Wander00 ... John Shelton :eek:

A great pilot and very good personal friend ... very sad he is no longer with us ...

Here is John in the rear with me up front ... A very long time ago :(

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...n101640001.jpg

Spin Check 6 left and 6 right ... PFL ... tea and debrief.

Taken 4th August 1977. WK518 (prior to her transfer to the BoBMF)

John was an ex Bristol Brigand pilot before he joined Training Command and instructed within the UAS scheme. Very handy with a shotgun in the field come the game season :ok:

Frankly, it looks like you'd put him to sleep with your war stories before they'd even pulled the chocks.

Courtney ... I'd like to think he was confident in my abilities such as they were :cool:

By the way ... before he retired he was the Boss of the F4 Sim at Wattisham ...

Courtney

The chap in the back is bracing himself for a nose-over because Coff has left the chocks in! :ok:

LJ

You guys :rolleyes:

WG479 as she was in 1985. Yours truly on his first formation solo.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps1e2ce5f2.jpg

It was a wide angle lens - honest!

Hello Wander00,

Unfortunately, F-AZLO (WG479) is based at Troyes-Barberey. (the picture was taken in the south of Paris, off Moret-Episy airfield)
I guess the closest one for you would be the DHC-1 F-AZUR (former WK562).
You can see her at La Baule airport .

Christophe.

I flew WG479 at CFS Little Rissington on 24 October 1972 if that helps fill your timeline.

Sky 51 - I go to Pornic about twice a year so I feel a "diversion" coming on. If you want a copy of my logbook pages for your archive please let me know

W

Hey Courtney,

WG479 is now fully registered in France.
We just want to keep the original RAF paint scheme.

Christophe.

WB760

Just wondering if any fellow PPRuners have this airframe in their logbook. Built in 1950 at Hawarden, she went to No14 and No 9 Reserve Flying Schools. It saw service in Cyprus as a spotter aircraft with 114 Squadron and then the RAF Nicosia Station Flight as well as various UAS, ITS, The AAC, RAFC and 1FTS. It was sold at auction from 5MU RAF Kemble on 9 Oct 1974.

Now based, appropriately, at Hawarden, and registered G-BCOO, she is being prepared for flight after a few years of inactivity.

Any info appreciated

Octavian -WB760. Flew her at Cranwell


Twice September 63

Three times October 63

What a great thread.:ok:

Sorting through a box in the loft I found my rather dog-eared old ROS book, featuring...

WB567
WB739
WB845
WD373
WK585
WP860
WP929
WP967

Plus a Beagle Basset (XS770), Wessex (XR519), Herc (XV206) and Scout (XT631).

Happy days spent at Shawbury, Boscombe Down, Coltishall and (for the most part) Turnhouse... :)

Not such a happy end for some however...:(

http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas5596.jpg

Nothing to do with my flying skills, I hasten to add...:}

Edit: Seems WK585 lived to fly another day, huzzah!

John Shelton, used to fly me occasionally at 5 AEF. Very nice chap!

Just noted the paint job on WP833 in the background of the image in my previous post. Anyone know the reason for the departure from bog-standard raspberry ripple? Don't recall seeing others like it - unique to the 'Boss' perhaps?

It was the scheme applied to the 'Round the World' aircraft just before the Chippie went out of service. This aircraft is now owned by an ex-pat Brit and is in the States.

Cheers for that Mandator.:ok:

(For anyone interested, Google "Exercise Northern Venture")

rab-k ...

Hope you find this of some interest in relation to the Chipmunk serials you have mentioned above :ok:

WB567 Now VH-JHN Queensland Australia

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...rley-Qld-2.jpg

WB739 Now F-AZVA St. Rambert d'Albion France

http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/0/12/6...b1b_f-azva.JPG

WB845 Check Serial - No 845 in WB Range could be WP845 or WZ845. However if WP845 this Chipmunk was W/O :( But WZ845 is still flying in France.


WD373 Now G-BXDI Duxford Cambridge England

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1111833M.jpg

WK585 Now G-BZGA Shoreham Sussex

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8...e00e16ce_z.jpg

And if you would like to fly in her again ...

The Real Flying Company Shoreham

WP860 Now G-BXDA Edinburgh Scotland

http://worldairimages.com/gallery3/v...g?m=1287841381

WP929 Now G-BXCV Hong Kong (the image here is from 2008 but no later pic seems to exist)

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1310654M.jpg

WP967 Now F-AZJQ Creon France

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...m/28440097.jpg

Best regards ...

Coff.

All images are linked from various internet sites and therefore the copyright belongs to the original photographer where indicated.

Coff - Outstanding! :D

Delighted that (nearly) all those listed are still going strong and giving hours of fun to their owners and others who can still experience what a fantastic aircraft the Chippy is.

Checked the ROS book, not the neatest of scribes whoever updated the flying log, but it's definitely not a Z, so must've been WP845.

Brother-in-law lives less than 2 hours from Shoreham, so guess what's going on the Christmas list this year. :E

Cheers for the reply (and PM). :ok:

(I wonder if the current driver of WK585 would book us out as "PAPPA27" for sake of authenticity :8)

RAF Chipmunks
 

Yes WP861 is in NZ I am the current owner :) seems really difficult to fine out the full history of the aircraft :ugh: