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Blenheim and Lysander Passenger Rides Planned February 2019 News NEWS EDITOR: TONY HARMSWORTH E-MAIL TO: [email protected] TELEPHONE: +44 (0)7791 808044 British Eagle DC-6 heading to Wales WRITE TO: Aeroplane, Key Publishing Ltd, News PO Box 100, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1XQ, UK The Aircraft Restoration Company’s Blenheim, Blenheim and ‘L6739’/G-BPIV, high over Lysander Cambridgeshire. GEORGE ROMAIN passenger rides planned One of the most significant propliners to have survived, Douglas DC-6A G-APSA is pictured at Coventry recently, wearing its glorious British Eagle livery, which it has now sported for a decade. hristmas came early for those wishing to get airborne in something a little bit different on 5 December, with an announcement from the recently formed, Duxford- he former British Eagle Cosford during the summer of FG1 XV582 ‘Black Mike’, Sold in Saudi Arabia in based Aerial Collective that it is planning to offer Douglas DC-6A 2015. GJD also owns VC10 K3 Hawker Hunter T7 XL573, and February 1964, G-APSA took Cpassenger rides in the Aircraft Restoration Company (ARC) Bristol G-APSA, which was ZA147, which made the last Fairey Gannet AEW3 XL500/ up its original registration Blenheim and Westland Lysander. It is hoped that flights will be threatened with ever flight of the type from G-KAEW, which is being again in early 1987 when it available in the course of 2019, with 10 passenger sorties Tscrapping at Coventry during Brize Norton to Bruntingthorpe restored to flying condition. was ferried back to the UK and expected in each aircraft during the season. 2018, has been acquired by on 25 September 2013. It is Gary continues, “There is put into service with Air Hannah Juggins from the Aerial Collective says, “We are aircraft relocation and hoped that this will also move plenty of land to accommodate Atlantique. Following use on currently working with the Civil Aviation Authority on the Safety restoration specialists GJD to St Athan, funding these aircraft at St Athan. We freight and pollution control Standards Acknowledgement and Consent approvals for these Services and is scheduled to permitting, along with Avro would like this to develop into work, the machine was to premium flight experiences.” be moved by road to St Athan, Shackleton MR3 WR447, which a national museum sometime become a popular sight on the Display pilot and ARC boss John Romain adds, “The Blenheim south Wales, during the is owned by GJD and currently in the future.” airshow circuit, and in early and the ‘Lizzie’ are two aircraft that are extremely close to my heart summer. It will then become located at Bruntingthorpe. The GJD DC-6 was rolled 2008 was repainted in British and restoring them was a passion for me. I look forward to what one of the star exhibits in the The museum complex, at out at the Douglas plant at Eagle colours. During July of the future brings as they join Aerial Collective; it will be a great way South Wales the Picketston Santa Monica, California in that year, Harold Bamberg was to raise the profile of these two unsung heroes of World War Two.” Aviation Aerospace June 1958, and acquired by reunited with G-APSA at For availability notification on flights in these fabled, Bristol Museum, There is plenty of Business Park Eagle Airways in September of Blackbushe Airport, the old Mercury-powered aircraft or to book flights in two-seat Spitfires which is being land to accommodate at the former that year. It went on to fly with Eagle Airways maintenance and P-51D Mustangs, either ’phone 01223 653830 or go set up by GJD RAF St Athan, Cunard Eagle Airways from base. Sadly, the ‘Big Doug’ to www.aerialcollective.co.uk in conjunction these aircraft at St will include 1960-63, before Eagle founder was grounded at the end of with Horizon, Athan. We would like to education and Harold Bamberg bought back the 2008 season after a Cardiff and develop this into a training control from Cunard in the corrosion was found in the tail, St Athan- national museum centres, the spring of 1963, forming British repairs proving too costly to based flight latter Eagle International Airlines. proceed with. training and providing an aircraft engineering company. opportunity for one-year GJD founder Gary Spoors post-GCSE and A-level says, “We have already been placements, and a to Coventry and started to conservation centre for aircraft prepare the DC-6 for the restoration. A visitor centre will move, taking out the floor and display the history of RAF St disconnecting all the engine Athan and aviation in Wales, controls. We will go back in and will incorporate a range of John Romain in Lysander April and start dismantling it interactive displays. V9312/G-CCOM. It flew for the move, which is Already at the Picketston site again on 28 August 2018, dependent on finding the are a wide range of post-war and is due to have bomb funding.” RAF and Fleet Air Arm types, carrier winglets fitted to the Among the aircraft previously including de Havilland Sea undercarriage fairings soon. moved by GJD is the RAF Devon C20 XK895, Panavia GEORGE ROMAIN Tornado GR1P ZA326 and Phantom FG1 XV582 in one of the three Museum’s BAC VC10 C1K, Tornado GR1P ZA326, hangars currently occupied by GJD/Horizon at the Picketston XR808, from Bruntingthorpe to McDonnell Douglas Phantom Aerospace Business Park at St Athan. 