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mITOIis- Trevor l(in€:ho rn, 16, Stirling Crescent, Scotland Lane, Ilorsforth, Leeds 18.

CH.J]i}. jllj s - Colin l{unter, Residcnce J, High Royds Hospital, }lenston, IlkLcy.

mo/rRl?lj cilfi",filsin: - litephen Rige, 15. l]romlev Iviount, Sandal' '/akefie]-d.m:risunrrr,/n}c ri.iT]i.,R s - John Hunt, 11, Silverdale Gran€e, Guiseley, Lecc'ls.

SECRbT,JIY r- Chris 'riarn, 1; Springfiel-d. Court, Kcighley, nD2O 6JP.

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l[eetings tc, b.: held at the Yorkshire .,ieropl3,ne C1ub, l'eedspradford (fearf on)

.1,,ixport, by the eourtesy of the Dircctors, commencing at 15.00 hrs.

FEIRU.$RY 6th s i,i.urua] Quiz - belng con:pilud. and prosented by chris HaIpeI. rhlswill- 'be up to its usual high qual-ity, so col,Ie along e;:d tr'st yourknor,rlctlgc.

B ,, ilutnber of fihns, yei tr.t be finally selectcd", plus a chi';:rce tosee thc Photo Contpetitiorr untrics.

s .irxcirenge & iu,art a chei-tee to buy and seJl thosc slidcs, priirts,br;olis e Trtcbgazincs or ar y other avi,ation parr.phcrnalia that you havelying a.bout.

qrf_BL-&One or two nc.w fcatures in the bulletii: this rronth, althou€h s,.:ne itci:Ie arc er, Ij-tt1eout of orcler. .i11 this new infortnation is frota membcrs, so k;ep it coi'.:ing, j't allaclds to the intcrcst of thc bulletin.Iontt for. et your slides a:rd prints for the Compctitionr thel/ are duc in this nonth,resufts a,t the ilh,:rci, raeetinE. Good luckl

IvirrIiCH 5th

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"irfiota. Ir,youtsi fleet list of resident cornrrorciaf, a/c etc' e.8. Hea,throw 31.10;

i'tanchest er 70p.

Ietails fnom; ii.C, Towers, Santa Pod, Port j-nf er Road, r'/:r) e, Guornscy, C.I.

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14 G-BBJJO Aztec ni'sG-SAIA Cherokee Six

15 G-SILV Cessna 140G-3CPZ Comrnander 5005 n/ s

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17 EI--}EP Cessria 414AG-CGl-rC Tomairawk

18 C.-fAI:',i Cessna 210G-BiCiO Cesr;ira 182 :,./IG-3GYI' Boein6 117

19 No tnovert,en{s

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lnpg/$4l[o-r1p_l:try.iiJ,r-]E-&qlrsl:-&*sss-e-IA drop iir tlie foreign visitors tiris month leaves us witii a total of only 191 fot theyear. 'I\,ro tr'rencil Ci'rc,yennes on the 5th were F-CDAL and E-GAliP and they were joinedby Aerostar 0O-!;"i and 0Y-IEiI. niverting in on the 7th vras Cessna l0] N)OJCC andon the 10th ttre Air r,-a1ta tsoeirg: 717 vas ?I{-TVP for a chan6:e. },aking its firotvisit on the lJth was learjet l5 i\rl5sC. Cesena 414 N5172C anived ol thc 16th aralstayed. with ilorthair over Christr,ias, This nronths Irish visj-tors were Ceeana 4144EI-3GP on tiie lJth and lecch C.90 EI-BLI on the 20th. Sandeirante 0Y-luSl divertedin on tire 22nd and n/s arfl endlng the month lras Seneca l){;llii\ which anived on the26th a:rd. did a few fli5htsr a^round the country beforg departing on the 29th. Visltlrg:from .llud.dersfield on the lth was Cessna 177 G-OAIE once a proBpective LBri resident.[he /tr)xy Parachute Clubs Turbo Porter G-o/iP]: nigirt stopped on the 7th. i'ztec G-h)llOIwas d.o1.rc the Gcnair flight Gatwick on the 8th when it sriffercd a nosewhee l- collapogG-IIDE came up with r r. Thurcst on hi.nself to lool< at it and it was flown away toStarieted. for repairs. ,,lnother iiztcc in trouble was G--UBDO witich n/e on the 1{thand was d arlaged by thc wind on tha 15th, it was repaired in YI,.{! and l.eft on the 21stuith i\iorthair C.:ssr,a {1{rr, G-!J}I returned to Gamston on the 5th and in its placeCessna U20(G G-sI iJ c,/n 5041 cattre back, tl}is lras joined on the 18th by Cessna 182G-3KK0 froi'r Garrrston. Depa.rting on the llst was Cessna 182 G-Po' L wrich was deliveredto fuanston. A little bit more exotic was the Uessna 404 ST-,IT wuich left Northairon the 15th for Cranfield, thi,s wao G-oSHII in a new 6uise. .lurother quick paint jobwas Duchess G-3I{/O which arrived on the 15th, went into YLri and departed on deliveryto Sherburn as (i-oj.i;T on the p{th. The other bi6 news of the mont}r was limited todiversions -- i:r not or.rt. ljta,rt ir11 on the 5th we had Citation G-Xl.iCL, Twin OttoreG-3GUD and G-IGZP and. F-27 G-IO}""A fron 3lackpoo1; l'},C 111rs G-;rVIff-L-Vr G-l{;i(E!B7r7 G-lfiEq lwin Comanche G-,tiOL r SDr-10 (+-}{lN]; from niru:,ray plus various sna]lethings. 0n tlte 12th it was thc turn of i{uirrberside to cLose and. we took lbis:t-a&de!G-3IOS, i:avajo G-;,iITT, CeEsna 421C G-033I a:rd. llaiidit G-BHJY. 0n tlie lrth we hadSDr-r0 G-iJIRri fronr ltineuay a,nd landit G-ICGS from Humbersirlc. 0n the 22nd. it wasonce a€ain thc turii of Ring way wlth }jC 111|s G-riVlB-T-W, G-B3tr'11!. (].I{IKC, y;117G-IiUilf,i koinerl by Be1} 47 c-3loil which could not make L,j.verpoo1.

