at Cov running and rolling tho. Long may it last, although the long term future of CVT seems a bit uncertain.
