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The forelgners conl,lnue to creep ln s1ow1y. First of the month was the Cltation oY-CYTon the lrd whlch used the callslgn "Alr Alsie 161" and night stopped. The Ktn6 Alr A10O
F-GFVII on the Jth use<i thc callsign "Sln Atr 011" and v1sltin6 on the sanne day was theRockwell 6908 oo-frAT. ltarrlng had our flrst ever Portuguese r:eglstratlon last yeaL lrerapldly had another when the A1r Atlantis Boelne ?)? CS-TII vtslted as "Atlantts JB1-2"on the 6th. ilK based Klng Atr 90 yll-CGf rnade the first of three vlslts thls nonth onthe !th, the other tro vtslts were on the 14th and llst. The Challenge AIr Klng AlrF-GEI.I nadc its first vlslt of the year on the 10th as "CIc 22L. A new Cltatlon tothe LM xa:! OY-.IEY on the l1th whlch ls reglstered to lars Chrlstlansen but was bookedin to Brantford Internattonal. Nlght stoppln6 on the 16th was Twin Comanche NB&EIYwhlch ls a L967 ncd,el wlth c/n )o-L6l+?. A sllghtly nexer Ptper vas the seneca ofLyrApn the 17th whlch is {n )tt-6171019 raaj<ine lt a 1981 nodel. Another KIng Alr was F-CILEwhlch is a 200 and used the callslgn "ARL 101" on the 18bh and belongs to Soc. Alrlec.Dolng a provlng fllght prlor to the Summer season Has the Airbus J2O of EUro qfprla5B-DBB on the 19th using callslgn "Qrprlana 121T". The same day fourd Klng Alr 90 OY-CCC night stopping, accordong to rqy reglster thls belongs to the unlikely soundlngPPHSC ll Aps ? Dolng a hospltal fllght frorn lra-klion on the 22nd was the D(ecutlve JetAvlatlon Iear Jet 36A llT)-vt'S wlth the callstgn "EtEL?5'. cessna 210 Er-BUF owned tythe 210 Club vlstted on the 2Jth along,wlth tEe Kln6 Atr J50 Vll-CSH and Klng Atr 200F-CFTA whtch used callslgn "FRI ?51-2". The 26th fotrnd us utth three forelgners nlghtstopplng, Tullp Air's two Navajo's were PII-GYN "Tullp 01A-d'and.letalr's Fh.lcon 10was F-GB[I. Dtvertlng ln wlth technlcal trouble on the 2BLh nas Yarrlor N4IO6Z whlch lsone of the USAF Aero Club's alrcraft, and nas en route frorn tpper Heyford to Ieucharsrhich Is a falrly 1on6 haul. Another fla6 of convenience reglstratlon was the Gulf -stream SIIO VR-BLK on the 30th whlch belon6s to Control Technlques P1c. llhat nust bethe best forelgner for sone tlme was the Challenger 9+.CBS of Sclbe of Za|re whichvtslted.on the ]1st fmrn and to Rmssels and was our flrst alrcraft reglstered inZaire. Also on the llst was the Cessna l4OA D-II{CI. A few of the UK reglstered vlsltorsalso stand out. On the 2nd Alr UK bon'owed the G111 Alr Short 160 C-SBAC and lt arrlvedas "UX O12", tt Is ex EI-tsEL. AIr UX also trrought ln a couple of snal.ler aircraf't Hlthspares for thelr englneers, Nawajo C-llRO( was "UK 0r" on the llth anat Cessna 421CG-IiIAHR ras "l.ll( 051" on the 26th. Thelr Short )60 |-BLZI was noted on the "Ux?06" onlhe Zllh, It went mlsslrg on the 28th but on the 29th ft arrlved back as ".lersey 0ll"In Jersey Europeans colours and went lnto service for then. On the 2Bth DarFalr's nenRoelry 7)7 4O0 G-BSlfl operated through the tBA for the flrst tlne. For me the star ofthe nonth (whtch I dful not see beeause I was at work) ras the newly restored Dove BG-OPLC of RSJ Avlatlon vhlch amlved as "RSJ 01" on the 2Jth. Two departures thls month,Cessna 421C G-FIJRP has gone to a nen owner dorn South. The Cessna llo C-0CAN dld aJl alrtest on the mornlng of the 27th ard was then palnted as VR-CHH and depart,ed for Cuernseyal l)Z?hrs, The fatest Yorkshlre Aeroplane Club ah:craft to be palnted ln the new blueand whlte colours ls C-BFEL whilst G-OJVH ls away at Cranfleld being done at the momont.Nearly forgot the rnltltarytt The fessex XRJO4 on the 10th ls one of 22 Squadrons and nas"llescue lZf'. Sea Klng ZAll0 spent three days ln the area starUlng on the llth and ltnight stopped at Coney Park, lt xas uslng cal}slgn "Navy Z\l'. An unusuaf W ulsitor on'Lhe 20th was the Hawk XX159 fmrn llatfleld as "BHl{ 06"1 on the same day Hercules XV21!was "Ascot 5641". nrll energencf,r standby nas fatd on for the Jet Provost xU293"FW L5'
- on the 2lrd when lt had to dlvert ln wlth a btorm canopy. It crept off to YIA to llcklts wounds and departcd bad< to Elnnlngley on the 26th. Coning ln for a ched< with theCAA exari.ncr on the 24th was Jetstream XXt91 "fYY 60". A Royal Fllght for Her I'tajestythe Qucen on the 27th was made by BAe 1tt6 ZYJO2 as "Kltty 1". Elnal rnllltary of ihemonth was Andover XS/!4. "Ascot 1164".0oncy Park Is now a fully licenced Atrfield so we have lost all their Helicoptersfron the movenents.
lo.ocLrIN Rrasllla(;-BICB Short 360vR-nI{ Guf fstrearn BI+O(L\t7llffir36*-(.LIiIJH Dou8las DCpC-II'rTX Cheyenne l(LFlIDll Dor:61as DCpC-,lLnU Duchess(LmnR Short 16O(;-OtnH Short 16OI.iI-CFA SAAB lIO#_TLIIZI Short J6O
11.!,lg[g-!Hgi?C-oMII Shod 36O{l-nRIrV Cessna T1B2(iELDIl Douglas DC9It-ll,lCI Cessna ']lt0(:-tlulH Douglas DC9r;-NIr-IP Jetranger(;-IoGI ,Ietstrear(;-OROII Short J60(;-fURP Cessna l+ztcC-F|LDH Douglas DC!qklEE-EreEl.UaI|I-CM SAAB J&O
The forelgners conl,lnue to creep ln s1ow1y. First of the month was the Cltation oY-CYTon the lrd whlch used the callslgn "Alr Alsie 161" and night stopped. The Ktn6 Alr A10O
F-GFVII on the Jth use<i thc callsign "Sln Atr 011" and v1sltin6 on the sanne day was theRockwell 6908 oo-frAT. ltarrlng had our flrst ever Portuguese r:eglstratlon last yeaL lrerapldly had another when the A1r Atlantis Boelne ?)? CS-TII vtslted as "Atlantts JB1-2"on the 6th. ilK based Klng Atr 90 yll-CGf rnade the first of three vlslts thls nonth onthe !th, the other tro vtslts were on the 14th and llst. The Challenge AIr Klng AlrF-GEI.I nadc its first vlslt of the year on the 10th as "CIc 22L. A new Cltatlon tothe LM xa:! OY-.IEY on the l1th whlch ls reglstered to lars Chrlstlansen but was bookedin to Brantford Internattonal. Nlght stoppln6 on the 16th was Twin Comanche NB&EIYwhlch ls a L967 ncd,el wlth c/n )o-L6l+?. A sllghtly nexer Ptper vas the seneca ofLyrApn the 17th whlch is {n )tt-6171019 raaj<ine lt a 1981 nodel. Another KIng Alr was F-CILEwhlch is a 200 and used the callslgn "ARL 101" on the 18bh and belongs to Soc. Alrlec.Dolng a provlng fllght prlor to the Summer season Has the Airbus J2O of EUro qfprla5B-DBB on the 19th using callslgn "Qrprlana 121T". The same day fourd Klng Alr 90 OY-CCC night stopping, accordong to rqy reglster thls belongs to the unlikely soundlngPPHSC ll Aps ? Dolng a hospltal fllght frorn lra-klion on the 22nd was the D(ecutlve JetAvlatlon Iear Jet 36A llT)-vt'S wlth the callstgn "EtEL?5'. cessna 210 Er-BUF owned tythe 210 Club vlstted on the 2Jth along,wlth tEe Kln6 Atr J50 Vll-CSH and Klng Atr 200F-CFTA whtch used callslgn "FRI ?51-2". The 26th fotrnd us utth three forelgners nlghtstopplng, Tullp Air's two Navajo's were PII-GYN "Tullp 01A-d'and.letalr's Fh.lcon 10was F-GB[I. Dtvertlng ln wlth technlcal trouble on the 2BLh nas Yarrlor N4IO6Z whlch lsone of the USAF Aero Club's alrcraft, and nas en route frorn tpper Heyford to Ieucharsrhich Is a falrly 1on6 haul. Another fla6 of convenience reglstratlon was the Gulf -stream SIIO VR-BLK on the 30th whlch belon6s to Control Technlques P1c. llhat nust bethe best forelgner for sone tlme was the Challenger 9+.CBS of Sclbe of Za|re whichvtslted.on the ]1st fmrn and to Rmssels and was our flrst alrcraft reglstered inZaire. Also on the llst was the Cessna l4OA D-II{CI. A few of the UK reglstered vlsltorsalso stand out. On the 2nd Alr UK bon'owed the G111 Alr Short 160 C-SBAC and lt arrlvedas "UX O12", tt Is ex EI-tsEL. AIr UX also trrought ln a couple of snal.ler aircraf't Hlthspares for thelr englneers, Nawajo C-llRO( was "UK 0r" on the llth anat Cessna 421CG-IiIAHR ras "l.ll( 051" on the 26th. Thelr Short )60 |-BLZI was noted on the "Ux?06" onlhe Zllh, It went mlsslrg on the 28th but on the 29th ft arrlved back as ".lersey 0ll"In Jersey Europeans colours and went lnto service for then. On the 2Bth DarFalr's nenRoelry 7)7 4O0 G-BSlfl operated through the tBA for the flrst tlne. For me the star ofthe nonth (whtch I dful not see beeause I was at work) ras the newly restored Dove BG-OPLC of RSJ Avlatlon vhlch amlved as "RSJ 01" on the 2Jth. Two departures thls month,Cessna 421C G-FIJRP has gone to a nen owner dorn South. The Cessna llo C-0CAN dld aJl alrtest on the mornlng of the 27th ard was then palnted as VR-CHH and depart,ed for Cuernseyal l)Z?hrs, The fatest Yorkshlre Aeroplane Club ah:craft to be palnted ln the new blueand whlte colours ls C-BFEL whilst G-OJVH ls away at Cranfleld being done at the momont.Nearly forgot the rnltltarytt The fessex XRJO4 on the 10th ls one of 22 Squadrons and nas"llescue lZf'. Sea Klng ZAll0 spent three days ln the area starUlng on the llth and ltnight stopped at Coney Park, lt xas uslng cal}slgn "Navy Z\l'. An unusuaf W ulsitor on'Lhe 20th was the Hawk XX159 fmrn llatfleld as "BHl{ 06"1 on the same day Hercules XV21!was "Ascot 5641". nrll energencf,r standby nas fatd on for the Jet Provost xU293"FW L5'
- on the 2lrd when lt had to dlvert ln wlth a btorm canopy. It crept off to YIA to llcklts wounds and departcd bad< to Elnnlngley on the 26th. Coning ln for a ched< with theCAA exari.ncr on the 24th was Jetstream XXt91 "fYY 60". A Royal Fllght for Her I'tajestythe Qucen on the 27th was made by BAe 1tt6 ZYJO2 as "Kltty 1". Elnal rnllltary of ihemonth was Andover XS/!4. "Ascot 1164".0oncy Park Is now a fully licenced Atrfield so we have lost all their Helicoptersfron the movenents.