Rui'nour iizr.s it that t,:rere are six;igva4:gons currentLy at Ga&ston regiotered toNorthair which arc to comc to l,}ii fox C of r. and repainting. for dclivery to F,1rypt,since G-BitKJ .Jrd. G-IIfl(O arrived at (l.amston without us knowing this coulcl bepoeslble.

The enquiries rc6a.rdine 3.J{l flig"hts lnto LBl, reportcd itr the Local_ press, werefrom .iarrir.lr a^nd {o::ld. ,.i"wa,Jrs.

It is rumoured tirat, rJter the rrrnr.ray ertor:si-oir is corlp)-eted, ;ivioger:ex will t a.t<eover thc fligi-,ts to r\la.

9gllgig.+. .ti.e--up-s.r- 1st. G-',trMf Pereg'rine 51Ot 5tin, G-3I(CI/Mcline 2ST E G-yt,yC/dE66!q-65tt;:t, G-t-,iir'ryt etropolitan 051, G-tJALf\Ieatax BO1/5, G-rci'Ly'L,oganair ,s5ZCi-

551E, G-I'Gl!'D/spaccg;rand 222Q/ 221dr c reZ?/Spacugrand 226eb G-IGI'ihl/Speud.bird 5217-92OQ, G--.U I(/lJpeecrbirtl 910Q, c-/iVl'il/Specdbird. 5491-952Ci, G-;rWiV/Specd-bird 95Zn-549BtL; Bth. G-*,rl,i',^l/Genair 131; 1 1 th. G-BRIf/Express O2?g 1 2th. G-3HJY7'Urrroa.i.r

CaUsip.ar- _tj.e3}]):e-: - 1101 ; 1lth. c-tsIlrNr/Io8anair 568, 0-lilcS/UK57r-E:15O1, 16th.GEdedIc?,iT b1-,"c-arroTlreatax Toz-ri 1Bth. G-ncrir/orion 102 (o"""flisht); zznd.O'{-:,9,/.: ie42' , c-DGTY/Orion 102 (crcw training:), c-I0.1}f/r.E654Q, (;.[Y]4R/Speedbird9r1-9r1nq, (rriYLT,/SpeedbLrd 5497-8, G-AVMd/Speedbi?d 911q, c-Bclc/SpeedbiI.d.5217tG-BII,iE/Spee.d.b i]1d. 921 .

rt5oo[EYr92, n]491/vYr94, xs714/FyNo4 Doninie; ,rd.. r,;x.498/Ew11i 5th. xx500/Fyr1 1ixru94/W9zi 7rn. nD20/L71 J.Provost; 8th. rq98/FYT88, IOqB2/FYT85, )"1&198/rYr8e;9tk., x:,1419/? J.Frovost, v,1,482fiiry2i rcr:h. X{126/cffi0} J.hovost, w491/TYT8o?1fih. rfi25/C86 J. ?rovost i 14th. xt 26/cFT7z, X\t126N62 J.t+ovostrs, ys7l lAyrio8Dominie; 16rh. x,O26/ ei5i62i 21st, !,s7r1/FyNo9 Dominie.

Erorl q !o-s- 5th. "E'{}Dl,l F lil"1e T Chateroux, oOJi"S F/T }ntwerp 3 8th. F{.D1)I.B Chateroux I litle, (iY-nE!,I T Billund; 1rth. N15SC F Exeter 'I Luton; 26th. n-CLf{F Gatwick, did fl ietht to Squires Gate on 27th, end Ronaldsway on 28th.0n the 20th r'h:uitorn liG.1 XV581/iE, / 6\575 of 42 Sqn. at L euchars did an overshoot.

