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Post by p5tgc on Mar 6, 2008 11:00:35 GMT
The Drive It Day run for East of Scotland members (& guests) will depart from Dobbies Garden World at Lasswade at approx 10:00 am, and head for The Museum of Flight at East Fortune.  This run is being organised by the local section of the Wolseley Register, who will also be joining with us at the Thirlestane Castle All Rover Rally in May. No need to register or pre-book, just turn up and take off!! |
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 6, 2008 16:24:11 GMT
Nice pic Trevor, is that a 'DAN DARE' Comet in the background?
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Post by p5tgc on Mar 6, 2008 16:56:59 GMT
Yes indeed. It is a Comet 4c, flown by Dan Air as G-BDIX, and it was the last Comet to fly commercially.  Prior to joining the Dan Dare fleet it flew with RAF Transport Command as XR399, and again it was the last passenger carrying Comet flown by the RAF. |
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 7, 2008 15:45:51 GMT
Thanks for the reply Trevor, and another nice pic of both.
I would have probably seen this one overfly Hatfield where it was built on its end flight.
I was in the Design Office when the the 4c's were being assembled and was involved with the very last one which was for King Saud of Saudia-Arabia. All the interior was done in gold leaf, very impressive. The next job being the Tridents and the HS125.
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Post by glennr on Mar 7, 2008 19:48:15 GMT
My dad worked at BAE Hatfield. A big place so the chances you knew him were remote. He worked in the AOG division.
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 7, 2008 20:39:30 GMT
That's interesting Glenn. He would have been in the Spares Division. At one time it was situated at Birchwood, close to the main factory.
It was also interesting you mentioned BAE at Hatfield, did he work when it was BAE or like myself when it was De-Havillands, then Hawker Siddeley?
I was there from 1961 to 1963 before transferring over to the Manor Road site, and remained there until redundancy in 1987.
I remained a Sports Club member until I moved away from that area 10 years ago, and was a member of the Small Bore Rifle Club, and the Model Railway Club.
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Post by glennr on Mar 7, 2008 22:15:54 GMT
BAE, In the early days he worked at British Visqueen, Stevenage, then ICI Welwyn. He had a courtesy flight on the new Airbus 600??? when it was developed.
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Post by dorsetflyer on Mar 8, 2008 15:45:57 GMT
Glenn I certainly remember British Visqueen at Stevenage they were close to Site 'B' which worked on missiles and space products. ICI was of course a household name at WGC.
Regards BAE and the Spares Dept ask him if he knew Arthur Cruttenden who was, and still is, a friend of mine. He was easily recognised by his very long curly auburn hair, and glasses. Many years ago he used to drive a P4. What you might call an 'oddball' character, but good fun.
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