lo.ocLrIN Rrasllla(;-BICB Short 360vR-nI{ Guf fstrearn BI+O(L\t7llffir36*-(.LIiIJH Dou8las DCpC-II'rTX Cheyenne l(LFlIDll Dor:61as DCpC-,lLnU Duchess(LmnR Short 16O(;-OtnH Short 16OI.iI-CFA SAAB lIO#_TLIIZI Short J6O
11.!,lg[g-!Hgi?C-oMII Shod 36O{l-nRIrV Cessna T1B2(iELDIl Douglas DC9It-ll,lCI Cessna ']lt0(:-tlulH Douglas DC9r;-NIr-IP Jetranger(;-IoGI ,Ietstrear(;-OROII Short J60(;-fURP Cessna l+ztcC-F|LDH Douglas DC!qklEE-EreEl.UaI|I-CM SAAB J&O
??/1. A large new hargar has been constructed Iea.dlng to an increase ln r:esldents.'lhosc noted on the above date were:- C-ARIX PA-zb, G-Alll.rB A..09 Alredale, C-ASUL1".172?, G-AVGV F.t50G, 1-AVCZ Dn.1050, C-AWID 150C, c-Avrd; 1y.80, c-Avzp ts.Lz!. G-Al{xut,.Lp.t, c-Axcs D.62B, c-AXltT lts.B8oB, G-BBE{ F'RUD Srs 2, CTBBCN
'III.LOO/2LO. G-BDIX n120,
r:-nK^o D.112, C-BKrZ T.67il, C-BOHV Tallwind, (LBPFL Davis DA.2, C-Rp,m SOCATA 110SI,(i-llPY.l Tailwlnd, C-ISIB Stearna.n, C-BSMI| Rans S.6, C-Hllil Carlson Spar:row II, G-GBLFttlt.r()0, C-MVP,I nans S.5, C-i"1WA,I Reno3ade Spirit llX, C-lvtW(lA l?ans [].5, G-MtrIr{ Rans Ii.l},(;-I1!IVL nans S.6UlD, C-NNAC PA-18-115, C-yISy Anrlreasson I]A.r+ti.Viril,ing on this date ras C-RPUR R.I|?K,
??/1. A large new hargar has been constructed Iea.dlng to an increase ln r:esldents.'lhosc noted on the above date were:- C-ARIX PA-zb, G-Alll.rB A..09 Alredale, C-ASUL1".172?, G-AVGV F.t50G, 1-AVCZ Dn.1050, C-AWID 150C, c-Avrd; 1y.80, c-Avzp ts.Lz!. G-Al{xut,.Lp.t, c-Axcs D.62B, c-AXltT lts.B8oB, G-BBE{ F'RUD Srs 2, CTBBCN
'III.LOO/2LO. G-BDIX n120,
r:-nK^o D.112, C-BKrZ T.67il, C-BOHV Tallwind, (LBPFL Davis DA.2, C-Rp,m SOCATA 110SI,(i-llPY.l Tailwlnd, C-ISIB Stearna.n, C-BSMI| Rans S.6, C-Hllil Carlson Spar:row II, G-GBLFttlt.r()0, C-MVP,I nans S.5, C-i"1WA,I Reno3ade Spirit llX, C-lvtW(lA l?ans [].5, G-MtrIr{ Rans Ii.l},(;-I1!IVL nans S.6UlD, C-NNAC PA-18-115, C-yISy Anrlreasson I]A.r+ti.Viril,ing on this date ras C-RPUR R.I|?K,
IL(]IIMY has been heard on several occaslons comlng out of/golng lnto ErrlA. The alrcrafti s of course owned \r BMH who are trpped as berrg tnterersled In the flnancla1lyl'rorrbled Ro1ls Royce car compaJry who irave their hea-dquarters at Der\r. r.m onl-y guesc-1rv1.... but tlne rill tellt'los A1r use HAN as a fuel stop,when head wlnds over the north Attantic are too strorgfor l.heir fllghts to get Softa,/.lFx dlrcct..li^:; fllghts of't.en route over [rrR and turn left to LHR approachlng the MCT but it wasttlcc to s;ee some of the regular stansted fllghts como t'his ""v "i ti" zoth. The normalrorrte is down the North Sea to Clacton.Ae.oflot have also been noted taklng different routes rcoently. Norrnar flightstl}. then stralght along the ilRl route and thcn.l.eI.t turn al, ofB to DANDI. I,vcalways assurned that the 9-t1ti-on at Flllngdales; Has one r:eason for thc lack of shortene-dr-orrl'ings as well as the lrlilltary flylng ireas. However nittr recent foljtical chan*es:reveral flights have been seen to cut the corner takiqg thern alnost wal airect I)ANDI sot.hat they end up north of l-eeds,
t5.
A I IIUAYI; - I'llBlitl^nY 1912 ( Contd. )
l'Jotcs : -Itotsl on the 26th wer:e two s*range allslgns, NlrA9460, a R?47, going to IIRA and not Inlhe rrsrraf s;equence usr-xl t1y military fli.ghts. It has becn noted. scveral times slnce.rtlso MPII?6?(> a W(t?, posslbly a delivary.T am wontleri.ng if the unldentlfied btz jet on the 29Lh is the property of ;r certaincompany who nanufagture sports equlpnent?I wll1 fist nerL month alf the known fllght nunbers usually used by compani.es fordcllvery, trainirg or: other non regular operatlons.AZL62O nou operated by llDll. AAL r.rltl start uslng these on luhe AAL/I 55 from Aprll 6that }tAN. Are ihought to te on scveral ser:vlces Inio Fhrope alrea.rly, A lB4/ S, for onc.ljr{R use HD1ls on flrghts to6/IoB/L2o/L18. ApR usins B/5/ on Alnol5/o2?/o)5/o?5 antR?U/ tno noted on AFn077.over the weekend of 6th to Bth tlarch the usual bl-annual invaslon of FYench nr6byunlon supporters carne to ftIlnburgh. Over the Saturday and Sunday there was llttleopporLunl-ty to see alrcraft because of weather tmt FYlday nas clear wlth 'tralllng'skies. Seen on F:.lday were two A1r Llberte fllghts, two Alr Charter and one Air Toul.-ouse. Heard over the remalnder of the weekend Here fllghts from these operators plusCorse AIr, Irllnerve, Air FYance and lots of prlvate flights ty alrcraft of FYencho::lgln varylng ln level fron IrL12O to FL390.'['o Eastern Europe now for a look at the new operators:-S1ovenla. Regishation letters SI-. Adrla has rereglstered lts fleet of DC9/MDBl,A)2O, DIIC? as SlrA+f. Iatvla. Ullf use RY-. Estonla. FS-AAC ls a TulJ&M of the air*llne ltstonlan. Russla. Aviatlne has ta.ken over a selesLion of pr:eriously Polish Anz,+ard 11,62 alrcrafL. The alrline ls based ln the ukraine. Poland. LOI will operate theirnew R7)7-9O lnto l4AN thls suruner, Saturday af'ternoons star-bi.ng May 2nd. Rulgari.a.Ilalkan Al20 IZ-AM seen Manchcster .Ianuary 19th.
'l'he tr:ar 55 of Shorbs i.s a rogular sight on thc airrrays. Tt has now been joined, (oris it replacexl), ty two sinil.ar aircraft. Icar l1 NlltrK and Lear )J lllJIK are tothopcral;al t1y fihor-ts a.nrl roporLcdJ.y tnse<l at Cranfield.