Lgfegm-t-*,.t.q!.t5t-i_c.s;-Deeernber 1982December 1981Jarr - Dec 1982Jan - Dec 1981

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l9cj!-:!-SF.I"{r"1$,UJU:t*a1:_t-}Etttf.q11g oplra"ted a cirartor tlrough l;,,ds/Eradford on 22nd December usin6'their -Dalcota 4 G-.Jit?Y. The aircra.ft posltioncd from kctcr in the early afternoonto tale ca: cornponcnts on bohalf of the Ford i/,otor ConpeJy to liaastricht using theflight nulr'ber ili222.

lif1:l-t-q opcrated their laet fligrltt of ttre [hor,rson liolidays wint er series intoLeeds/-uradford with Souir:gr 717 -2K2 PE-[\IP on 10th Dccenber. This wos the only air-craft to appo.J ln the fuIl rrir I'ial-ta sqhemc as -PH-TVI wirich appcar*d. 1n liovemberwas paintod write overall with sntall black titles on the port sido on1y. fhc flighton )rd. 1i;cerrrbi:r riiv;rtcd. to l^anchcster due to fog at Leudo/lradford oncl was operatetlby PH-'IVC.

ISitg:Jr!.ei -itirv.ay.g. uscd the f oltowirry SoeinA ?r? aircraft through Lecds/BreLdf ordaluxir€: .Duce. rbcr. llhe d:r.t e of opuration follovs the flig:ht number.

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9g!*f{-ng opcrated r charter lnto lccds/lradford from ;^berdeon on 22nai l)ccembeswith the lcased Bardeirante OY-.{:,SL using t}re flight nmbex }c842. The a.j.rcra$t wasreturnir!. workcrs fror'r the North Sca rig:s for the holidays and after rc.mainingovernight cleparted cnpty to r.,lick using the f1i€:ht rnr:nber I{i8lOP.Genair ,icrvices through leeds/brad.ford. have been rcvised from Jarruary rrhich willmean a.i'l overaJl reductioi: in frequency of a third for we.;kdays and a half for week-ends. Therc wi1l. be no aircraft baserl, with thc fLights beina. operated. with eitherthe Tee,s-s:idc or thc I'iverpool based. Shorts ,r0. The now timinss are as follows:Ilon-I'li - 3n/ru,r15.'i ILB-O?25i3r.07r5J,tU - BivENlrl m1LlO45t3,XO55-IX4Esat+sun - tn/Ettl16 r }:l!-o825rBro8rr-Tew - WEti117 lcu-1145l8rt1155-r.X@l,ron-tr'ri - BI/U'I114 iIrI1,-171018ir1720-ICv', - Ifi./A\r1r2 IClir-2O45IB/r2O55-tE

0L!9n -l+-IEy!- decirled to perform sor,ie c!el; trainin6: zrt Lecds/Sradford. in preparationfor the Cosros series which starts on 4th Janua,xy. 0n lEth Dcceraber lloeing 717 -ZI5G-IGTV usin6 the caLlsi€rr 1{G102 arivcd fron East }.iidl ards but onJ.y ceriu-d out one1ow ovcrshoot bcfore going straight back to base. 0n 22nd }ecember Boeine 757-2QBG-HITY usin6' the se:uu eallsign of IG102 arrived froru Birmingham and carl:isd outvarious 1and.ir1,r s a:rd. em alprr:n stay before departing: for East l{idla,nds.

iccident to i.ztec G--.lilLJ on 8th }ocember

;;;;;;;;";;;;:: t"*"u the,i that he r,,c".e experiencing a-. '|minorrproblen and nLag' h:.ve to overshoot from that appro&ch. Thc tower euquirini, thcnature of the rminor' problen wa"s told that only two of thc threc ereon li,thtsirdicatingl lockerl uird.erca.rr,la€:e were lit.The bul"bs on tho instnuuent pe.ncL wore noL fountl to bo defective theroforc the air-cra.ft marl.c ar orbit buforo conrraencin€: a 1ow overshoot ol runr,lay 28. The fire serviccwere poeitioncd so as to enabLo thel to inspcct thc nosewhecl by use o{ a si:otliEht.Mca.riwhile a teleploire call had been made to Eastern opcrators to try to clarifythe probl enr and to discovcr whet action to ta.ke.

... decisioir was ma.cl e to att empt the landing as ever)rthirlg secmed to be in orcd.er. Itwas believcd that the !.ztoc nny land sefely if a 5'ent1e touchd.own uers executed,with 6eut1e lowcrii:4 of the nosewhecl.

Ihe aircr:Jt subseqr:errtly touched d.oun mainwhecls first on runway 28, Upon g:roundcontact vrith the loscwhcel", the asseirrbly collapsed. and the aircra,ft cano to griefs11d.ii:6 to a halt soilc 20 m. frorL the iltersection wit]r ?ul:w.,y 1).Fortunately thure uere i'ro ii{uries to thc persons on board.

