A very entertaining event, I'm really pleased I drove down (even though it took me a little short of 5 hours to drive home in Bank Holiday Friday motorway traffic), not just for the array of Chipmunks, but the activity by the Shuttleworth aircraft, modern residents and visitors. Well done de Havilland Canada for making the first flight of the Chipmunk on what, 69 years later, would be a rare day of good weather in the UK! Seriously, I hope that 'Janie' will accept my thanks and likely all the several hundred enthusiasts and public gathered on the field to watch, and pass this thank you onto the organising team for their hard work. While I know this owners event was not organised for us, I really enjoyed the days activity at a beautiful location.
By: viscount
- 24th May 2015 at 22:38Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Wokka Bob, yes that is actually my list, the same one as linked to a few posts up, from the north west air news forum. Seems like we are going around in circles here, but I would welcome the opportunity to cross-check mine with another. The list makes more sense formatted into columns, but the code isn't the same on both forums, as I tried posting it here before linking it !
The rider to the list is not included above, stating:
42 aircraft are listed, but the organisers state 43 (later amended to 44) attended, so did aircraft leave early, or arrive later, or
did I keep on passing some without seeing (or photographing them!)? There was also another, "18671" (WP905/G-BNZC), in RCAF wartime
yellow towards the back of one of the Shuttleworth collection hangars, but was not a participant so clearly does not count (or does it?).
By: Wokka Bob
- 25th May 2015 at 00:00Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Partial thread drift. Probably not your basic spotters info! BUT! 1973-75, 60 MU RAF Leconfield (Lightnings, Jaguars, Phantoms, Whirlwind helicopters)(No1 Air Eng Sqn) also carried out little known or publicised Chipmunk Reconditioning. A varied amount of teams, fabric workers, painters & dopers and metal bashers assisted the teams in producing these aircraft to be surface finished by an assorted skills level of civilians at Kemble. I had a hit board (care of SA?) of Teams, aircraft and time on the ground. I believe the list is complete, but I am sure you know better
.
I was a mere Cpl rigger at that time but ably directed by our governor; Flt Sgt John Butterworth assisted by Chf Tech Ricky Warrington and Sgt Paddy ?(Mr high blood pressure?) Hole in thumb could be projected across the hangar floor at a great rate of knots. God bless you sir for keeping me reasonably sane!
By: yakyak
- 25th May 2015 at 13:42Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Viscount, Many thanks for the serial listing, looks like i missed out on G-BCSA, as i had to leave before all the chippies in the flypast landed, i did note another one though, early on in the morning WB726 E, G-AOSK touched down and then took off again, straight away.That made my count of 44 arrivals in all, not including the one you reported in the hangar.
By: Chipmunk Carol
- 26th May 2015 at 22:30Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thank you for your kind words.
The day really consisted of me inviting every Chipmunk owner I could get hold of (About 120) to pop over to Old Warden for lunch. Then I thought I would let the world know what I was doing and anything else was pure luck.
Fancy more of the same next year for the 70th?
There were 45.5 Chipmunks there in total, broken down thus:
Chipmunk 69th Anniversary
Y= Arrived; B= Balbo; F= Flypast only; H= Hangared; N= Never made it
Reg Serial Arrived
1 G-ALWB B
2 G-AMUF Y
3 G-AOJR B
4 G-AOSK F
5 G-AOSY N
6 G-AOTR B
7 G-APLO B
8 G-APPM N
9 G-ARMC WB703 B
10 G-ARMG N
11 G-ARWB N
12 G-ATHD WP971 B
13 G-BARS N
14 G-BBMN N
15 G-BBMV N
16 G-BBMO WK514 B
17 G-BBMT Y
18 G-BBMW N
19 G-BBMZ B
20 G-BBND WD286 B
21 G-BBSS Y
22 G-BCCX N
23 G-BCEY WG465 Y
24 G-BCGC WP903 Y
25 G-BCHL WP788 Y
26 G-BCIH N
27 G-BCPU WP973 Y
28 G-BCSA Y
29 G-BCSL Y
30 G-BCYM N
31 G-BFAW WP848 Y
32 G-BNZC H
33 G-BVTX WP809 B
34 G-BWMX WG407 B
35 G-BWNK WD390 B
36 G-BWTG N
37 G-BWUT WZ879 Y
38 G-BXCV WP929 Y
39 G-BXDG WK630 Y
40 G-BXDH N
41 G-BXDI N
42 G-BXDP WK642 Y
43 G-BXGL Y
44 G-BXGO WB654 Y
45 G-BXGX WK586 Y
46 G-BXHA H
47 G-BXHF WP930 Y
48 G-BXIM N
49 G-BYHL WG308 B
50 G-CBJG 1373 . Y
51 G-CGAO 1350 . B
52 G-CPMK WK847 Y
53 G-DHCC WG321 B
54 G-DHPM 1365 . Y
55 G-HAPY WP803 Y
56 G-HFRH WK365 B
57 G-PVET WB565 B
58 G-UANO 1367 . Y
59 OY-ALL N
60 OY-ATO P-129 B
61 WK518 WK518 Y
62 WK608 WK608 N
63 WB560 WB560 0.5
Balbo 18
Non-Balbo 24
On airfield but hangared 2
Flypast only 1
Cockpit only 0.5
TOTAL 45.5
By: Rod Blievers
- 27th May 2015 at 00:50Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Janie:
Congratulations on what looks like it was a fabulous event - I'm bowled over with your massive attendance, that's really impressive.