IL(]IIMY has been heard on several occaslons comlng out of/golng lnto ErrlA. The alrcrafti s of course owned \r BMH who are trpped as berrg tnterersled In the flnancla1lyl'rorrbled Ro1ls Royce car compaJry who irave their hea-dquarters at Der\r. r.m onl-y guesc-1rv1.... but tlne rill tellt'los A1r use HAN as a fuel stop,when head wlnds over the north Attantic are too strorgfor l.heir fllghts to get Softa,/.lFx dlrcct..li^:; fllghts of't.en route over [rrR and turn left to LHR approachlng the MCT but it wasttlcc to s;ee some of the regular stansted fllghts como t'his ""v "i ti" zoth. The normalrorrte is down the North Sea to Clacton.Ae.oflot have also been noted taklng different routes rcoently. Norrnar flightstl}. then stralght along the ilRl route and thcn.l.eI.t turn al, ofB to DANDI. I,vcalways assurned that the 9-t1ti-on at Flllngdales; Has one r:eason for thc lack of shortene-dr-orrl'ings as well as the lrlilltary flylng ireas. However nittr recent foljtical chan*es:reveral flights have been seen to cut the corner takiqg thern alnost wal airect I)ANDI sot.hat they end up north of l-eeds,
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A I IIUAYI; - I'llBlitl^nY 1912 ( Contd. )
l'Jotcs : -Itotsl on the 26th wer:e two s*range allslgns, NlrA9460, a R?47, going to IIRA and not Inlhe rrsrraf s;equence usr-xl t1y military fli.ghts. It has becn noted. scveral times slnce.rtlso MPII?6?(> a W(t?, posslbly a delivary.T am wontleri.ng if the unldentlfied btz jet on the 29Lh is the property of ;r certaincompany who nanufagture sports equlpnent?I wll1 fist nerL month alf the known fllght nunbers usually used by compani.es fordcllvery, trainirg or: other non regular operatlons.AZL62O nou operated by llDll. AAL r.rltl start uslng these on luhe AAL/I 55 from Aprll 6that }tAN. Are ihought to te on scveral ser:vlces Inio Fhrope alrea.rly, A lB4/ S, for onc.ljr{R use HD1ls on flrghts to6/IoB/L2o/L18. ApR usins B/5/ on Alnol5/o2?/o)5/o?5 antR?U/ tno noted on AFn077.over the weekend of 6th to Bth tlarch the usual bl-annual invaslon of FYench nr6byunlon supporters carne to ftIlnburgh. Over the Saturday and Sunday there was llttleopporLunl-ty to see alrcraft because of weather tmt FYlday nas clear wlth 'tralllng'skies. Seen on F:.lday were two A1r Llberte fllghts, two Alr Charter and one Air Toul.-ouse. Heard over the remalnder of the weekend Here fllghts from these operators plusCorse AIr, Irllnerve, Air FYance and lots of prlvate flights ty alrcraft of FYencho::lgln varylng ln level fron IrL12O to FL390.'['o Eastern Europe now for a look at the new operators:-S1ovenla. Regishation letters SI-. Adrla has rereglstered lts fleet of DC9/MDBl,A)2O, DIIC? as SlrA+f. Iatvla. Ullf use RY-. Estonla. FS-AAC ls a TulJ&M of the air*llne ltstonlan. Russla. Aviatlne has ta.ken over a selesLion of pr:eriously Polish Anz,+ard 11,62 alrcrafL. The alrline ls based ln the ukraine. Poland. LOI will operate theirnew R7)7-9O lnto l4AN thls suruner, Saturday af'ternoons star-bi.ng May 2nd. Rulgari.a.Ilalkan Al20 IZ-AM seen Manchcster .Ianuary 19th.
'l'he tr:ar 55 of Shorbs i.s a rogular sight on thc airrrays. Tt has now been joined, (oris it replacexl), ty two sinil.ar aircraft. Icar l1 NlltrK and Lear )J lllJIK are tothopcral;al t1y fihor-ts a.nrl roporLcdJ.y tnse<l at Cranfield.
ArnuAys - HARCH 1q92 (contd.)Ar: of the beglnnlrg of sumrner schedules Lufthansa chan8od al1 its F'iuropean flightnrrntnrs fron those ln the sequence DLlll6XJ( to I)l,HrlXXX. Thc f1 ights r+ith a DLHflXXnrrnter are the propellor serulces and are unchangcxl. The lvlanchester serrlces arc notfrr'l Iy clear yet tn-rt Dublln has changed fron DIJII6Bo Lo Dl,ll42lO/2), by the tlme thesoworls are publlshed the senrice w111 days lr).5,?, an'ive/depart Dubli.n at 1'2O5/LI+3O.
'l'irups are avallabl.e on tJestbound Atlantic flights and for tluropean T.T. operationsinl.o northern U.K. alrports. Send fists ln order, with a stanpcd, self addresscri,'nvclope tol- S.Rtgg, 16 Castle Road, Sanclal, tlakefield. $fZ 7LY.'l lranl(s as usuaf to Davld Fllarn.
I]()N I;I'ANDARD FLJG}IT NU},IBENS
I' pos,itionlng T tralnln6 D dellveryItAlllo8ll used for R?4?-ttOOMUg5xxP or g7xxP de1 of B?)?, W5?, R76? and sundry posn. fIlshts.KLM1X91 often seen tJBl to/from SNN (x=7 B?l+?, x--) W)?)KLI'13001 tor ?3?/?W dellveriesAZAWZX seen recently on I'1D11 dels.AZAIXXX ls used for frei.ght fllghtsDryttxx/967x seen on Wt+?/?)? dets.DLIilIgXX occasionally to SNN
CDNIXXJ( on B7)7 leases olnalntalnarceI,AITXXX movlng and rotatirg thelr 8727sglr$g??L seen on R76? dels.AFR)?)Y seen on B7l+? dels.AFS5XXX used for frelght ftlghts
T DAll"7/I or BqTP DAtf79 or @ followed by the reglstratlon last twoD NUA96B1 used on A320 tlels. through Prestrlck.
A JOUNNEY TO THE EAST
tS interest ln avlatlon stems back sone trenty-flve years to the days when as a youngtny I spent many hours at Hanchester Alrporl plane spottlng. Then nost of the trafficwas turbo or plston englned such as Vlscormts, Vanguards, Ambassadors, Constellbtlonsand DG-ls. Nowadays ny lnterest ln avlatlon Is fr:orn a career polnt of vlew.and I anlortunate that rqy job as a travel a€ent allows me various trips amund the world atl:rvourable.rates. On the nornlng of l{ednesday Bth May I nade an early start to dri-verlown the ld anrl round l-he A2J to Heathr:ow Airport. After parklng the car I checkedin wlth Slngapore Alrflnes wlthln terninal I for flieht SQlg to Singapore via Bombayrlrrc. to depart at 09JO hours. As a bonus for arrivlng early all passengers checking innore than two hours before departur.e arie glven a il5 breakfast voucher so I vas able tocnjoy a hearty breakfast before boardlng the aircraft. I had nanag(d to book seats trythe wlnd.ow on rou 41 lrhlch are by the energency exit over the rlng and enjoy lots of1og roon. At about 0940 hours BoelnS 7lr7-&OO Mogatop !v-Sl,lE taxied out from starxl andtook off on a brl€ht suruqr Iondon nornin€. lle soon entered cloual Hhlch was with us allthe way so not much to see I'm afTaid. It was therefore tlrne to settlc tnck, enjoy agood mea1, flne wlne and the supcrb Slngapore Tiger beer befor:e xatching the fl1n asue spcd htgh above the ltled. and Middle Fbst. tly the tlme lre arnivcd at Bombay someclght hours flfty nlnutes l.ater it uas dar{< as local tine was 22.fl hours.'l'he air-port has no transit lounge so He were forced to stay on board as thr: aircraft nascleaned and prepared for the onward flight. Thc airport Has very qrrlct, but quite afew Air Indla.Iumbos plus Intlian Airlines Roeirg 7)7 's and Airbuses were noted.