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Ceesna 1?? G-O:.U] arrivcd fror,; Iletherthorpc on 21/10 a;d. is now residcnt. Soechnuchess e--8fr-,0 axxi.ver]. fror,r Ireaves d,an on 11/11 aJld duriner the followlng wect'; diddemonstrs,tion fliSirts r,rainly for Ray iiolt ( nralnage ) Lta. This r,ras purchascd bythem a.nii. re-::egistered. G*OP.I'I a,nd first fliglLt r,rith thcsc morkirigs was to i,irirtrideon 2e/12. Ccssir.. 132 c-o]L!Y io now for sa.Ie. ltnstxon G-31]ID hr,.s be" using: thcfield cluring ,oower line inspection on the following dates 24/11, 8r9110116129r1O,11/ 12.

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lifh n!&q,?_11 are to operate an IT flight for Solar rolidays from Huir,berside to Palmafr.o;,. liay. The fli;ht will operaie on a iion. arniving irur,rberside at 1:i.05 anddeparting al, 1).OJ a,nd. according to a.n airport spokesl,a,t, it wil-1 be able^to flydirect r,rith a full load as long as tlre temperature does not rise above 20"C1It will be iirteresting to watch it take off as the niax. rururay leng:th is 5000 ft.8,717 | s C.-iiJ,-J,7.'1,, returned. to ;.ir i,'lorida at the end. of l-ease on 11/10. The twob.717's t.oiryl to ,,ir tr'lorida for the winter axe believed to be G-3JFH and G-DDDV.

jIE_.E The Cr, iave revoked their L])li - IoH licence at the airlines or.in request..1,s yet, it is not ,'.iior,rn if it will be operated by another airl ine except f or therumoux about Cenair ,;,entioned in Itlovember I s ma4:. The alrl-ine is negotiating vithhlDL for a joint operation on the Southend - Dusseldorf service. .llr UK have disposedof }iandeirarte (i-EIi]:iG (ex G-OEI;.), tho aircraft d.epaxtin€; from Norwich on lthDecember for a custor;ier in lrorth r',nerica. .1,s a result of the Bandeirante shorta4rethe cor,iparly are l easi.ngl in equipment to operate the Hu.rrrberslile to .,.msterdant route.In December Ltrroalr aircraft were used but Fairfl-ight are due to take over fromJanuary. Jetstrea".i Jl and Shorts 11O-2OO aircraft are bein6: considered by thcairline as replacelrents for the Sandeirante f1ect. Friendehlp G-3/iKL was leasedto British Iridland 1n lovenber but retained the i,ir UK scherne and was replaced byG-LHM\II froin the nliddle of lecember.

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!BI!,.{t$:i The Leased. L.717,s c-BJr.n / V were returned to qLlebecair on 6/11; G-}IGT hasbeen returned to fra.,rsavia as ]II-,M on l/'t1 and this is now operating for Lir ilia,lta.XEITIS]I..Sg_+IE have a:rra.ngcrl to se1l 5 Iristar 1 Is to the it J as tankers. ,Ihis isseen a,s a,nother way for the govexrment to ma](e Br: profitabte before rprivatlsation I .The airLine have aLso reintrod.uced I'/of on the Heathrow - lunnar - Dar-es-salaam -Lilonge route. ,re reported to have lost 18!6 of traffic on the l{eathrow - Glasgowshuttlc since Xi'i.:. coiilaenced operating on the route.fnllf$jl lt:t-l_i4Q have been using .a.ir VIi p-27 G-!liIO., duringl I'Iovenber and l)ecemberto suppl ernent th,:ir own F-27 f1eet. The leased F-2? ?H-IG,H has been re-regieteredq-nl!lE. *rtother 1r.27-200 Friendship has been purchaserl ex S2-dBtr' and IrT-IlU[(nang:ladesl Xi:nan) c/n 1O1O2 atrd, is registered G-Irl!:tP, it was delivered ex ],lice on20/11 . lteturned fror:r lest ,^irlincs is DC-!-1) G-XX\i,.C, seen at fr* on {/1. &cpectetli.s anothcr rc-9-1r, ex lfi,I1 to be used on the London - Edinburah route frorn lipriJ-,GIIUiB havc only boug'ht Casairrs l-icenced services and Snrr0 G-00oS the air taxioperatiols are now operated under tPresaair!. The dispersaL on the SDJIO fIee,tie as followsz- 2 aircralt at l{urnberside and 1 each at f,iverpool, ill'i and Tece-sid.e.Ead thej.r first i";horts ,60 G-IKKT delivered to Humbc,rside on 20th necember. TheaircraJt is p€rj.nt cd. i;: tire blue and. golal ]rC;ll Cormut er scheme which also appears onShorts ,r0-1O0 G -IIilIJ. The ]5 seater aircrajt wilL bc uscd on soroe Hul:,berside -Norwich - Ileathrov schedules plus the new threi. tiirres a week Humbersidc to Ilsbj ergeervj.ce which corfincirces on 17th January. Shorts 110-2O0s G-Ei.SI ancl G-I00 remainirl the Lasterii ti'ules and colour scheme with G-oC..,S remairl.ing ln the Casair c oLourscheme. I-;antle ir arrt e (LHLi;Y j.s curently on lease to l'ianx r.irlini,'s and retainsthe o1c1 Cenair livery with Lanx titlcs applicd on the fuselage.