We have 50 Chipmunks on the Register here in Australia; the most I've ever seen together is eleven! This was at Groongal in 2003 (a fabled event, now sadly discontinued, on a private property near Griffith NSW). The comparatively low attendance was despite every Chipmunk owner in Australia being invited. Sure, we have the "tyranny of distance" to contend with (I flew 650 nm each way to attend for example), but your achievement remains impressive nevertheless.
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By: RMR - 22nd May 2015 at 23:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
What a nice "bunch" of Chipmunks..
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By: Chipmunk Carol - 23rd May 2015 at 00:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Sweet!
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By: Mothminor - 23rd May 2015 at 00:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Beautiful photo - nice to see so many in the air together.
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By: scotavia - 23rd May 2015 at 10:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Alisdair Anderson took these great views from the Storch http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=67043
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By: yakyak - 24th May 2015 at 19:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Anyone have a full checklist of all the Chipmunks that made it?
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By: viscount - 24th May 2015 at 19:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Listing of all I saw (but 2 short of the organiser's claim of 44) listed, along with a number of photos on:
http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/18281/chipmunk-69th-anniversary-gathering-warden
A very entertaining event, I'm really pleased I drove down (even though it took me a little short of 5 hours to drive home in Bank Holiday Friday motorway traffic), not just for the array of Chipmunks, but the activity by the Shuttleworth aircraft, modern residents and visitors. Well done de Havilland Canada for making the first flight of the Chipmunk on what, 69 years later, would be a rare day of good weather in the UK! Seriously, I hope that 'Janie' will accept my thanks and likely all the several hundred enthusiasts and public gathered on the field to watch, and pass this thank you onto the organising team for their hard work. While I know this owners event was not organised for us, I really enjoyed the days activity at a beautiful location.
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By: Wokka Bob - 24th May 2015 at 22:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Snaffled from another site; no authentication:
DHC.1 CHIPMUNK AIRCRAFT ATTENDING
regn civil notes regn civil notes
worn regn worn regn
G-ALWB WK586 G-BXGX
G-AMUF WK630 G-BXDG 8 Sqdn marks
G-AOJR WK635/- G-HFRH Royal Navy
G-AOTR WK642/94 G-BXDP
G-APLO/8 black, with white bands WP788 G-BCHL
G-BBMT dual regn WP831 WP803 G-HAPY
G-BBMZ WP809/78 G-BVTX Royal Navy
G-BBSS re-engined WP848 G-BFAW
G-BCSA re-engined WP903 G-BCGC Royal flight bright red
G-BCSL black scheme WP929 G-BXCV
G-BXGL BOAC style scheme WP930/J G-BXHF Army
WB565/X G-PVET Army WP971 G-ATHD
WB654/U G-BXGO Army WP973/I G-BCPU
WB703 G-ARMC WZ847/F G-CPMK
WD286 G-BBND WZ879/X G-BWUT
WD390/68 G-BWNK 1350 G-CGAO Portugal
WG308/B G-BYHL 1365 G-DHPM Portugal
WG321/G G-DHCC Army 1367 G-UANO Portugal
WG407/67 G-BWMX 1373 G-CBJG Portugal
WG465 G-BCEY P-120 OY-ATO Denmark
WK514 G-BBMO
WK518/C G-BBHF WB560 cockpit section only, in car park
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By: viscount - 24th May 2015 at 22:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Wokka Bob, yes that is actually my list, the same one as linked to a few posts up, from the north west air news forum. Seems like we are going around in circles here, but I would welcome the opportunity to cross-check mine with another. The list makes more sense formatted into columns, but the code isn't the same on both forums, as I tried posting it here before linking it !
The rider to the list is not included above, stating:
42 aircraft are listed, but the organisers state 43 (later amended to 44) attended, so did aircraft leave early, or arrive later, or
did I keep on passing some without seeing (or photographing them!)? There was also another, "18671" (WP905/G-BNZC), in RCAF wartime
yellow towards the back of one of the Shuttleworth collection hangars, but was not a participant so clearly does not count (or does it?).
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By: Wokka Bob - 25th May 2015 at 00:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Partial thread drift. Probably not your basic spotters info! BUT! 1973-75, 60 MU RAF Leconfield (Lightnings, Jaguars, Phantoms, Whirlwind helicopters)(No1 Air Eng Sqn) also carried out little known or publicised Chipmunk Reconditioning. A varied amount of teams, fabric workers, painters & dopers and metal bashers assisted the teams in producing these aircraft to be surface finished by an assorted skills level of civilians at Kemble. I had a hit board (care of SA?) of Teams, aircraft and time on the ground. I believe the list is complete, but I am sure you know better
.