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A .IOURNIIY TO TI{E IIAST
After atnut ll{) nlnutes the aircraft fllled alrnost to capaclty wlth new passergers ardve took off for: the ftve hour forty nlnute ftl6ht to Slngapore. Our arrlval at Char8lAirport was at 0930 hours 1oca1 time bang on schedule. l{e docked nose ln at Termlnal 2
tnsi<le an SIA Alrbus and a Malaysian B.?)?. Changl Alrport has becn votcd the world'sbcst for the last three ycars, an award lt certalnly deserves. Termlnal 2 rlns parallelwlth one of the naln runways, all aircraft docklng nose in. It can accorunodate lO.Iumbo'ssirlo by slde so you can teIl the length of the builctlng. lnslde one has to just standtnck and adrnire the cleanllness of the thid< plle calpets and pollshed narble. Plentyof seats, shops, restaurants a.nd even Haterfalls, flshponds ard aquarluns make lt a nostpleasant place. Ibggagc claln and custons formallties were soon over and He were on ourway to our hotel for a shower and brurih up.After two tlays of extensive slghtseelng ln thls 1ove1y clty lt was tack to Ctrangl for:the Tradewlnds fl-Ight to Kuantan, ln Malaysla. Tradewlnds is a subsldlary of S.I.A. andtlys two Prelry 7)?-3Y0s on nalnly 1ocal servlces to Asian exotlc resort areas. 9V-TRAwas waitlng for us at Cate FBJ ard xe departe<I at 1110 hours for the forty mlmrte fllghtvarlous SIA alrc::afL were notrd. plus Ga:rda F,zB & Lcg. l,lalayslan ?)?r Alr C},Lna ?6?and a tltA 7U/. I knew Kuantan to be a very qulet alrport wlth approx. B scheduledf1l61hts a day malnly to Kuala Lunpur. tlhat I dldn't know nas that it Is also a very lnp-ortant nllltary alrfielal. After landlrg re nade a lef't turn and taxled ln front of a rowof twelve R.H.A.F. Skyhawks, 6 Pilatus Pu?, l+ Bulldogs and a S-61N before crossl.ng thcmaln nuway to park by the smalI ternlnal buildlng on an apron capable of holdlng justone aircraft. l{e returned to Kuantan some nlne days later to a chaotic termlnaf build-lng, checked ln rlth Malayslan Alrllnes and ralted ln the very stuffy tuildlng for our'alrcraft to arrlve. Across the rr:nway I could see a slrnllar llne of ml}itary alrcraftto uhen we arrlved wlth the addltlon of tso HercuLes. At 1810 hours Malayslan Boetn6D|-lnO gll-ltlll arrlved and ne rere soon on board and on our way badr to Slngapore. AsIt ras dark Hhen we ar:clved very few alrcraft were seen except for a neil Swlssalr MIL,1lwhlch re pad<ed next to. A11 too qulckly the last three days passed away and I was tackat Changl ched(lng In xlth S.I.A. for the return flIght. Just before boarding, the tele*v161on ln the lounge at the departure gate flashed up the nelrs of the traglc assaslna-tlon of najlv Ga.rdhl. Thls caused a near starnpede as three quar[e]ri of the boardlngpassenger:s were fndlans bourd for Bonbay. Thls event rras to later alter our returnplans consLclerahly. The alrcr.afb provided for our return f1lght this tlne rras S.I.A.slatest l,legatop lV-SllI just two nonths old havlrg been rleflvered on 2Jth Febmary. Thealrcrafb departed lrJ rnlnutes late as two passengers declded not to board at the lastmlnute and all the lrygage had to be off-loaded ln order to locate thetrs. Then, ofcourse, lt all had to be :reloaded. On departure the usuaf mixture of Gamcla, llalaysianand SIA alrcraft were notd plus 7lr7s of Cargolux and Iflfthansa.Iiix hours later re arlved at Bonhay after a ftlrn and a very good Rrunch. A total of 270people lefb the alrcraft here and re r.er€ to plck up a slnllar mrmber plus change thewhol.e crew before tlepartlrg for London. As It .was daytlne one could see an interestir4lassorLnent of alrcraft amund the airfleld. A numter of retired Boeing /0/s plus fourIXLIs outslde thc Ainrorks Indla hangar two of which were ainrorthy plus a couple ofCar.avelles palnted blue and yelIow. On the termlnal rarnp were Alr Yernini Boein6 /0/,(ZO-lrCS; Vayudoot Do::nler 228 (W-ErP), Sabena DC-10 plus a nrmber of Irultan AirfinesRoeing 7J7s and Ai.rbuses and AIr Indta ,lunbos. It was otnrious that there was a str:ongmi.litary presencc a.rormd the alrfteld ard the alrcraf't, deparLure ttne pa.ssed without;tny sign of the chan6e crew or the passengers. I,Ventually after atrout two hours the(laptain askcd thc crow to prepare the cabtn for dcpar:ture saylng that he would erplalnal.L a.s soon as He werc airborne. MIJ<e India was soon started and taxied out for depat-ture. Shortly after takc-off the Captaln ca.me over the tannoy and made an armouncement.l\rc to the tcnse atnospherc in Romtny it had bcen unsafe for the relief crew to leave'Llrc hotcl. Cangs had takcn to the streets, there had treen sonc stone throrlng andvelricl.cs sct on fir:e, and ma4y passengers had been unable to get to the airport tochcck in on tine. Insidc the airport the tenslon had bollexl over and a number of lncld-onts h:ul bcen rcported.
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ArnuAys - HARCH 1q92 (contd.)Ar: of the beglnnlrg of sumrner schedules Lufthansa chan8od al1 its F'iuropean flightnrrntnrs fron those ln the sequence DLlll6XJ( to I)l,HrlXXX. Thc f1 ights r+ith a DLHflXXnrrnter are the propellor serulces and are unchangcxl. The lvlanchester serrlces arc notfrr'l Iy clear yet tn-rt Dublln has changed fron DIJII6Bo Lo Dl,ll42lO/2), by the tlme thesoworls are publlshed the senrice w111 days lr).5,?, an'ive/depart Dubli.n at 1'2O5/LI+3O.
'l'irups are avallabl.e on tJestbound Atlantic flights and for tluropean T.T. operationsinl.o northern U.K. alrports. Send fists ln order, with a stanpcd, self addresscri,'nvclope tol- S.Rtgg, 16 Castle Road, Sanclal, tlakefield. $fZ 7LY.'l lranl(s as usuaf to Davld Fllarn.
I]()N I;I'ANDARD FLJG}IT NU},IBENS
I' pos,itionlng T tralnln6 D dellveryItAlllo8ll used for R?4?-ttOOMUg5xxP or g7xxP de1 of B?)?, W5?, R76? and sundry posn. fIlshts.KLM1X91 often seen tJBl to/from SNN (x=7 B?l+?, x--) W)?)KLI'13001 tor ?3?/?W dellveriesAZAWZX seen recently on I'1D11 dels.AZAIXXX ls used for frei.ght fllghtsDryttxx/967x seen on Wt+?/?)? dets.DLIilIgXX occasionally to SNN
CDNIXXJ( on B7)7 leases olnalntalnarceI,AITXXX movlng and rotatirg thelr 8727sglr$g??L seen on R76? dels.AFR)?)Y seen on B7l+? dels.AFS5XXX used for frelght ftlghts
T DAll"7/I or BqTP DAtf79 or @ followed by the reglstratlon last twoD NUA96B1 used on A320 tlels. through Prestrlck.
A JOUNNEY TO THE EAST
tS interest ln avlatlon stems back sone trenty-flve years to the days when as a youngtny I spent many hours at Hanchester Alrporl plane spottlng. Then nost of the trafficwas turbo or plston englned such as Vlscormts, Vanguards, Ambassadors, Constellbtlonsand DG-ls. Nowadays ny lnterest ln avlatlon Is fr:orn a career polnt of vlew.and I anlortunate that rqy job as a travel a€ent allows me various trips amund the world atl:rvourable.rates. On the nornlng of l{ednesday Bth May I nade an early start to dri-verlown the ld anrl round l-he A2J to Heathr:ow Airport. After parklng the car I checkedin wlth Slngapore Alrflnes wlthln terninal I for flieht SQlg to Singapore via Bombayrlrrc. to depart at 09JO hours. As a bonus for arrivlng early all passengers checking innore than two hours before departur.e arie glven a il5 breakfast voucher so I vas able tocnjoy a hearty breakfast before boardlng the aircraft. I had nanag(d to book seats trythe wlnd.ow on rou 41 lrhlch are by the energency exit over the rlng and enjoy lots of1og roon. At about 0940 hours BoelnS 7lr7-&OO Mogatop !v-Sl,lE taxied out from starxl andtook off on a brl€ht suruqr Iondon nornin€. lle soon entered cloual Hhlch was with us allthe way so not much to see I'm afTaid. It was therefore tlrne to settlc tnck, enjoy agood mea1, flne wlne and the supcrb Slngapore Tiger beer befor:e xatching the fl1n asue spcd htgh above the ltled. and Middle Fbst. tly the tlme lre arnivcd at Bombay someclght hours flfty nlnutes l.ater it uas dar{< as local tine was 22.fl hours.'l'he air-port has no transit lounge so He were forced to stay on board as thr: aircraft nascleaned and prepared for the onward flight. Thc airport Has very qrrlct, but quite afew Air Indla.Iumbos plus Intlian Airlines Roeirg 7)7 's and Airbuses were noted.
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A .IOURNIIY TO TI{E IIAST
After atnut ll{) nlnutes the aircraft fllled alrnost to capaclty wlth new passergers ardve took off for: the ftve hour forty nlnute ftl6ht to Slngapore. Our arrlval at Char8lAirport was at 0930 hours 1oca1 time bang on schedule. l{e docked nose ln at Termlnal 2
tnsi<le an SIA Alrbus and a Malaysian B.?)?. Changl Alrport has becn votcd the world'sbcst for the last three ycars, an award lt certalnly deserves. Termlnal 2 rlns parallelwlth one of the naln runways, all aircraft docklng nose in. It can accorunodate lO.Iumbo'ssirlo by slde so you can teIl the length of the builctlng. lnslde one has to just standtnck and adrnire the cleanllness of the thid< plle calpets and pollshed narble. Plentyof seats, shops, restaurants a.nd even Haterfalls, flshponds ard aquarluns make lt a nostpleasant place. Ibggagc claln and custons formallties were soon over and He were on ourway to our hotel for a shower and brurih up.After two tlays of extensive slghtseelng ln thls 1ove1y clty lt was tack to Ctrangl for:the Tradewlnds fl-Ight to Kuantan, ln Malaysla. Tradewlnds is a subsldlary of S.I.A. andtlys two Prelry 7)?-3Y0s on nalnly 1ocal servlces to Asian exotlc resort areas. 9V-TRAwas waitlng for us at Cate FBJ ard xe departe<I at 1110 hours for the forty mlmrte fllghtvarlous SIA alrc::afL were notrd. plus Ga:rda F,zB & Lcg. l,lalayslan ?)?r Alr C},Lna ?6?and a tltA 7U/. I knew Kuantan to be a very qulet alrport wlth approx. B scheduledf1l61hts a day malnly to Kuala Lunpur. tlhat I dldn't know nas that it Is also a very lnp-ortant nllltary alrfielal. After landlrg re nade a lef't turn and taxled ln front of a rowof twelve R.H.A.F. Skyhawks, 6 Pilatus Pu?, l+ Bulldogs and a S-61N before crossl.ng thcmaln nuway to park by the smalI ternlnal buildlng on an apron capable of holdlng justone aircraft. l{e returned to Kuantan some nlne days later to a chaotic termlnaf build-lng, checked ln rlth Malayslan Alrllnes and ralted ln the very stuffy tuildlng for our'alrcraft to arrlve. Across the rr:nway I could see a slrnllar llne of ml}itary alrcraftto uhen we arrlved wlth the addltlon of tso HercuLes. At 1810 hours Malayslan Boetn6D|-lnO gll-ltlll arrlved and ne rere soon on board and on our way badr to Slngapore. AsIt ras dark Hhen we ar:clved very few alrcraft were seen except for a neil Swlssalr MIL,1lwhlch re pad<ed next to. A11 too qulckly the last three days passed away and I was tackat Changl ched(lng In xlth S.I.A. for the return flIght. Just before boarding, the tele*v161on ln the lounge at the departure gate flashed up the nelrs of the traglc assaslna-tlon of najlv Ga.rdhl. Thls caused a near starnpede as three quar[e]ri of the boardlngpassenger:s were fndlans bourd for Bonbay. Thls event rras to later alter our returnplans consLclerahly. The alrcr.afb provided for our return f1lght this tlne rras S.I.A.slatest l,legatop lV-SllI just two nonths old havlrg been rleflvered on 2Jth Febmary. Thealrcrafb departed lrJ rnlnutes late as two passengers declded not to board at the lastmlnute and all the lrygage had to be off-loaded ln order to locate thetrs. Then, ofcourse, lt all had to be :reloaded. On departure the usuaf mixture of Gamcla, llalaysianand SIA alrcraft were notd plus 7lr7s of Cargolux and Iflfthansa.Iiix hours later re arlved at Bonhay after a ftlrn and a very good Rrunch. A total of 270people lefb the alrcraft here and re r.er€ to plck up a slnllar mrmber plus change thewhol.e crew before tlepartlrg for London. As It .was daytlne one could see an interestir4lassorLnent of alrcraft amund the airfleld. A numter of retired Boeing /0/s plus fourIXLIs outslde thc Ainrorks Indla hangar two of which were ainrorthy plus a couple ofCar.avelles palnted blue and yelIow. On the termlnal rarnp were Alr Yernini Boein6 /0/,(ZO-lrCS; Vayudoot Do::nler 228 (W-ErP), Sabena DC-10 plus a nrmber of Irultan AirfinesRoeing 7J7s and Ai.rbuses and AIr Indta ,lunbos. It was otnrious that there was a str:ongmi.litary presencc a.rormd the alrfteld ard the alrcraf't, deparLure ttne pa.ssed without;tny sign of the chan6e crew or the passengers. I,Ventually after atrout two hours the(laptain askcd thc crow to prepare the cabtn for dcpar:ture saylng that he would erplalnal.L a.s soon as He werc airborne. MIJ<e India was soon started and taxied out for depat-ture. Shortly after takc-off the Captaln ca.me over the tannoy and made an armouncement.l\rc to the tcnse atnospherc in Romtny it had bcen unsafe for the relief crew to leave'Llrc hotcl. Cangs had takcn to the streets, there had treen sonc stone throrlng andvelricl.cs sct on fir:e, and ma4y passengers had been unable to get to the airport tochcck in on tine. Insidc the airport the tenslon had bollexl over and a number of lncld-onts h:ul bcen rcported.