#iitU.*_*r"S!:,i*IS_ c oil,iin enc ed s ervi c es froriiii second. I"ieralC is to be obtei,ined forad.cled.

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Iiecent a.d:rers e lreather conditions have caused. sone difficulties in certain areas ofthe constructiori rsork but excellent prog?css contj.nucs to be apparcirt.Roql-'{o-r-l{F.lllrcavati"oit for the Victoria r'-verme funrrel is now complcte. StructuraL foundatj,oneand the centre pier for the tunnel- are bcing coustructcd. Kerb Laying: and bleicktophave been coiapleted. otr several stretchcs of road. diversions and coneidi>rablo l engthsof dry stone walliirg ha"ve been built. The general appe€ra.nco of al-1 the road.diversiolin is pleas.iu6l and wj,ll undoubtedry bc envirormentalty beneficia"l to thealea whe,r the schcnc is comploted. The next major event ui11 be a t erlporar;r diver-sion of tho 16!8 in the viciltity of the new round about. The diversi.on wiLl bcbrou€:ht into usc later this rnonth, weathor perr,ritting.

/.!f,rr*3. -r"is.lrtr.ss..{! new airi ic}d lighting control centre for rll[way JJ is und.er construction whirstat the salus tii,e cablus and founda.tlons for ti:Ie new ]l approach ri6hts are belnginstalled. It is hoped. to have the majority of the nc'w approach lights for rufl,rayJl operatiotla1" by l'ebrila,xy. The drarnatic improvenent in approach li6:hting willrrake a significant contribution to regularity of serviceg and wiIl be ueLcomcd byairlines and particularly by their pilots.FreisLt- ;,rL,asurfac e work in the freig-ht area is ne1I advanced and aJ.L the new buildii€s er:ceptthe Frei;.ht ,.g ent occomrnodation have been coiutn:cted. Internal fitting.s andfinishes are bein€ applied. 'vlork has cormenced on l.reight r.6ent accornir.rodation toFovide twelve ind i-viduaL self-contaiired units, iBnediately adjaccnt to the ncwFreiEht rfTa.nsit Shed.. The *irport .a"uthority has appl iecl f or f orxra"L Custoi:,s approvalof the new !'reight arca.

iilS3O;{L J+&tjg$I,.iscellaneousfhe Fire Statioi: extension is substantially compl,cted tog:ether wj.th additione-Loffice space af,d comfort faciLitieg. ',rrork continu,-.6 on fittine: out the electricitysub-sta.tioh extei:sion.

TerrrinqlIt is hoped to corlilence t erminal constructio.r work towards the end of 1981 but theextension will be built in phases to errable the airport to contiirue to functionduring the works, and also because of fina.ncial constraints. |Ihe first phase shouldbe read.y for occupatj.on by the end of 1984 with the sebond phaso available a yearlater. Subsequent phaoes will depend on proven nr-cussity.

Hel ic ppJ.S.r. -,=ct i-gif,.t - 1 1th. c-Ilj!'Viiud d ersf ield ( t O. 05 ) ;p*t iil#; il0.:;tX' 1Tth. G-tolc/Huddersfield (ri.00)l' -

(09.40) ; 21st, C+-i1,f,,v/snerrield (og.15).

1 Jth. G-I'LrfiI/hlnkcf ieId.1 Bth. G-IKF'E/larnsley

fhe latest report on loca1 residents,Based at bagby (ge"st loint ), Thirsk - G-iiVC-i,/ ;ttCDliir',..J;Yr Jodel t s, G-IDJC lailwrrrd,G-bHU0/bL,:-0 Svans VP-2t s , G-;-$ZP hrp, C:-IGXj. Cub.

3ased. at liirby i'liske (on the .i,167 Topcliffe to Northallcrton road, i{ortir of lusbyStoop) i" G-,,VLY Jod.el D. 1 20;i.

Based at Carl;.ton, tlW of Skiptcii is G-0P1'S Jctran6'er.;i microJ.il:.ht (rcgistration unknowrl) is based at a farr;; on the. nrain road fromiddin5rha:n to Skipton.

9!DS;-!-,JL'.JI!i,-l-+tss-.There co.'.r be nothing urore friendly artd exhilarating the.n to watch graceful andcolourful soi1p1.a.l.,s being winch-launchod from a grassy field beside a backdropof hills or moors, cspocially on a suruiy s Lu.r'ul,er do"y. The delightful. litt1e glidingfield of Chipping, i.bout 10 milos Im of f,reston, has all these quaLi.tics. Noproblels of acr:ess or photographyr no difi'iculty in Eotting' finc action shots, ardno swax s ol otirer cr:thusie-sts. Inevitably onc €reta quickly involved in d.iscussingthe state of thc thcrrals above }owland tr'orcst, or in assistinr the move ent of thegliders.The field is or"'ned, surprisingly, by the Fy1c1e G).idin6' C1ub. To reach it fror,r Leeds,travel to Skipton a.nd then on to Cliths.roe and lon5rid6e. Irron hr:rc tai:c tircL5241 to iieskcth L,ane, ernd. then by nrinor lanus to the airfiekl. Thcrc a1.e twosnral1 han6ars, but inost gliders are kcpt in trailers. 0n a vlsit in iiay 1992 thefollowing. gliders wlr'e based thcre. (note how xlany are rvinta6ler raachines ).EGi, no.

