The AA at Coventry in the 80s
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A very handsome gent! I have a sense the uniform hadn't changed very much buy the mid fifties, the pilot might even have had a Sam Brown belt, I suspect! Dioch
G-AUTO was only ever used on the one Conquest between 1979 and 1984, when it was sold to another business.
Think it was unique in being registered in the G-AU sequence, other than aircraft registered in Australia between 1919 and 1929...
Two registrations that have been used by more than one aircraft were G-BCSE, a CSE Learjet and Navajo; and G-BJCB, two different HS125s. Various period registrations which were either unallocated or allocated to aircraft which never flew with them were reissued to various classic imports in the 1980s, notably Luscombes. For some reason an Aerostar managed to gatecrash the party and was allocated G-ADRW...
Think it was unique in being registered in the G-AU sequence, other than aircraft registered in Australia between 1919 and 1929...
Two registrations that have been used by more than one aircraft were G-BCSE, a CSE Learjet and Navajo; and G-BJCB, two different HS125s. Various period registrations which were either unallocated or allocated to aircraft which never flew with them were reissued to various classic imports in the 1980s, notably Luscombes. For some reason an Aerostar managed to gatecrash the party and was allocated G-ADRW...
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"... N702S with Freeport Sulphur Co then to International Telephone and Telegraph Corp Oct 1962, then to G-ASDX with standard Telephones and Cables Ltd Nov 19, 1962, then reregistered G-AJRY Nov 21, 1962 (erroneously on basis of incorrectly reported c/n for original G-AJRY), Returned to UK as G-ASDX registered Nov 19, 1962 but NTU when it was re realised that it had previously been G-AJRY."
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They also used to do traffic reporting, I used to work on their 441’s and Lears at Rogers. In fact most aircraft mentioned including G-EAGL when it was operated by the Mosley group and flown by a true gent.
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G-AJRY was initially allocated to another de-mobbed C-47 KG607 but apparently the aircraft didn't use the registration and went instead to Singapore, so 'JRY was reallocated to KG600.
G-ASDX was also allocated to a Comanche and an Aztec both of which took on other i/ds without using 'SDX.
G-ASDX was also allocated to a Comanche and an Aztec both of which took on other i/ds without using 'SDX.
As recorded by David Reid above..... ARB "cock up" !!
Pre-WW2 the AA provided services to aviators and aviatrices (as they would then have been called).
Aviation section
There was growing interest in private flying in the late 1920s. Some members were joining flying clubs or even buying their own planes and in 1929 the AA formed an Aviation Section, initially to survey landing grounds and provide information about changes or obstructions.
The AA produced the first air-route maps and was the first to supplement telephone and post by dropping messages to patrols from aircraft.
In 1931 the AA started the first weather information service for pilots with reports broadcast every hour. Recognising its value, the Air Ministry took over the service in 1933.
The AA Aviation section continued until the outbreak of the Second World War.
The famous aviator Amy Johnson worked with the AA to plan her 1932 World Record flight to Cape Town in a De Havilland Puss Moth.
During the 1920s the AA used an airship for traffic spotting and in 1928 used two light aircraft to support the growing number of aviators joining the AA.
Source www.theaa.com
There was growing interest in private flying in the late 1920s. Some members were joining flying clubs or even buying their own planes and in 1929 the AA formed an Aviation Section, initially to survey landing grounds and provide information about changes or obstructions.
The AA produced the first air-route maps and was the first to supplement telephone and post by dropping messages to patrols from aircraft.
In 1931 the AA started the first weather information service for pilots with reports broadcast every hour. Recognising its value, the Air Ministry took over the service in 1933.
The AA Aviation section continued until the outbreak of the Second World War.
The famous aviator Amy Johnson worked with the AA to plan her 1932 World Record flight to Cape Town in a De Havilland Puss Moth.
During the 1920s the AA used an airship for traffic spotting and in 1928 used two light aircraft to support the growing number of aviators joining the AA.
Source www.theaa.com
