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THIS MONTH’S ANSWERS
Lightnings and Hunters
Q We have already carried a question and answer on the combined display by Lightnings and Hunters at the 1962 SBAC Display at Farnborough.
A Michael Farrer was at the show as part of No 1476 Squadron, Air Training Corps, and recalls the formation executing a rather fine barrel roll. “I had a cine camera at the time and recorded the display”, he says, “so am certain of the manoeuvre”. His original film, which he gave to the RAF Museum at Hendon, also records the sole remaining Bristol Bulldog (K2227) nosing over at a North Weald air display at around the same time. He surmises that the incident may have led to the crankshaft failing at Farnborough in 1964 and its resulting crash. Subsequently rebuilt by Skysport Engineering in Bedfordshire, K2227 now resides at Hendon.
DH60G G-AAGT history
Q In answer to A. J. Moor’s request for details on Gipsy Moth G-AAGT in January’s edition, Air-Britain’s Malcolm Fillmore provides the following.