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Type I'ormer icj,irtiticS

Sl irrg.sby T , !i1 Skyl ark 1TSlingsby 'I.21ii II.rJGfi,'. ?BZSlir:g"sby 'l .r',) Skylark 3GSl ingsby U. !O Skyl ark /,03.yrnpia 2I,Slingsby T.50 Skylar}< /,Sl ing:sby T . 51 }art 1 7H8R,905 Fauvette (l-,fUU, F-CCIEljolrl C)lyrnpia (Uuift fror,: parts)Sl ingsby T . 1,5 Swa1l owEOi{ zt60Schlc,i-cher ka5Eiichl cicher ir,bir--1 1Schlcicher Rhonlcrchc \-6502sclrempp ilirth Cirrus VTC />61bR905S l,'auvet t e !.-CCni, ii--I'GSly'

$!p$!-..(-c.o-r1tj.)0f these 11 5lid.ers of especial interest is the vintago Ohonlcrche ]Xlii1781 a.nr1. thetwo ]:rer-:uet l a.uvottcs 'i1;i,11o? and 2201 with their distinctive butterfly tails.The for,.,rcr ol tliri; two fle!, for iiiary yeo,rs as G-.!flru.

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Sightirqjs ciurirry J-tccvrnbr:r ucre not exccptiona"I with little of note being setu.'dith the contlnuing tr!. r^1 strike,:the lYB11/812 end Ll8r1/8r2 flight throu4:hj,nsterdcfi shoulc'L be of some lnterost. troth flights in l)ccembur were opcra,ted byLT lrTt! - but as both wuru. absolutely ovcrhead it was not possible to see the colours.The i.roerioan IC10 flig'ht, ,',-51, is rei,ularly coming up rmber Oi-rc nou ald usuallypasses POL around 11.J0. J. v:rriety of military transports this month with theless coru,ron t.IGiJr 10+04 and the tr,r(-nch tr1i8801. There are a]'ways U.S. military air-craft usi4 different callsignsc- Patio11, nrake J4 etc., and though often theseaxe C1J0u (tfre ftid'ht 1evel usually telIs) theru e,rc rc#ulzf, flights with l{C10,EJ and cvon.Ll,irs. Star of the irronth on 21st alolq lr1uc 1 6oing et:ust i:i mid-aftcrnoo,r lrls .,er ftrras (qT) {!8, ri IlC81 and thcrcfore EI-}.NA, (ex lli-...CV), r,rhlchapparently sti11 flics in its I1,- maxliings. r,eroflot flights e,vera{re tvo a rl.e,y

through ljh:.ruron anrd aru now including: Ii,75 on occasions, (Itve yet to sec otre),usinij tilc f1i2:ht nurrb ce SllL111 . r.. nL,w ver.sion, the llf5[Ir, with exturrdcd re.:4ea^nd poyload is i:,r service.Requcsts for flyover tic-ups of ocezrnic and non-I:ritish I.T. f1ights should besent to ij. Itige now for Jarruary ( and 1!82 back clatr,s) in alphabetical antl dayord.er, dcirrt {orlet tho s.e.c.K.op liste..dng on 111.05 llHz. and your11 bt: cmezcd a,t what you seu - a.nc1 i;iraddenedat what yo'u viiss. L,ii;c :,rista JC8 S,!-DDU, IlrOOP GUIf I and F{iDCN Learjet - allwithin quartur oi ..in hour, followed by ]i111mr 11707 a.nd al1 flying usin6: thc regis-tratlon for a ca11elgn.

lor any Il[ listencrs who d.o not know, alI the frequer,cir-s used are to che-i1:t: frorn1.2.er. .L,elow eru llstcd the North .,tlrurtic ch-';:6es - I have othcrs il arrybody isinterusted.

$;! (cc.nt1er, i;ha,'.wick, lisbon, Sa,nta lrnria, S.rn iuanr Pa.rem:rri.bo, ilew York)2911 becortxs 10165610 r

'5gBe945 ',t 8825N.r{ ! (G:,;rcier, Shalrwick, Icclarid, Santa I aria, ilew York)2987 b".co\tes 2899567' '',t 56168889 ,t 8854Nr.g C (Garrcier, Sharrwick, Iccland, Santa ]{eria)5618 btJcor,'.,s 5649$fp (t''a^nder, Sha,lvick, Iceland, I,odo, Cambridg e lay, ChurchiU, Froblshr--r. l:ay,;2866-buco:.re s 2911 Slndrestrrufj ord. ),62!+ " 1',675

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IrJrS-,r _-- .1)/ p/-3?_ - ?H-TVR, IVS b.717's (rtansav:.a); LY- m, ],]:/ r'r.7r7ts (Iraorek);IIs-SUn I.7r7 (rr";tncns); N156-3 r,747 (sc"nair); oY-SirL B.727 (sterLing); OY-S/$Caravalle (Sterling); J)-,JIRP histar (lqU) i O(Lr.4 :,irbus (T8,",) B I-L'.uS,r T.Coman-chc.

trJ@ir-+:---*a4./J9/93- - n6rzpi" N655P.a r.7.1? (Pan .'m); YII-mi{, N801F[ i,.7rl7(qsante.s, Irlyrng Tfu ers)i N781IT ])CB (r'tyrng Tigers); O0ECIIII C.210.

