On 25/06/2014 13:52, Ramsman wrote:
>> On 25/06/2014 10:36, Ramsman wrote:
>>> On 25/06/2014 01:35, John Szalay wrote:
>>>> news:jaudnQEm7KB_TzTOnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@giganews.com:
>>>>
>>>>> various military and other aircraft for an annual event over one of
>>>>> our
>>>>> seaside towns here in the West of England.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amongst the intended participants was a Hawker Hurricane, one of the
>>>>> earliest monoplane fighter aircraft, which first flew in 1935 and
>>>>> entered squadron service in 1937. This particular aircraft, military
>>>>> serial number PZ 685, was the last of 14,533 Hurricanes produced
>>>>> and is
>>>>> Britain Memorial Flight. Whilst the Spitfire, produced in greater
>>>>> greatest ongoing aerial battles, The Battle of Britain, it was the
>>>>> Hawker Hurricane that achieved 60% of all kills.
>>>>>
>>>>> I heard the roar of the Merlin engine and watched the Hurricane make a
>>>>> perfect landing in the hands of Wing Commander Justin Helliwell. All
>>>> was
>>>>> not well, however, in that on lowering the undercarriage something
>>>>> burst, showering the pilot with hydraulic fluid and rendering the
>>>>> aircraft unserviceable for its intended flying display. There is
>>>> picture
>>>>> of Justin this series, picture 15, his flying suit still saturated
>>>>> with
>>>>> hydraulic fluid, yet he still smiled and carried on with the PR work
>>>> for
>>>>> which these people are renowned.
>>>>>
>>>>> As is inevitable with such mishaps, a man with a clipboard appeared,
>>>>> picture 16, to take stock of the situation and, having made his
>>>>> assessment, the lads with the big toolboxes then wielded their hammers
>>>> duty.
>>>>>
>>>>> Enjoy!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From the LIFE photo archives:
>>>>
>>>> British royal family aide, Capt. Peter Townsend, wearing helmet &
>>>> goggles
>>>> while sitting in cockpit of Princess Margaret's plane (a Hurricane), in
>>>> which he finished 2nd in King's Cup air race.
>>>> Location: Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
>>>> Date taken: May 17, 1950
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> To be pedantic (again) it's Group Captain Peter Townsend. He was Equerry
>>>
>>> The Hurricane is the familiar PZ865, in its guise as G-AMAU. It (unless
>>> there's another Mk.IIc with cannon fitted) flew a few circuits of our
>>> village here a few days ago. No idea why, as we're more than a hundred
>>> miles from Coningsby.
>>>
>>> http://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Hurricane/Kings-Cup-Air-Race.html
>>
>> Are you still down Yeovil way Peter?
>>
>> My pictures were taken on Saturday afternoon, so if it was then it could
>> have been en-route to Bristol Airport for the Weston-super-Mare display.
>> The BoBMF had been putting on displays from Sidmouth eastwards along the
>> coast.
>>
>>
>
> No, I left Yeovil to go to the land of windmills and clogs a long, long
> time ago, before the Lynx first flew. I'm now in Central Bedfordshire.
> Traffic heading for Duxford sometimes passes by, plus the occasional
> Chinook, Merlin and Apache.
>
> Thanks again for the photos. I've got lots, of all sorts of things at
> airshows and in museums, but round tuits are in very short supply at the
> moment.
>
Thank you Peter, and I know just what you mean about round tuits!
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