Yes, that is there, albeit missing a few parts. I'll see if I have a picture.Ben Watson wrote:I seem to remember it was PP. I'll need to look it up. That was the reason they took her. They should also now have ZF584 who used to sit next to my office. She was moved down earlier this year. Here is the photo from Damien's Thunder and Lightnings Website... http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/contents.html
Trident 'BB?
Moderators: Guru's, The Ministry
-
gwsimulations
- Chipmunk
- Posts: 22
- Joined: 12 Mar 2005, 13:51
- Location: UK
- Contact:
Graham W.
GW_Simulations
http://www.freewebtown.com/gwsimulations/
AUKSP
http://www.ukscenerydesign.co.uk/auksp
Classic Aviation
http://classicaviation.12.forumer.com/index.php
GW_Simulations
http://www.freewebtown.com/gwsimulations/
AUKSP
http://www.ukscenerydesign.co.uk/auksp
Classic Aviation
http://classicaviation.12.forumer.com/index.php
Hi Pete... havent heard from you or Tommy in a while.. Hope all is well. Will have to pop over to Tangmere sometime soon as my time down here on the South Coast is running out as the "Mid-lurnds" beckon Back on topic, I think it was this that displaced the Trident cockpit. Still cant remember his surname though
-
PeteP
- Concorde
- Posts: 768
- Joined: 07 Nov 2004, 06:50
- Location: Bedhampton (just outside Portsmouth), Hants, UK
Hi Toby,
Tommy has been busy living the celebrity life for the last few months! I guess you must have seen that Seafire F.XVII, SX336, recently made its first post-restoration maiden flight, 60 years to the day from its original maiden flight and in the presence of the pilot who made that maiden flight. Well, Tommy was that first pilot. He was seconded to Westlands as a test pilot at the end of the war for a couple of years and made SX336's first 3 flights.
They've really been making a fuss of him - he was guest of honour at both North Weald for the first post-restoration flight and Old Warden for the first display flight. Last week, he was invited down to Yeovil where the archivist copied his log books to cross check and update their records which are incomplete - in return, they gave him a tour of the factory and presented him with a photo of him with Harald Penrose taken in 1946 that they'd found in the archives. Then John Beattie of the Royal Navy Historic Flight and SX336's current display pilot, picked him up in a Chipmunk and took him to Yeovilton for a look around. Tommy's pilot's wings now fly with SX336 wherever it goes - a nice little touch.
I don't know when you're off to more northern latitudes but the first weekend in September should be an interesting time to visit Tangmere. We're having a Meteor weekend to celebrate Donaldson's world record and on Sunday the 3rd, all the usual suspects including Neville Duke and Peter Twiss will be in attendance. If you're still around for the Shoreham airshow, Tommy is planning to go on the Saturday and you'll probably find him in the Blenheim Association tent signing things. He tends to be in demand there as one of the dwindling band of Blenheim pilots having survived - heaven knows how - unescorted daylight bombing ops in Blehheim IVs with 18 squadron in 1941.
Anyway, I've hijacked this thread for long enough so, back to the Trident!
PP
Tommy has been busy living the celebrity life for the last few months! I guess you must have seen that Seafire F.XVII, SX336, recently made its first post-restoration maiden flight, 60 years to the day from its original maiden flight and in the presence of the pilot who made that maiden flight. Well, Tommy was that first pilot. He was seconded to Westlands as a test pilot at the end of the war for a couple of years and made SX336's first 3 flights.
They've really been making a fuss of him - he was guest of honour at both North Weald for the first post-restoration flight and Old Warden for the first display flight. Last week, he was invited down to Yeovil where the archivist copied his log books to cross check and update their records which are incomplete - in return, they gave him a tour of the factory and presented him with a photo of him with Harald Penrose taken in 1946 that they'd found in the archives. Then John Beattie of the Royal Navy Historic Flight and SX336's current display pilot, picked him up in a Chipmunk and took him to Yeovilton for a look around. Tommy's pilot's wings now fly with SX336 wherever it goes - a nice little touch.
I don't know when you're off to more northern latitudes but the first weekend in September should be an interesting time to visit Tangmere. We're having a Meteor weekend to celebrate Donaldson's world record and on Sunday the 3rd, all the usual suspects including Neville Duke and Peter Twiss will be in attendance. If you're still around for the Shoreham airshow, Tommy is planning to go on the Saturday and you'll probably find him in the Blenheim Association tent signing things. He tends to be in demand there as one of the dwindling band of Blenheim pilots having survived - heaven knows how - unescorted daylight bombing ops in Blehheim IVs with 18 squadron in 1941.
Anyway, I've hijacked this thread for long enough so, back to the Trident!
PP