24/10/ez - G-Roor',r. -.'..-ar+5. .- I a-"-

( Tr-P ) ; tr-CCTT Fal c onJetri:nger; G-JCRR Ecureuil; C.-IIV)P ieI1 47 g CS-TIH

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rLl\izAl!..r.q J-1rlttl5r:-Bj:!-/J:/.e2. - EC-IjIIP, rrJ Dcgrs (tteria); I-/JILJ, irbus He"pa€'

lloyd; lIi-oUIl n.7J7 (]]rae-thcns ); EC-CIC Pir1.r0u1u{g',0urlI .@ryil.:_-t:?./)il32- ffi697 sea Vixen; 'il,-E,N T,,727 (ari.ana); zs-RscgerCules (srlair); '.n-:,ll bonmalaer; t+-tfoc,/llSu/lc:Ji Isl.,ndersi G-llmn TuinOtter; G-jjEVY Tlislerlder.

l,';THRUj, ^-, ?1_1__1 /p2. - :dJ'-WZ Learjet J5; t;-JJSi leariet J5; ii150IG Falcon 50i

IIL-VIi.I Falcoit 20.

rryS[ - 29]19192 - rJgo2cl ]c1o; fi1624 G\ir 2? G-oNPN HS.125r c-cnjr Gulf 2;Eam*W:, ";""t (rntcr City ).

rHs-89i.4*-9rillgI:--t--,FlgcfujJfjJlk9lL-0}vi..12A2:-19A2IEEHi-LJll:.+*gg&$-1-u,iisr_jru_-aA:-A,cgw-j:The rolr: of Lintoir-on-Ouse cha.nged nrarkedly duxing l,'iay 44 whcn both squad.rons wereassigned to close support of the allics in Iirance. 0n l1th i,pril 44 they bee'5rpleperin€_; for tl:is new role aftor re-cquipping lrith ]lalif ax lik III bombero. Thechar:ge to lial if ru< e.ircraft was not entirely welcome, many rrold-t' ers'r prcferringto comp:L!"te theix tours on Loncasters. Howeve!, on 1!th;.pril {.{, ,ri25,Squo"drontoHalifax flew their first opcrational sorties, carrying out sea" seatches, and on7th l,Iay ,'i4 thc first bornbing opcratlons were und.erta.ken,

426 arvJ,100 lliquadrons participated in interist air activity over thance throughout'",ly 44. lhc tart:rLcs enpl-oyt:d gave powerful support to the af.licsr Tactica,I r',ir-orces in oid.7- to seal off what was to be the future br:ttle area of i,ionnardy.Roclict sitcsr lrhj-ch were being prcpared at ?as de Calais, wera er^1so poundeal by both.rquadrons. fhis f or,;:ed pert of a nrass eff ort by l:rombcr Comnand. On 9 a,nd 10thi,ay 44 railwry t:rgcts in lelgium werc attacked. These attacks r,rore reportdd asbeing we1J. coord.inl',tecl a;rd successful but, unfortunately, 126 Squa.dron lost 2 air-craft. Lj-ntorr lre.s honoured when, on leth Iqay 44, Prirnc I'iinister Churchill visitedthc stati.on. Ilowcvcr the aetivity of the station was not curtailcd. a:d on the sameday, J26 squadron 1a;r"inchcd ern operation ,eainst thc shore dcfenccs at lrlierville e:rrd

Franc eviI1e.The next irnportant victory carile on 2nd June 4;| when No.i26 a^nd liOB Squedrons wercinvolved. in a concontrated attack ae'ainst heawy antl-aircraft battexius atitcufchatelSouth of . ou1o6rne. Thc ai.rcraft descended- to l2OO ft, half their noriral opcrationalheight, to make thr-' atta,ck in order to obtain butter accuracy. ;s a result one of:i25 Squa.dronre a,ircraft was hit by flal<. On 5th June 41i, Lhe evening of ll-nay, bothsquadrons took off on an incrcdible mission to bomb a brid.ge, road and rail junctionat Coutences. The target was a key point in the German colulnnication systemthroug:h which reinforcernettts and supplics would rnovc for the defonce of the llrenchcoast. The at ta,ck was a trernendous success for, in the light of experie. ice 5:ained.on 2nd Jrulc 44. the bor,lbcrs were fLowri at only 1800 ft. to ensure accuracy. FS Selfewa.;: award+d the Distinguished Flying l/iedal for hie courage. ittacks on targcts indj.rect support of tire a11ies contimred throughout ftinc and July, the most difficultarrd well d.cfendcd t:rget being the V2 launch site at LrHey attacked hy /:25 Scluadronon 20th Jane 14.

