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Devon Strut News, May 2007 REPRESENTING SPORT & RECREATIONAL AVIATION IN THE SOUTHWEST www.devonstrut.co.uk DEVON STRUT NEWS, MAY 2007. Welcome to the Devon Strut: Co-ordinator’s Comments by Pete White The month is rushing by with probably the best flying weather an April has given us for many a year. Why have I chosen now to do permit work and jobs on our ‘Ivor the wings’? (Luckily I have the loan of another Aeronca, which has enabled me to enjoy this un-seasonable spate of glorious weather). Other members of SWAG and I, like strut members all over the region, are busily preparing their mounts for the forthcoming flying season. Our first Strut fly-in of the year is at Plymouth, Roborough on Sunday 29th April, and is being hosted by John Kempton and Steve Leach. Last week I sat in at the last planning meeting for this event with John, Steve, Peter Gristwood and the airport team at Plymouth. These guys have worked hard and will be presenting an excellent show with interesting visitors promised, backed by a selection of military and classic vehicles on display. Entrance for both aerial and road visitors will be by donation to the St Luke’s Hospice appeal. Food, drinks and PFA accessories and clothing will be for sale on the day and if this weather holds it should be a record turn out. Don’t forget to check our web site for aerodrome details and PPR please. Our next event, which is shared with the Aeronca Club of GB, is a fly-in at Bodmin and this takes place on Saturday 5th May. This ideally suited grass airfield is a popular venue for travellers from afar and boasts a fine eating house, admirably looked after by food technicians, Michelle and Helen. The local balloon company Aerosaurus will be there giving flights from about 1800. Some of us will be camping over for Sunday’s PFA event, the Fly a Teacher and Pupil (FaTaP) day (See below for details). Tuesday May 8th will see a local PFA vintage flypast, organised by the Harrowbeer Interest Group, for the unveiling of 2 information boards at Harrowbeer aerodrome. This is another important local connection where we can work together, linking like-minded people. The weekend of 12 & 13th May is the national PFA Young Aviators’ weekend and although down here in the West Country we have opted to do our own thing with the Bodmin FaTaP event and another at Dunkeswell on 29th September, I know some of our Strut will be active taking young people aloft this weekend. Although not a Strut event, the Great Vintage Flying Weekend (G-VFWE) to be held over the weekend of 18 to 20th May is by far one of my favourite fly-ins. This year it returns to that superb military venue of Hullavington and being the largest vintage/classic event of its type in Europe it is not to be missed by any enthusiasts of old aircraft. Sadly, Neville Duke, a regular visitor to the G-VFWE will be missed this year having passed away recently. Some years back I was having lunch with Neville and his wife Gwen and I asked him how he had managed to keep flying all those years and he gave me some advice, which I have always remembered. “However low the funds are always keep flying, even the odd half hour every now and again because if you break the habit it is very unlikely you will return to flying again”. I have stuck by this over the years, seeing many people give up and the main reason I have been able to keep up the continuity is by being a member of the PFA which has kept my flying affordable. As you can see from the calendar, our committee and members of the Strut are still beavering away at their jobs ensuring that we all have a superb season ahead of us. We welcome back Mike Mold after his holiday in New Zealand and look forward to hearing about ex pat Strut members that he visited over there. Our meeting on April 12th, the last before the flying begins, was an experiment and instead of the usual format of hosting a guest speaker, Strut members were invited to bring along aviation related film clips or photos that were shown on the screen using all our fancy Strut equipment. It gave an excellent opportunity for members to stand up and chat about their photos and share experiences with one another. In fact we all thoroughly enjoyed it and time did not allow us to see all the clips that were available. We will repeat the exercise again but some one had better restrain Jim Gale from bringing along his non-aviation related library! 1 Next month I will be chatting about the forthcoming Scout Aerocamp at Belle Vue over the weekend of June 8th to 10th but until then support your Strut and turn up, to not only visit the venue but offer to lend a hand, if only for an hour. Remember it’s your Strut too so come along and have some fun. Pete White _____________________________________________________________________________________ RIP Sqn Ldr Neville Duke Sqn Ldr Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC, AFC died on Saturday, aged 85. He was taken ill while flying with his wife, landed safely at Popham, and collapsed as he got out of the aircraft. He passed away in hospital during the evening. Neville Duke joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18 as an AC2 pilot-under- training. After learning to fly at No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School, White Waltham, he received his wings in February 1941. Newly commissioned, he converted to the Spitfire at No.58 OTU, Grangemouth, and joined No. 92 Fighter Squadron at Biggin Hill in 1941, his first "Kill" being a Messerschmitt Bf109 over Dunkirk. He was then sent to the Middle East for what was to be a six weeks' detachment, but which, in the end, lasted to near the end of the War. Flying Spitfires, Tomahawks and Kittyhawks on Nos. 112 and 92 Squadrons in the Western Desert and commanding No. 145 Squadron in Italy, he became the top scoring Allied pilot in the theatre, credited with the destruction of 28 enemy aircraft confirmed, 3 probably destroyed, plus 5 damaged. In these three years, he was awarded the DSO and the DFC with two bars. At the end of the War, he was 23 years old. In 1945, he was posted to Hawkers as an RAF test pilot, graduated from No 4 ETPS course in 1946 and then joined the RAF High Speed Flight, which gained the world speed record in 1946 in a Meteor 4. He completed two years as a Squadron Leader at A&AEE Boscombe Down, being awarded an AFC in 1948, before being invited to become a civilian test pilot with Hawker Aircraft, then at Langley. There, he test flew production Furies and Tempests and also the first Hawker jet aircraft, the prototype P1040. During this period he established world records on Fury delivery flights to the Pakistan and Egyptian Air Forces - from London to Rome (1949), London to Karachi (1949), and London to Cairo (1950). He was the owner of a Hawker Tomtit, now in the Shuttleworth Collection, which he flew regularly at air displays. He also joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, becoming Commanding Officer of No 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron at Biggin Hill, equipped with Spitfire Mk 22s and later Meteor 4s and having Winston Churchill as its Honorary Air Commodore. He held the post of Chief Test Pilot at Hawkers from 1951 to 1956. His name will always be linked with the test flying of Sydney Camm's P1067, which became the Hunter. He flew its first flight on 20 July 1951 from Boscombe Down in WB188 (becoming, almost certainly, the first pilot to wear a Bonedome in a British aircraft) and led the test flying programme of the RAF's first aircraft capable of exceeding the speed of sound. In it, he planted the first sonic boom for all to hear across Southern England in a shallow dive from 30,000ft on 24 June 1952. The following year, again in WB188, this time modified with addition of reheat, he set a low altitude world speed record of 727.6mph, averaged over three runs, flying a course off the South Coast near Tangmere on 7 September 1953. Neville Duke was awarded the OBE in 1953 and the next year was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Royal Aero Club and the Segrave Trophy. Additionally, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Danish Aero Club in 1953, two De La Vaux FAI Medals in 1954, and a Queen's Commendation in 1955. In 2002, he was recipient of the Air League's Geoffrey Quill Medal. 2 His books including Sound Barrier, Test Pilot and The Crowded Sky, brought home to his readers the realities of test flying at a time when flight approaching the speed of sound was an unknown quantity and literally a Sound Barrier. The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators awarded Sqn Ldr Duke the 'Guild Award of Honour' in 2002. The Guild Award of Honour is awarded on rare occasions to individuals who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to aviation. His was a unique and incomparable record as a RAF fighter pilot and he made an outstanding contribution to British aviation in the investigation of high-speed flight and the development of the Hunter.
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