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By: - 14th July 2012 at 21:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Glorious post, what a time for vintage
By: - 14th July 2012 at 21:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes some lovely photos from the past. And that first one of the Sea Furies....Ohhhhhh so wonderful :). Thanks for posting.
Rob
By: - 14th July 2012 at 23:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes, marvellous photos - any more please?
Sounds as if the man in the Rolls Royce would have been Doug Arnold!
Wicked Willip :diablo:
By: - 14th July 2012 at 23:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sadly there are no longer warbirds based at Blackbush. Hopefully one day they will return?
By: - 15th July 2012 at 08:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
A few rather grainy 1970's snaps from the archive...just another day at Blackbushe....(All quite normal when Doug Arnold owned the place!).
The unidentified CASA 2.111 photo posted by HPIII, is G-BDYA.
Cheers, Chumpy.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 08:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Nice shots, brings back great memories. Thanks for posting.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 09:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I remember the camo Ju52. Used to play the baddie at North Weald.
What happened to all these aircraft, are they still around?
By: - 15th July 2012 at 10:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just then a big bloke drove over in an open-topped Rolls Royce and after a brief conversation he told us to clear off, so we did.
Ah sounds like Doug Arnold.... I got told to F**k off several times by Mr Arnold.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 10:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just reading the first couple of lines of your first post HP111 made me think just how fortunate you were back then.You'll never be able to repeat that day but you have have the memory and we just read about such things..:confused::)
By: - 15th July 2012 at 11:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just reading the first couple of lines of your first post HP111 made me think just how fortunate you were back then.You'll never be able to repeat that day but you have have the memory and we just read about such things..:confused::)
The "Golden years" at Blackbushe , for me at least, were the late 50s when Farnborough week produced a constant streamn of visitors.
Dakotas from many different air forces,Mercators, Learstars, Avengers and much much more.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 12:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I remember the camo Ju52. Used to play the baddie at North Weald.
What happened to all these aircraft, are they still around?
Take a look here for a wonderful supply of Blackbushe images from the 40s to the present:- http://farnborough.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=current&action=display&thread=5968
W&R Lost Aviation Collections of Britain lists the fate of all the WoGB aircraft (no, I am not on commission !!!). The collection had five CASA 352 Ls, not sure that they all wore camoflage. One flies in France as F-AZJU, another flies in South Africa as ZS-AFA. The other three are in museums, Aviodome, Fantasy of Flight and NASM Washington.
Planemike
By: - 15th July 2012 at 12:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Spitfire SL721 at Blackbushe
This was "The First of the Many" - Doug Arnold's first Spitfire at Blackbushe ... one of my shots featuring in the forthcoming Vol II :)
By: - 15th July 2012 at 15:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
This was "The First of the Many" - Doug Arnold's first Spitfire at Blackbushe ... one of my shots featuring in the forthcoming Vol II :)
Whats the blue tailed aircraft in the background? Looks like a Meteor but too big.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 16:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Definately a Meteor. I think Doug Arnold had Meteor NF.11 / TT.20 WM167, which is now of course G-LOSM. Could be that one!?
Rob
By: - 15th July 2012 at 16:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Take a look here for a wonderful supply of Blackbushe images from the 40s to the present:- http://farnborough.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=current&action=display&thread=5968W&R Lost Aviation Collections of Britain lists the fate of all the WoGB aircraft (no, I am not on commission !!!). The collection had five CASA 352 Ls, not sure that they all wore camoflage. One flies in France as F-AZJU, another flies in South Africa as ZS-AFA. The other three are in museums, Aviodome, Fantasy of Flight and NASM Washington.
Planemike
Lovely shots. Thanks for sharing them.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 17:21 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Definately a Meteor. I think Doug Arnold had Meteor NF.11 / TT.20 WM167, which is now of course G-LOSM. Could be that one!?Rob
That's it. Also a Sea Fury.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 18:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I used to potter over on my KH250 from RAF Odiham and admire them from a distance in the late 70's
:D
By: - 15th July 2012 at 19:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Definately a Meteor. I think Doug Arnold had Meteor NF.11 / TT.20 WM167, which is now of course G-LOSM. Could be that one!?Rob
So it is a Meteor. Didn't know Doug Arnold had one. Can't say I ever saw it display during the 80's, 90's but then it was a rare treat to see any WOGB aircraft at a display. I saw his P38 Miss Behaving in pieces at Evergreen Aviation probably 1998.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 20:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
So it is a Meteor. Didn't know Doug Arnold had one. Can't say I ever saw it display during the 80's, 90's but then it was a rare treat to see any WOGB aircraft at a display. I saw his P38 Miss Behaving in pieces at Evergreen Aviation probably 1998.
I've got a shot of the Meatbox - I'll dig it out. The Spit was easily available as I'd already scanned it for use in the book.
By: - 15th July 2012 at 22:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ah sounds like Doug Arnold.... I got told to F**k off several times by Mr Arnold.
Mr Arnold had a Mercedes Limo when I hung out there. Although never friendly, he also never ejected me, but I always asked before wandering around...:)
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By: HP111 - 14th July 2012 at 21:23
This set of pictures features Blackbushe. The first three were taken 1/9/74. Having been to Farnborough to see the SR-71 arrive from its record breaking Atlantic crossing, we dropped in at Blackbushe, just down the road. It was worth the effort as three Sea Furies were visible.
We though we would see what the view was from the back of the airfield so we set off down the road and took the first turning. However, we found ourselves actually on the airfield, having driven straight on from the road. In a locked shed there was a dismantled Buchon visible through the slight gap between the two doors. Unfortunately, the gap was too narrow for a photograph. Parked outside were these two sorry looking aircraft. Agwagon G-AXFF surprisingly went through several more owners and years before finally expiring, while Colt G-ARUC officially expired about a year after this picture was taken. Just then a big bloke drove over in an open-topped Rolls Royce and after a brief conversation he told us to clear off, so we did.
On another visit, 31/7/76, two larger aircraft were parked next to the spectator area.
The first is presumably a CASA 352 (no identity visible):
and the second a CASA 2111 (no identity discernable):