6 www.aeroplanemonthly.com AEROPLANE FEBRUARY 2019 AEROPLANE FEBRUARY 2019 www.aeroplanemonthly.com 7 News February 2019 February 2019 News Following the fitting of engines and undercarriage, C-47A Skytrain Night NEWS IN BRIEF Fright was rolled out of Hangar 6 at Coventry for pictures on 12 December. ATAC HUNTER CRASHES CHARLIE WALKER Hawker Hunter F58 N323AX from the Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) crashed into the sea off Honolulu on 12 December while supporting the ‘Sentry Aloha’ military exercise. The 47-year-old pilot ejected at low level, sustaining serious injuries. N323AX had been serial J-4101 with the Swiss Air Force. Jaguar GR1A XX741 being made ready for taxiing VAMPIRES DESTROYED AT at Bentwaters on 15 MELUN December. GRAHAM HAYNES Former Swiss Air Force de Havilland Vampire FB6s F-AZIK and F-AZOO were written off in a hangar fire at Melun-Villaroche aerodrome, BENTWATERS JAGUAR FIRES UP France, on 8 December. The aircraft EPECAT Jaguar GR1A XX741 moved under its own with No 54 Squadron at Coltishall. After transfer to No 6 were operated by the Cercle de power for the first time in 24 years at the Bentwaters Squadron, it arrived at Thumrait, Oman on 11 August 1990 as Chasse de Melun. Cold War Museum in Suffolk on 15 December, following part of the initial deployment for the Gulf War, although it was a nine-year restoration. During brakes-on ground runs soon to return to Coltishall and did not fly any missions during S MORE HUNTERS LEAVE both Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour 104 engines ran up to the conflict. It subsequently went back to the Lossiemouth- Combat C-47 forging ahead FOR CANADA maximum reheat, after which XX741 made a short run to prove based OCU in its No 16 (Reserve) Squadron guise, participating the aircraft’s braking and nosewheel steering systems. The next in the first Malta International Airshow during September 1993. Hawker Hunter T7A WV318/ stage of the project will be to refit all panels and install pylons This proved to be something of a ‘last hurrah’ for the he project to get reached a major milestone in The team of 10 men at G-FFOX (below), previously and drop tanks. machine, as on 31 January 1994 it flew from Lossiemouth to D-Day veteran Hangar 6 at Coventry Airport, Heritage Air Services is led by registered to Swift Built at Warton, XX741 made its first flight on 4 October Shawbury where it went into storage with 4,260 hours on the Douglas C-47A Warwickshire, during early Ben Cox, who gained many Composites, was sold to a 1974 and was delivered to the RAF the following month. It clock. Sold to Everett Aero at Sproughton, Suffolk in Skytrain 42-100521/ December with the installation years of experience working on new owner in Canada during TN308SF Night Fright airworthy of the aircraft’s undercarriage, DC-3s with Air Atlantique at early December. The initially flew with No 226 Operational Conversion Unit at November 2005, it was acquired by the Bentwaters museum in Lossiemouth, and then moved to the operational Jaguar force October 2009. for the D-Day 75th anniversary and its two overhauled Pratt & Coventry. The aircraft is owned black-painted aircraft had commemorations in Normandy Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp by commercial pilot Charlie been at Västerås, Sweden, during June of this year engines. Walker. His family’s firm, Walker since 2014. The Västerås Logistics, owns Membury Flygmuseum’s T7A XL616/ airfield near Hungerford, SE-DXH will also soon leave Berkshire, from where Night its Swedish home for Canada. CWHM Avenger to fly soon EUROPEAN DC-3 OPERATOR Fright — then in service with the 79th Troop Carrier Nine years after it was acquired Eastern Aircraft Division during SYMPOSIUM HELD IN SWEDEN Squadron, part of the 9th Air by the Canadian Warplane 1945 and flew with the US Navy A European Douglas DC-3 symposium was held at Force’s 436th Troop Carrier Heritage Museum, Grumman until the early 1950s, when it Arlandastad, north of Stockholm, during the weekend of Group — took off at 23.00hrs TBM-3E Avenger BuNo went into storage. After 23-25 November. Organised by the Swedish Flygande on 5 June 1944, heading for 53858/C-GCWG is due to fly conversion to sprayer Veteraner (Flying Veterans) society, operator of DC-3 Normandy.
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