I was a mere Cpl rigger at that time but ably directed by our governor; Flt Sgt John Butterworth assisted by Chf Tech Ricky Warrington and Sgt Paddy ?(Mr high blood pressure?) Hole in thumb could be projected across the hangar floor at a great rate of knots. God bless you sir for keeping me reasonably sane!
Team AC Days Team AC Days
2 WB567 59 6 WK642 54
1 WB652 49 1 WK925 54
4 WB693 52 5 WP627 47
6 WD373 51 6 WP833 41
3 WG308 61 5 WP840 50
4 WG321 51 4 WP850 43
4 WG403 55 1 WP860 52
5 WG430 49 3 WP872 52
4 WG466 45 4 WP896 49
1 WK511 48 3 WP900 50
3 WK515 46 1 WP901 57
2 WK518 53 5 WP906 49
4 WK554 47 1 WP928 53
4 WK559 49 3 WP929 50
3 WK562 54 6 WP967 47
4 WK572 49 3 WP974 54
2 WK585 51 1 WP979 42
6 WK586 48 4 WP984 43
5 WK609 56 3 WZ845 46
1 WK613 56 5 WZ875 58
1 WK624 48 1 WZ878 45
4 WK633 51 1 WZ884 50
3 WK640 44
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By: yakyak - 25th May 2015 at 13:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Viscount, Many thanks for the serial listing, looks like i missed out on G-BCSA, as i had to leave before all the chippies in the flypast landed, i did note another one though, early on in the morning WB726 E, G-AOSK touched down and then took off again, straight away.That made my count of 44 arrivals in all, not including the one you reported in the hangar.
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By: Chipmunk Carol - 26th May 2015 at 22:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thank you for your kind words.
The day really consisted of me inviting every Chipmunk owner I could get hold of (About 120) to pop over to Old Warden for lunch. Then I thought I would let the world know what I was doing and anything else was pure luck.
Fancy more of the same next year for the 70th?
There were 45.5 Chipmunks there in total, broken down thus:
Chipmunk 69th Anniversary
Y= Arrived; B= Balbo; F= Flypast only; H= Hangared; N= Never made it
Reg Serial Arrived
1 G-ALWB B
2 G-AMUF Y
3 G-AOJR B
4 G-AOSK F
5 G-AOSY N
6 G-AOTR B
7 G-APLO B
8 G-APPM N
9 G-ARMC WB703 B
10 G-ARMG N
11 G-ARWB N
12 G-ATHD WP971 B
13 G-BARS N
14 G-BBMN N
15 G-BBMV N
16 G-BBMO WK514 B
17 G-BBMT Y
18 G-BBMW N
19 G-BBMZ B
20 G-BBND WD286 B
21 G-BBSS Y
22 G-BCCX N
23 G-BCEY WG465 Y
24 G-BCGC WP903 Y
25 G-BCHL WP788 Y
26 G-BCIH N
27 G-BCPU WP973 Y
28 G-BCSA Y
29 G-BCSL Y
30 G-BCYM N
31 G-BFAW WP848 Y
32 G-BNZC H
33 G-BVTX WP809 B
34 G-BWMX WG407 B
35 G-BWNK WD390 B
36 G-BWTG N
37 G-BWUT WZ879 Y
38 G-BXCV WP929 Y
39 G-BXDG WK630 Y
40 G-BXDH N
41 G-BXDI N
42 G-BXDP WK642 Y
43 G-BXGL Y
44 G-BXGO WB654 Y
45 G-BXGX WK586 Y
46 G-BXHA H
47 G-BXHF WP930 Y
48 G-BXIM N
49 G-BYHL WG308 B
50 G-CBJG 1373 . Y
51 G-CGAO 1350 . B
52 G-CPMK WK847 Y
53 G-DHCC WG321 B
54 G-DHPM 1365 . Y
55 G-HAPY WP803 Y
56 G-HFRH WK365 B
57 G-PVET WB565 B
58 G-UANO 1367 . Y
59 OY-ALL N
60 OY-ATO P-129 B
61 WK518 WK518 Y
62 WK608 WK608 N
63 WB560 WB560 0.5
Balbo 18
Non-Balbo 24
On airfield but hangared 2
Flypast only 1
Cockpit only 0.5
TOTAL 45.5
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By: Rod Blievers - 27th May 2015 at 00:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Janie:
Congratulations on what looks like it was a fabulous event - I'm bowled over with your massive attendance, that's really impressive.
We have 50 Chipmunks on the Register here in Australia; the most I've ever seen together is eleven! This was at Groongal in 2003 (a fabled event, now sadly discontinued, on a private property near Griffith NSW). The comparatively low attendance was despite every Chipmunk owner in Australia being invited. Sure, we have the "tyranny of distance" to contend with (I flew 650 nm each way to attend for example), but your achievement remains impressive nevertheless.
There really are 11 Chipmunks in this photo!
Best regards,
Rod
Chipmunk VH-MMS (C1-0543, ex WG478).
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By: Chipmunk Carol - 31st May 2015 at 16:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
All credit goes to my amazing team who backed my idea all the way. I also had a huge amount of luck with timing and weather.
There's plenty of room for improvement. I have some exciting ideas for the 70th anniversary next year.
Thanks to Damien for air-to-air photographs of the formation.