18.
A ,roilRNFIt TO THF: EASI (Contd.)Air Indla and Indlan Alrflnes had cancelled all f1i61hts and thc alrport was In dan*er.[ closing altogether. The captaln therefo].e took the decrsion to ta.te off ln orrler.l'hat the passengers bound for Iontlon were not strandcrl. portunately an off duty capt-iln was on board whlch meant that the tno man aircrewr.rould. be able to eruend theJrrlr:tv hours.{Yon 1Zf to 15} hours ; however, thls was stl'l not eno,gh to get us tol.ndon' slA-had a spare crelr ln Athens and iherefore xe were to nake an ert:ra stopllrnrc to relleve the cod<plt crew and then contlnue to London. The fllght from Bonbay"'.'i*
1l clear dayllght skies ras nost interestlng. After ta.ke-oii rru pa...a over theci lv and cllrnbed to oul crl]lslng altltude of l5o0o feet and headJ across the Ar.ablanli.i for Sarrdl Arabla- TI. ig"-uy over saudl took nearly tr,"u" r,or". anrl alf one couLiliioo ,ras sand, sand, sand anrr more sand, prus the odd ori re1l and " Uslr Gal,ry f1yln6lv'low tts' I'le then headed over.rsrael, ffinr" "".ra
the Turklsh coast before commencingrrtrr descent over sone very lnterestingly'shaped Creek Islands fnio ltf,un". After touch-'i'mt, on the left r could see_the olfr;ic l"hr""r wlth most of the freet seenlnglylrar*al ln front of it. I noted "r""Jrii,ir,g
fronr a Dornier 228 lo a ?t+?, tn order to;,pencl as 1ittle tlrne as possrll,le on tne lro,na we aga.ln stated-aL;rrf tte aJr.craft tmtl.was able-to galn good.vre,s cf the g.nl."iteminil "*p *r,i.r, -nt"r. : i,anAirtnrs,.t,uft.hansa T)?, l,tto T91er-Atr 7+i", iu"r" DG9, TrA ?z?, ard. just to prove rwar gettirg nearer homer_a.n Alr 2ooo ?5i. on the outjirts oi it.lir"ra were a nunbernf derellct DA). ZZ? and /0/s.'l'hc cockpit cr€w were soon charged, alrcraft refuelled and we rere or ou,. way agalntor london. The good reather contfnuea and rtth the alrc:raft,
"imo"t-.rn.ty, the nowtirsl cabln crew took tlne off to erfoy it"'=rpu"t crear vrews of thu "no*-."pped
Arps.Al1 too qulckly the last couple-of h;u;;";ud "rrr;;=;";-;i ir,.l-rrn rt Heathrow,romarkably orny 2i hours laie desplte tt'. Jetour. re had been on-ti" go for nearly 24hours yet the fllght attendants Lo-oked as fresh as a"rsi"s-"nJ j;rJ';" cheerful as theminute we boaded the alrcraftt yflrkg myselfwho ras feeltng,ittu"'tlred ad not1ookl.rg forrrard to the drj-ve ui tt. }d..
-Il. had been a rnost enjoyahle holtday. The Fbr East offers an intenestln6 ar:ray of::iflhtsr excellent food, superb beaches, very ctreap shopprng
"ra i.i-it" avlatlonorrlhuslastr plenty of interesting alrcr=ft,"and;ir.t t"-pri il; i;i.c on the cale thelx.or ls excelfent as wel1.Ian Gratton.
I'it]leyllillC-AUFJ,pA-2BRreturnedfromGanston on29/2, otherresldentsr€natn,nchan-1'rrl. Hovenenisz-2)/2 G-SACT pA_28 f Sherburn I't, : r d 2t2' ffi- #fi ̂
I :; l;- _tfi &i1.' ;#i: I 3ii*.i:ii;#.T sil"' fl :"ILH"/ ;. I
i, *j* I,,,fi ,hH*fr *'**r,,ffi ,r rrlsbJ r rik(xness. c-McB s..z6o r/L'rfi, c-nnn6-n.ir; i/r rAw:";xorr:;r.zsn r/+,ri;rrrrrtort, c-MlrIA Rans s.r+ f/r B"glry, c-BCFp ta-5 t/o, c-irpyc Gtiir'rlt Lln-ley lrtrr,G_yrl{ot"..|?zn.r/t sherburn, c-Bt*ti/uzB?i. "nHc]-i v""""w t Netherthorpe, c-BRpE 12o f Burton(irrrrrtable t Linre.v Hrrl & f tlnley [ilt t Burton constablc, c-naru r.izzi-izi ri-u.r_: i,to. t5/3 c-prcs socArA 150ff r/1, c_nryc-ilrim rl", c_ru,ili,Ji" r)", c_IIFJDC Beech J8I/"' c-ool'r t?zt't t/o, G:AS| L. F.r?2i-r/L nogbJ,.c-nRpr r2o f Rrsry i nrerg|,ton. 16/l
f i1rtil""A}il,iliiii?'lil:,#,*4,,*_i,tir;:il.:r*,f iri,rUY!*ylrrnr, G-Tric.I pA-28 f rec.;side T sturgiic, c-Azzv F.r??-r, i i.."liJ.',i sturgate.
79.
".I'III NCI] AVIA'IION"
'l'hr: Yorkshire Alr Muscrun, exLend to all lnterestc'cl parties, a cordial invitation tovirit l,he muserrn, which is bascxl at, Il,A,F, I;llrrington, Nr Yorh, 1,o take parL in ourlorthcominfi "TH.lNGI; AVIATION" evenings.'l'hcse will take place on a monthly brsis, on the flrst ttiday of each nonth,commencin€ on April )rf,, 1992t at /.lopm. The neotlng rlII be hel.d ln our extendedN.A.A.F.I. br"rilrling, whlch is c.apable of scating tp +o ZJO peop.le ln comfort.'l'he pricc of arlmission wlll be Adu]ts .fl.JO, Chtldren ,O.?5. I'ood w111 bc avallable,in additlon to a llccncrrl lnr. Although the museun ls gancrally regarded a.s amcmor:lal to the Romtnr Crews who fleu frorn Fllvlngton in WUl1, it always has beentlrc lntent,ion of the Tnrslees, that in future the muserun will embmce all aspectsof hi storical aviation.Ulth this aim ln mind, it is intended that the "THINCIi AVIATIOIf' evenlngs wlll coveraviation activil,ics fron ihe rla.v:i befo-e the !{right Rrothc::s first flight, to theprcscnt da.y.
1'IIII INITIAI, I,I:fI TS AS FOI,IOUf].
tunr/ 5/t992'l'he Tony Agar Te.an will gl.ve an lllustrated lectur. on the trlals and tritmlatlonsLnvolve<l ln thelr monunental rebul.fd of a "I{OODI;IN }IONIIER" the lmnortal DIq H VIIiNI)MO:lQllITO fighter bomber of l{Yll.,ntLy3j52B.Iames Taylor (former P.R. Spitflre pllot), and Ian tlormald (former Canberra pllot)uilf dlscuss the development of Photo Recce techniques from l9)9 Lo the prcscnt day.
