Yes, that works out. The takeover of Follands was around 1962 and I started there in '69.
Chris On 11 September 2012 06:10, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chris - not sure when the takeover took place, I was there 1956-7. Couple > of years > later I was in the RAF and was posted to the unit where we fixed up the > pilots who'd > walked (or crawled) away from the 'heavy landings'! We also fixed injured > personnel from > the other services, so we had a really mixed bag of uniforms there (but at > least we never > did parades or other 'bull' stuff!) > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris > Mitchell > Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012 4:22 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow > > Thanks John. I guess you'd have been at Kingston just prior to the Hawker > Siddeley > takeover? I was at Hamble, near Southampton, just after so it was no longer > called > Follands. Gnat production had finished, but it was still the RAF's jet > trainer and the Red > Arrows were still using Gnats. The only time we had whole aircraft in the > factory was for > refurbishment or to repair "heavy landing" (i.e. a crash that someone walked > away from) > issues. > > I'll never forget the last season of the Red Arrows using the Gnat before > they moved onto > Hawks - they did a special "thank you" display for the Hamble factory right > over > Southampton Water, so they were able to go really low. Stunning and > unforgettable. > > Cheers, Chris > > On 10 September 2012 05:24, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great shots Chris - I was once at Farnborough when both the Vulcan and >> the Victor were >> performing: beautiful to watch but the sound of the engines on full >> throttle got you right in the guts! >> Interested in your working at the Gnat factory: couple of months ago I >> went to our local aircraft museum, and saw a Hawker Hunter on static >> display which was built while I was working at the factory in >> Kingston, Surrey where the Hunter was in production. Eerie to think >> that some of the parts I worked on (mainly cockpit latch hooks and other >> small > electroplated pieces, or first coat paint panels) are probably still in it... >> >> >> John Coyle >> Brisbane, Australia >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Chris Mitchell >> Sent: Sunday, 9 September 2012 7:22 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: PESOs: Duxford Airshow >> >> We went yesterday and the undoubted star of the show was the only Vulcan >> still flying: >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3159.htm >> l >> >> The Aerostars Yak-50 display team did a pretty good job too: >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3277.htm >> l >> >> And, for the WW2 aficionados, here's B17 Flying Fortress, Sally B: >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3249.htm >> l >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the > directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the > directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
