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By: 26th November 2005 at 18:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-My guess would be 'HKX (and probably wrong :p ) so I will leave you with this gem! :) but not before mentioning that there might still be five flying, out of 11,000 built! :D
By: 26th November 2005 at 18:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-In the 50's Lec Refrigeration was operating an Anson. I cannot read the registration on my photograph. Can someone help?Thks in advance.
Willy
Of no particular use to you, they used to have a Gemini, 'LMU and later a Comanche or was it a Dove.......... :confused:
By: 26th November 2005 at 19:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-LEC Refrigeration Ltd operated Avro 19 series 1 G-AHIB from June 1957 until March 1959. It was sold on and eventually scrapped at Wymeswold in 1961.
By: 27th November 2005 at 09:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-LEC Refrigeration Ltd operated Avro 19 series 1 G-AHIB from June 1957 until March 1959. It was sold on and eventually scrapped at Wymeswold in 1961.
Knew the answer would come sooner or later!
Oh, the Crane may fly much faster,
Inside she may be neat,
But to me the draughty Anson
Is very hard to beat.
Her plywood may be warping,
Her window glass may crack,
But when you start out in an Anson
You know that you'll come back.
She may be a flying greenhouse,
With her windows all around,
But in that draughty Anson
You're as safe as on the ground.
She may creak and she may shudder,
As she comes out of a dive,
But if her pilot knows his stuff
She'll bring him back alive.
Her landing gear is sturdy,
It will stand for quite a drop,
If you doubt it, watch your students
Bring her in, and let her flop.
Fifteen, twenty, twenty-five,
She doesn't care a jot,
All in all, our Anson
Will stand for quite a lot.
Engines:
Wingspan:
Length:
Maximum speed:
Cruising speed:
Service ceiling:
Rate of climb:
Maximum weight:
Empty weight: 330 hp Jacobs L-6MB
56 feet 6 inches
42 feet 3 inches
188 miles per hour
155 miles per hour
16,200 feet
870 feet per minute
7650 pounds
5880 pounds
The wind may make her weather-****-
That's nothing to these craft,
For when you fly an Anson
You never mind a draft.
You can keep your Moth and Battle,
Your Harvard and your Crane,
Give me the good old Anson
In which our pilots train.
When she comes in with a panel,
All split from front to rear,
And the rigger starts to fix it-
They don't need a lot of gear.
A chisel and some plywood,
Some brads and a pot of glue,
Quite a bit of elbow grease
And very soon they're through.
They wheel her back out to the line,
Her Cheetahs start to cough-
Our Anson knows they're lads to train
And she's eager to be off.
ODE TO AN ANSON
-by Andy (#7 SFTS; Fort Macleod)
By: 27th November 2005 at 10:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Photo of G-AHIB's last days is included on Barry Clay's site:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/barry.clay1/id32.htm
(scroll down or use CTRL-F to search for G-AHIB)
By: 27th November 2005 at 12:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Thks for the early reply.
I will post the photograph after touching up with Photoshop as half of the negative was not properly developped (not enough developper in the Paterson tank)
I will also post a photograph of the one which crash landed on a farm in final approach at Brussels airport (G-ALFD) taken by my father.
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By: willy.henderick - 26th November 2005 at 17:52
In the 50's Lec Refrigeration was operating an Anson. I cannot read the registration on my photograph. Can someone help?
Thks in advance.
Willy