AIIGUST/?/lgqz
'lhe B.Ae., Brough group, who are cur.ently rcstorlrg a FAIRY SI{ORDFISH, plus PhlIlllch, (former obserwer), and Adr:lan Row*[kans, (forrner pilot), wlfl dlscuss thishlstoric old machlne ln detall. Illustrated with archlve fjlm rnaterial and slidr:s.swtqtlBqB/_lt/rs92
I)erek Reed and leonard Rlvett wlll give a lecture llfustrated with fllns and s1.ldcson the "Theme" a history of "Yorkshire Aviatlon". Additlonally Ian Rotrlnson of theYorkshire Air }luseun, w111 sunrnarlse progress to date on the nuserms excitingpro.iect to restore to statlc dlsplay conditlon a ll.P. Halifax.
octoqqia/z/tegz
ll.ng up to date on thls one; this months subject will. tre,FIJTMI IN THE R,A.F.1'ODAY" hopefrrlly with some recollect,ions and fllrn of the rccent confli.ct jn LhoCrrl f .
No w,H nER/ 6/ 1c)92
'l'he fir:st scason of "TIIINCS AVIATIOM' w111 end with thc second of our avia.tionqrrizer;; again there will tn prizcs and trophies to win, anrl po:sibly sone o1(lr;cores to sottlc fron llav.
18.
A ,roilRNFIt TO THF: EASI (Contd.)Air Indla and Indlan Alrflnes had cancelled all f1i61hts and thc alrport was In dan*er.[ closing altogether. The captaln therefo].e took the decrsion to ta.te off ln orrler.l'hat the passengers bound for Iontlon were not strandcrl. portunately an off duty capt-iln was on board whlch meant that the tno man aircrewr.rould. be able to eruend theJrrlr:tv hours.{Yon 1Zf to 15} hours ; however, thls was stl'l not eno,gh to get us tol.ndon' slA-had a spare crelr ln Athens and iherefore xe were to nake an ert:ra stopllrnrc to relleve the cod<plt crew and then contlnue to London. The fllght from Bonbay"'.'i*
1l clear dayllght skies ras nost interestlng. After ta.ke-oii rru pa...a over theci lv and cllrnbed to oul crl]lslng altltude of l5o0o feet and headJ across the Ar.ablanli.i for Sarrdl Arabla- TI. ig"-uy over saudl took nearly tr,"u" r,or". anrl alf one couLiliioo ,ras sand, sand, sand anrr more sand, prus the odd ori re1l and " Uslr Gal,ry f1yln6lv'low tts' I'le then headed over.rsrael, ffinr" "".ra
the Turklsh coast before commencingrrtrr descent over sone very lnterestingly'shaped Creek Islands fnio ltf,un". After touch-'i'mt, on the left r could see_the olfr;ic l"hr""r wlth most of the freet seenlnglylrar*al ln front of it. I noted "r""Jrii,ir,g
fronr a Dornier 228 lo a ?t+?, tn order to;,pencl as 1ittle tlrne as possrll,le on tne lro,na we aga.ln stated-aL;rrf tte aJr.craft tmtl.was able-to galn good.vre,s cf the g.nl."iteminil "*p *r,i.r, -nt"r. : i,anAirtnrs,.t,uft.hansa T)?, l,tto T91er-Atr 7+i", iu"r" DG9, TrA ?z?, ard. just to prove rwar gettirg nearer homer_a.n Alr 2ooo ?5i. on the outjirts oi it.lir"ra were a nunbernf derellct DA). ZZ? and /0/s.'l'hc cockpit cr€w were soon charged, alrcraft refuelled and we rere or ou,. way agalntor london. The good reather contfnuea and rtth the alrc:raft,
"imo"t-.rn.ty, the nowtirsl cabln crew took tlne off to erfoy it"'=rpu"t crear vrews of thu "no*-."pped
Arps.Al1 too qulckly the last couple-of h;u;;";ud "rrr;;=;";-;i ir,.l-rrn rt Heathrow,romarkably orny 2i hours laie desplte tt'. Jetour. re had been on-ti" go for nearly 24hours yet the fllght attendants Lo-oked as fresh as a"rsi"s-"nJ j;rJ';" cheerful as theminute we boaded the alrcraftt yflrkg myselfwho ras feeltng,ittu"'tlred ad not1ookl.rg forrrard to the drj-ve ui tt. }d..
-Il. had been a rnost enjoyahle holtday. The Fbr East offers an intenestln6 ar:ray of::iflhtsr excellent food, superb beaches, very ctreap shopprng
"ra i.i-it" avlatlonorrlhuslastr plenty of interesting alrcr=ft,"and;ir.t t"-pri il; i;i.c on the cale thelx.or ls excelfent as wel1.Ian Gratton.
I'it]leyllillC-AUFJ,pA-2BRreturnedfromGanston on29/2, otherresldentsr€natn,nchan-1'rrl. Hovenenisz-2)/2 G-SACT pA_28 f Sherburn I't, : r d 2t2' ffi- #fi ̂
I :; l;- _tfi &i1.' ;#i: I 3ii*.i:ii;#.T sil"' fl :"ILH"/ ;. I
i, *j* I,,,fi ,hH*fr *'**r,,ffi ,r rrlsbJ r rik(xness. c-McB s..z6o r/L'rfi, c-nnn6-n.ir; i/r rAw:";xorr:;r.zsn r/+,ri;rrrrrtort, c-MlrIA Rans s.r+ f/r B"glry, c-BCFp ta-5 t/o, c-irpyc Gtiir'rlt Lln-ley lrtrr,G_yrl{ot"..|?zn.r/t sherburn, c-Bt*ti/uzB?i. "nHc]-i v""""w t Netherthorpe, c-BRpE 12o f Burton(irrrrrtable t Linre.v Hrrl & f tlnley [ilt t Burton constablc, c-naru r.izzi-izi ri-u.r_: i,to. t5/3 c-prcs socArA 150ff r/1, c_nryc-ilrim rl", c_ru,ili,Ji" r)", c_IIFJDC Beech J8I/"' c-ool'r t?zt't t/o, G:AS| L. F.r?2i-r/L nogbJ,.c-nRpr r2o f Rrsry i nrerg|,ton. 16/l
f i1rtil""A}il,iliiii?'lil:,#,*4,,*_i,tir;:il.:r*,f iri,rUY!*ylrrnr, G-Tric.I pA-28 f rec.;side T sturgiic, c-Azzv F.r??-r, i i.."liJ.',i sturgate.
79.
".I'III NCI] AVIA'IION"
'l'hr: Yorkshire Alr Muscrun, exLend to all lnterestc'cl parties, a cordial invitation tovirit l,he muserrn, which is bascxl at, Il,A,F, I;llrrington, Nr Yorh, 1,o take parL in ourlorthcominfi "TH.lNGI; AVIATION" evenings.'l'hcse will take place on a monthly brsis, on the flrst ttiday of each nonth,commencin€ on April )rf,, 1992t at /.lopm. The neotlng rlII be hel.d ln our extendedN.A.A.F.I. br"rilrling, whlch is c.apable of scating tp +o ZJO peop.le ln comfort.'l'he pricc of arlmission wlll be Adu]ts .fl.JO, Chtldren ,O.?5. I'ood w111 bc avallable,in additlon to a llccncrrl lnr. Although the museun ls gancrally regarded a.s amcmor:lal to the Romtnr Crews who fleu frorn Fllvlngton in WUl1, it always has beentlrc lntent,ion of the Tnrslees, that in future the muserun will embmce all aspectsof hi storical aviation.Ulth this aim ln mind, it is intended that the "THINCIi AVIATIOIf' evenlngs wlll coveraviation activil,ics fron ihe rla.v:i befo-e the !{right Rrothc::s first flight, to theprcscnt da.y.
1'IIII INITIAI, I,I:fI TS AS FOI,IOUf].
tunr/ 5/t992'l'he Tony Agar Te.an will gl.ve an lllustrated lectur. on the trlals and tritmlatlonsLnvolve<l ln thelr monunental rebul.fd of a "I{OODI;IN }IONIIER" the lmnortal DIq H VIIiNI)MO:lQllITO fighter bomber of l{Yll.,ntLy3j52B.Iames Taylor (former P.R. Spitflre pllot), and Ian tlormald (former Canberra pllot)uilf dlscuss the development of Photo Recce techniques from l9)9 Lo the prcscnt day.
AIIGUST/?/lgqz
'lhe B.Ae., Brough group, who are cur.ently rcstorlrg a FAIRY SI{ORDFISH, plus PhlIlllch, (former obserwer), and Adr:lan Row*[kans, (forrner pilot), wlfl dlscuss thishlstoric old machlne ln detall. Illustrated with archlve fjlm rnaterial and slidr:s.swtqtlBqB/_lt/rs92
I)erek Reed and leonard Rlvett wlll give a lecture llfustrated with fllns and s1.ldcson the "Theme" a history of "Yorkshire Aviatlon". Additlonally Ian Rotrlnson of theYorkshire Air }luseun, w111 sunrnarlse progress to date on the nuserms excitingpro.iect to restore to statlc dlsplay conditlon a ll.P. Halifax.
octoqqia/z/tegz
ll.ng up to date on thls one; this months subject will. tre,FIJTMI IN THE R,A.F.1'ODAY" hopefrrlly with some recollect,ions and fllrn of the rccent confli.ct jn LhoCrrl f .
No w,H nER/ 6/ 1c)92
'l'he fir:st scason of "TIIINCS AVIATIOM' w111 end with thc second of our avia.tionqrrizer;; again there will tn prizcs and trophies to win, anrl po:sibly sone o1(lr;cores to sottlc fron llav.
20.
EISLINE_!!El!g_
16rr.r tlrtryr of 8lov.nl.r The Adria Airways fleet has all beenre-registered into the SL- prefix as follor,rs:-SL-AAA A-32O (O43) ex YU-AOA SL-ABD rlD-82 (4944o)ex YU-ANoSL-AAB 4.320 (ll3) ex YU-AoD SL-ABE llD-8r (48046)ex YU-AJZSL-AAC A-320 (114) ex YU-AOE SL-ABF DC9-32(47239)ex YU-AHJSL-ABA llD-82(48048)ex Ytr-ANB SL-ABG DC9-32(4757Olex YU-AJFSL-ABB MD-82(il8O87)ex YU-ANC SL-ACA DHc-7 (90) ex YU-AIEsL-ABc ilD-82(49379)ex YU-ANG sL-AcB DHc-7 (92) ex yU-ArF
The HD-82's are currently being used into Heathrow; SL-ABC beingnoted on a-3-92 (this aircraft had also been used on the previousSunday. )
tar Ll,Dqur nay be resurning 8.767 operations on Hay 1st and havealready reserved a registration for the possible Lease of anaircraft.They nay also take a seventh Fokker 50 on strength this summerto release 737 capacity in the U.K.
tlr ltlrptl! have taken delivery of 8.737-3Q8 CS-TIf on lease.
lir 8ul may have ceased operations; their two 8.737-2glrs beingreturned to the cPA group during January.
lgltlc Intcrnrtlontl llrllaoa o! tatvla $rill have their aircraftregistered with the Latvian prefix ,RY-,
Ex Brl.trnnl. llru.vr 8.737-3Q8 G-BOWR has been returned to ILFCand susequently leased to Dra-lir
EltottLrn llr aircraft will eventually be re-registered with theEstonian prefix ,ES-,
n.lvyllft IL-76 CccP75758 now carries full Heavylift livery beingrolled out in this at lfanchester on 22nd January.
l,ufthap has sold five 8.737-23o,s to Istanbul Airlines.
St.rLlnq llrrry! flew their last Caravelle service on January15th and it seems possible that two of the Caravelles may be soldto Lithuanian AirIines.
Eurororld llrrryr have changed their name to City-fIier Expresson February 3rd. New routes for the summer include flying toJersey and Guernsey fron Leeds and Cardiff.Three of their Shorts f6o aircraft uere seen on zth ilarch atGatuick aII sporting the neu titles and livery.
Tlrol are due to begin Transatlantic (via Amsterdanr) serviceswith its A.flO aircraft on March 29th so keep your radios tunedto Airways.
Tranrevia llrll!!.! has returned 8.717 PH-TSI to pluna ascX-BoN after lease-
?1.
vlvr llr has taken delivery of two further B.'117-368' s these areEc-7o5(25263) and EC-7o6(25264). EC-704 has been re-reqisteredas EC-FHR.
Brltlrh llrurvrThe five renaining BAc 111ts based at Heathro$/ have been$rithdraun and ferried to Bournenouth for storage,BAe 748's G-BOHY(1784), G-BOHZ(1785) and G-HDBC were returned toDLT in December and these are now stored at southend awaitingsaIe. G-BGJV(f768) has been returned to British Aerospace and itis believed sold on to the sri Lankan Air Force. G-HDBA(1798) andG-HDBB(1799) ire currentl-y undergoing naintenance and repaintingat l,lanchester, probably for Emirates Air Services.Delivery dates for the recent 8.737-435's are as follows:-c-Docr (25407) 10.12.91; c-Docc (2s408) le.12.9LiG-DoCH (254281 19.12.91; G-DocI (2s839) 08.o1.92;c-DocJ (2584()) 16.01.92c-DoCK and c-DocL uere both noted in service at Heathrow over theweekend of l{arch 7/8.Delivery dates of the recent ATP's are :-G-BTPK (2o{r} o7.11.91i G-BTPL (2o421 22.1r.et;c-BTPl.f (2o43) 13.12.91; G-BTPN (2o44') 23.12.9r.
Brltlah ltldlrnq took dellvery of 8.737-4Yo c-oauM on 06.L2.9L.Up to 8th ilarch it had still not appeared in service at Heathrow;although it nay be based out perhaps at Birrningham.
Crlodoalan llrrryt are to add two ex Air Europe 8.757-216's totheir fleet for the sunDer; these are G-BPEF (24L2O't ex G-BOHCand G-BPEG (24l2ll ex G-BNSE. At the noment 8.757-236's G-BPEBand G-BPEC are on leaae to Nationair, and G-BPEA ls operating forBritish Airhrays currently on the l,lanchester Shuttle.
f,.&.Iil. B.-l 47-2OGB' s PH-BUE and PH-BUGduring January anaiting eaIe.KLll are to wet-Ieaee six Fokker lOO'sincrease capacity. They uill be operatedFrance.
were stored at Hojave
from Air Littoral tonainly on routes into
Euro Bclqlan llrl.lnca will comnence operations on April 1st using8.737-3ttl8'6 Oo-LTJ (25039) and Oo-LTM (2507o).
Ex lnolo Crrqo 8.75'l-2JApF G-OBOZ (24971) has been returned toAnsett t{orldwide and subsequently joined similar aircraft withChallenge Air of Hiani on lease.
Eal now has three 8.7f7's the third LZ-BOC (25425) beingdelivered on lease from Ansett Worldwide on 06.12.91.
Eqp.q Lloyal has sold 8.727-Al D-AHLf,f to Blue Airlines of Zaireas gO-CDM
tlr Elt.l tfcth.rllr1llq has commenced daily services betweenMaastricht and Stansted using Brasilia PH-XLA (12O-oBf) this isEX G-BRAZ.
20.
EISLINE_!!El!g_
16rr.r tlrtryr of 8lov.nl.r The Adria Airways fleet has all beenre-registered into the SL- prefix as follor,rs:-SL-AAA A-32O (O43) ex YU-AOA SL-ABD rlD-82 (4944o)ex YU-ANoSL-AAB 4.320 (ll3) ex YU-AoD SL-ABE llD-8r (48046)ex YU-AJZSL-AAC A-320 (114) ex YU-AOE SL-ABF DC9-32(47239)ex YU-AHJSL-ABA llD-82(48048)ex Ytr-ANB SL-ABG DC9-32(4757Olex YU-AJFSL-ABB MD-82(il8O87)ex YU-ANC SL-ACA DHc-7 (90) ex YU-AIEsL-ABc ilD-82(49379)ex YU-ANG sL-AcB DHc-7 (92) ex yU-ArF
The HD-82's are currently being used into Heathrow; SL-ABC beingnoted on a-3-92 (this aircraft had also been used on the previousSunday. )
tar Ll,Dqur nay be resurning 8.767 operations on Hay 1st and havealready reserved a registration for the possible Lease of anaircraft.They nay also take a seventh Fokker 50 on strength this summerto release 737 capacity in the U.K.
tlr ltlrptl! have taken delivery of 8.737-3Q8 CS-TIf on lease.
lir 8ul may have ceased operations; their two 8.737-2glrs beingreturned to the cPA group during January.
lgltlc Intcrnrtlontl llrllaoa o! tatvla $rill have their aircraftregistered with the Latvian prefix ,RY-,
Ex Brl.trnnl. llru.vr 8.737-3Q8 G-BOWR has been returned to ILFCand susequently leased to Dra-lir
EltottLrn llr aircraft will eventually be re-registered with theEstonian prefix ,ES-,
n.lvyllft IL-76 CccP75758 now carries full Heavylift livery beingrolled out in this at lfanchester on 22nd January.
l,ufthap has sold five 8.737-23o,s to Istanbul Airlines.
St.rLlnq llrrry! flew their last Caravelle service on January15th and it seems possible that two of the Caravelles may be soldto Lithuanian AirIines.
Eurororld llrrryr have changed their name to City-fIier Expresson February 3rd. New routes for the summer include flying toJersey and Guernsey fron Leeds and Cardiff.Three of their Shorts f6o aircraft uere seen on zth ilarch atGatuick aII sporting the neu titles and livery.
Tlrol are due to begin Transatlantic (via Amsterdanr) serviceswith its A.flO aircraft on March 29th so keep your radios tunedto Airways.
Tranrevia llrll!!.! has returned 8.717 PH-TSI to pluna ascX-BoN after lease-
?1.
vlvr llr has taken delivery of two further B.'117-368' s these areEc-7o5(25263) and EC-7o6(25264). EC-704 has been re-reqisteredas EC-FHR.
Brltlrh llrurvrThe five renaining BAc 111ts based at Heathro$/ have been$rithdraun and ferried to Bournenouth for storage,BAe 748's G-BOHY(1784), G-BOHZ(1785) and G-HDBC were returned toDLT in December and these are now stored at southend awaitingsaIe. G-BGJV(f768) has been returned to British Aerospace and itis believed sold on to the sri Lankan Air Force. G-HDBA(1798) andG-HDBB(1799) ire currentl-y undergoing naintenance and repaintingat l,lanchester, probably for Emirates Air Services.Delivery dates for the recent 8.737-435's are as follows:-c-Docr (25407) 10.12.91; c-Docc (2s408) le.12.9LiG-DoCH (254281 19.12.91; G-DocI (2s839) 08.o1.92;c-DocJ (2584()) 16.01.92c-DoCK and c-DocL uere both noted in service at Heathrow over theweekend of l{arch 7/8.Delivery dates of the recent ATP's are :-G-BTPK (2o{r} o7.11.91i G-BTPL (2o421 22.1r.et;c-BTPl.f (2o43) 13.12.91; G-BTPN (2o44') 23.12.9r.
Brltlah ltldlrnq took dellvery of 8.737-4Yo c-oauM on 06.L2.9L.Up to 8th ilarch it had still not appeared in service at Heathrow;although it nay be based out perhaps at Birrningham.
Crlodoalan llrrryt are to add two ex Air Europe 8.757-216's totheir fleet for the sunDer; these are G-BPEF (24L2O't ex G-BOHCand G-BPEG (24l2ll ex G-BNSE. At the noment 8.757-236's G-BPEBand G-BPEC are on leaae to Nationair, and G-BPEA ls operating forBritish Airhrays currently on the l,lanchester Shuttle.
f,.&.Iil. B.-l 47-2OGB' s PH-BUE and PH-BUGduring January anaiting eaIe.KLll are to wet-Ieaee six Fokker lOO'sincrease capacity. They uill be operatedFrance.
were stored at Hojave
from Air Littoral tonainly on routes into
Euro Bclqlan llrl.lnca will comnence operations on April 1st using8.737-3ttl8'6 Oo-LTJ (25039) and Oo-LTM (2507o).
Ex lnolo Crrqo 8.75'l-2JApF G-OBOZ (24971) has been returned toAnsett t{orldwide and subsequently joined similar aircraft withChallenge Air of Hiani on lease.
Eal now has three 8.7f7's the third LZ-BOC (25425) beingdelivered on lease from Ansett Worldwide on 06.12.91.
Eqp.q Lloyal has sold 8.727-Al D-AHLf,f to Blue Airlines of Zaireas gO-CDM
tlr Elt.l tfcth.rllr1llq has commenced daily services betweenMaastricht and Stansted using Brasilia PH-XLA (12O-oBf) this isEX G-BRAZ.
of the R.A.F. sLill frostr in thr- mrrcry. it- is appropriate t.o r(..all th.t,4O years ago, on Lhe I ,rr)ly t91?. t-he Se'rvir:e rcacho.l i t.si [)ost-uar peak
wit-h 6,338 aircr.rfL on ch.trge. The followinc, Corm*rntls vere oFr'r.rtior)alat. t-hat Cate :
IIC)MBER COi!fiAt{D: this was compose<1 of t-wenLy-six s(luadrons. inclrrr.ring eight"
ogrrat-inq t.tle I,incoln t.xleLtlpr vj th an Olrrat-ional Conversion l,nit, fourCanl-nrra srltradrons and an O.C.U., eight- WashinqLon sqlradr()ns, Luo lrosquitosr';rradrons, tuo lk.iquiLo I'R squadrons, orre mixed Linr.oln,/lkrsqtrito squadron
rnd one Lancast,or ['R soiladron st.at.iono.l af. Nair()hi in Konya.
FIGIITER CO[44AND: t-hc llBjority of t-he f()rby-five srluadrons in the Corrmnd
wcre eqttipped wiLh Lhe l4et-eor F.8 (2',), tcxjcthor with bhirt-ecn Vampirc
F.1/FR.5.rquadrons (all hltt one tpinq Auxiliary). Therc uere seven squadrons
of niqhL-flqA{ers eqrripgrO with the Meteor NF.ll (4) ancl Vampire NF.IO (3).
AIso inclllded were four O.C.tr.s and the Cent-ral FigA(er FstablishrEnL.COASTAL COMMAI{D : Lhis conprised six Shaclilet.on squadrons and an O.C.U., Luo
I"rncasLer MR.3 sguadrons, tvo Sunderland sqlradrons and an O.C.U., one
N('pt.une sqrr;rriron (No. 217) which was jllst starLinq out on its RAF career and
ono llast-ings l.{ct-. *truadron (No. 2O2). Other rrnits in CoasLal Cornnnd inclrrdedLlre Sclrool of Marit,ime Re'connaissance .rnd Lhe Air-Sea Warfare nrveloprm,nL
llnit-..I'RANSI)OR'I'COMMAND : fivc squarlrons of lhstings fonn-.d the backhnne of t-he
Comnrnd.Ihey also serverl wiLh No.l Para(:hlrLe Trainiryl Srch.nl and Lhe O.C.tl.
There sas also one valeLL.i squadron (No.30) and one cormrrnicaLions'sqrr.rdron(lto.3l ), rnakinq seven squarlr-ons in all.IIpl4E Cqffi4l{D: t-his Cormrnd inclrrriod no li.'w.'r t.han t.ri('ntv-tun R.-':"r\^ Flyin(r
Schools, Lwenty Auxiliary Air Observat.ion Post. FliqhLs, five Ihsic Flyinct
Traininq Schtr)ls, t-uo Rrsic Air Navir;atir)n Sch(nls ;rnd f ive Civi I Ant-i-Air.r.rf t.
CmpTrntion lrnits.Ff,Ytl.I(]'fRAINll{G COMMAI{D: t-his included eiqht. A(ivancod Flyinq Schn)ls,
seven Flying Traininq S.'hmls,five Air Navi<;aLion schools, t-hree Advanced
Flying'fraininq S:hmls and fivc miscellaneous units inclildinq t.lrp C.F.S.
* l;'rom November 1952 to Jrrne 1956, forrr specially equippcd lockhood Noptunes,(wX 499, r;OO, rr0l and 512), uerc opcrit..d from Topclifrc on airhrrrnr. r:arlyrvarninq dlrties for Fighter Co[trk-rnd by No.l45] FliqhL., folloving a rrrve from
Ki n loss -
'lhe frrll Orrier of RaLtle as at I Juty 1952 can tn f.nrnd in Air PicLorial,Soptamlpr lg7a, to which publication dtre credit is acknovle.lqod.
of the R.A.F. sLill frostr in thr- mrrcry. it- is appropriate t.o r(..all th.t,4O years ago, on Lhe I ,rr)ly t91?. t-he Se'rvir:e rcacho.l i t.si [)ost-uar peak
wit-h 6,338 aircr.rfL on ch.trge. The followinc, Corm*rntls vere oFr'r.rtior)alat. t-hat Cate :
IIC)MBER COi!fiAt{D: this was compose<1 of t-wenLy-six s(luadrons. inclrrr.ring eight"
ogrrat-inq t.tle I,incoln t.xleLtlpr vj th an Olrrat-ional Conversion l,nit, fourCanl-nrra srltradrons and an O.C.U., eight- WashinqLon sqlradr()ns, Luo lrosquitosr';rradrons, tuo lk.iquiLo I'R squadrons, orre mixed Linr.oln,/lkrsqtrito squadron
rnd one Lancast,or ['R soiladron st.at.iono.l af. Nair()hi in Konya.
FIGIITER CO[44AND: t-hc llBjority of t-he f()rby-five srluadrons in the Corrmnd
wcre eqttipped wiLh Lhe l4et-eor F.8 (2',), tcxjcthor with bhirt-ecn Vampirc
F.1/FR.5.rquadrons (all hltt one tpinq Auxiliary). Therc uere seven squadrons
of niqhL-flqA{ers eqrripgrO with the Meteor NF.ll (4) ancl Vampire NF.IO (3).
AIso inclllded were four O.C.tr.s and the Cent-ral FigA(er FstablishrEnL.COASTAL COMMAI{D : Lhis conprised six Shaclilet.on squadrons and an O.C.U., Luo
I"rncasLer MR.3 sguadrons, tvo Sunderland sqlradrons and an O.C.U., one
N('pt.une sqrr;rriron (No. 217) which was jllst starLinq out on its RAF career and
ono llast-ings l.{ct-. *truadron (No. 2O2). Other rrnits in CoasLal Cornnnd inclrrdedLlre Sclrool of Marit,ime Re'connaissance .rnd Lhe Air-Sea Warfare nrveloprm,nL
llnit-..I'RANSI)OR'I'COMMAND : fivc squarlrons of lhstings fonn-.d the backhnne of t-he
Comnrnd.Ihey also serverl wiLh No.l Para(:hlrLe Trainiryl Srch.nl and Lhe O.C.tl.
There sas also one valeLL.i squadron (No.30) and one cormrrnicaLions'sqrr.rdron(lto.3l ), rnakinq seven squarlr-ons in all.IIpl4E Cqffi4l{D: t-his Cormrnd inclrrriod no li.'w.'r t.han t.ri('ntv-tun R.-':"r\^ Flyin(r
Schools, Lwenty Auxiliary Air Observat.ion Post. FliqhLs, five Ihsic Flyinct
Traininq Schtr)ls, t-uo Rrsic Air Navir;atir)n Sch(nls ;rnd f ive Civi I Ant-i-Air.r.rf t.
CmpTrntion lrnits.Ff,Ytl.I(]'fRAINll{G COMMAI{D: t-his included eiqht. A(ivancod Flyinq Schn)ls,
seven Flying Traininq S.'hmls,five Air Navi<;aLion schools, t-hree Advanced
Flying'fraininq S:hmls and fivc miscellaneous units inclildinq t.lrp C.F.S.
* l;'rom November 1952 to Jrrne 1956, forrr specially equippcd lockhood Noptunes,(wX 499, r;OO, rr0l and 512), uerc opcrit..d from Topclifrc on airhrrrnr. r:arlyrvarninq dlrties for Fighter Co[trk-rnd by No.l45] FliqhL., folloving a rrrve from
Ki n loss -
'lhe frrll Orrier of RaLtle as at I Juty 1952 can tn f.nrnd in Air PicLorial,Soptamlpr lg7a, to which publication dtre credit is acknovle.lqod.
tDTtraat()5-06 Roy IrtE Trophy Acrobetlc CompGtltlon. SHEhBURN.19 Bettlc of Brlteln At Horrc Day. RAF FINNINGLEY.19 Carllrlc Alr Shor. CARIISLE.
The abovo llrt ot alr cvcDtr ln thc north of Entland her boon c-ontpllod from thothar bacn publlrh.d ln varlou! naaazlnci. lt lr not to ba taken ar goaDcl ttncacvcnts may bc cancollcd tlthout notlcc. f,c rould horovcr llkc to rccalvc rcDort!from a! many as pocrlblc of tha onGr that do talrc placr. Donrt rorry that rc may3ct morc than (mc rcporl from thc ramc cvcntJt au hGlps to make a morGcomplota llJt. Alp lonrcbody olrc may ba t rcrc at e dlffcrcnt tlmc to you and eotct rcalrtratlonr that you mlrt6d. Plcase donrt leavo lt to lomcbody olrc - thGymay b6 loavlnt lt to youl
lleetln6s to be hsld at the lod<shlre Aemplane Club, Iaed/nrdford (feadon)lrrport, by the courLesy of the Dlrectors, comenclng 15.00 hrB.
}lrr 3dJUI{E 7th
rSlldes flol the tlrr BgLrTo be ar::anged
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