9q.-&.i:Ua-Uf .-(c-o:r!-L)EtltDOi,iL.707

C0VENIRY-:--_24fi 0.1-8_a - N88Y.f, tc-r; tiSOOIIt Hughes 500; li1r4li Ryarr F-GCT? I(ine.hir 200.

irrNcltrj_T-ts-21l11/8-2. - ZS-SPE ]1.?47 S.P. (S.li.,;.); 9Y-[UN rristax 5OO (I.r.I.I.r:..);ffi:EI5':,.i?TICJtIiy Paciric); x715pJ7+tpt' s"i47,, (pan :an); Nritlo r.747 (r.w.l.),vT-EtsC 1.747 ( r'rir India); G-IC,':T r BI{DI, I)J nC.lors (l.C;:,. ); N102!v l)C.10 (,rirFloeida); Vr-tdIG I.?07 (riir Z:mUaUwe); gJ-irt'B,3.70? (Zanaia:,/W);, I;60OJJ B.7O7t0H-1YI, IJY?:JC9rs (Finnair); FrJjlIN, ;uFU ll.Jllts (r,uftrransa); IN-I'oH i1ectra(Fred Olsen); 1612 C.1rO Hercules (Royat Saudi :iE); XV1O] VC.10.

i.I;frf0i\i :_ 19i1_9132 - I-CI[,r Learjet 15; ]-C0S;i lIansa Jet.

TIIE IL.LL';,-L 0I i.f,L-TI ONli (Conta. )

In eerly .{.ueust .i'l t}rc eurphasis ehifted olightly to attacking priararily Yl rolatedtargi.;ts. fn tlris ,;ionth IIo ,|25 Squadron conducted { dqyl ight raids and bolh 1,26and .{08 Squcdrous r,rcre invo1ved in night raitls. Iiost of these wore di::ectod. atthe enemyrs front line south of Caen. 0n the night of /th Jr,ugust 44 accuratetimtng: was esr:erltiar as just J0 minutes seperoted the air attacl< fron the canadian;irmy ground attacic. In the latter p.Lrt of r:ug,ust 4,i attacks by }or.'rber Coniriud weledirectod on Germa,n acrod.rolres in Ilrance, llelgtiull anal the Netherlands. ,';25 isqundronistargets includ,.rd lieLsbroek near l,russe1s and navaJ" bases at Kiel in north C-crr,iar6r.No .{08 Squadrcrn concentratcd on freight ya.rds east of paris.Iluringl Suptcnber 44 raids on le }lavre ard oi1 refineries at Castrop Rr,uxel in theRuhr were

"rnd ertalien by both squad-lons. Eowcver the misslons had only a limited

success cLu" to efflcient defeirces so by th'r and of the nonth the emphasis onceagain rcturned to l,'rance. 0ctober and ltrovr:rnbor 44 wete harnp.red by bad wcather.However, {08 liquadron took part in J daylight raids involving over '1110 aircraf,t with{25 Squadron participating in 4 such raitls, onc of which was to Dusseldorf on 2ndNovember lir,l. Ihrin€ this mission Htt Off C S V Hamiltonrs aircraft was hit by flakand his pi;rt inirer cn:ine was blor,rn fr<.,m its mountings. The aircra,ft was craghlanded. at i-clsbroek j.D lrrussels with some injury. to the crew, but a,].1 suryi.vetL dueto cool thinling arrd exccllent flyingiIecember zU hrougrht a healy schedule of operations to tired crews, but when Osnabrudcwas attacked. by both 426 ar\d,408 Squadrons on 5th }ecembe" 44 scmething happenedwhich awal<e:.,ed the interest of all the Station personnel. Heavy cloud had resultedin a rather scattered target attack and FS R Piersonrs lone aircra^ft uas attackedby 2 sin6le engirred aircraft, one of which was shot dor,m by his crew. Iiersonrscrew wers .trazeu t.) see that the enerny ha.d sta:terl to use jet propelled f ightex€.0n 10th Deceiaber 44 the first snow cf the wirrter fe11, a:rd, in tho latter ha,If ofthe month, fopi' carrsed. mairy raid.s to be cancell-ed. 0n1y one €uccesgful eortie t,ascornpleted on 28th Decei,rber {{ when 426 Squadron bombed Cologne although only Jaircraft rcachcd to thc targ:et with the ?emaind er beingl diverted due tr ba"d weather.The inter$ity c.f bornbing: operations begaa to red.uce j.n the new ycar, the squarlronstaking: port in only about 7 missions each, in Jal ary 45.The woatirer irnproved durine' Ii'ebruary 45 and attacks were now directcd cn the Rhinein an att ei,pt to brine German industry to its knecs. Iiy this time the Luftwaffewcre almcst defcated, but the flak gururere of the Genan defences reoained and.Ilalifaxs frc,in troth squadrons wero cofuqtantly returnihg darna4ed. lth ]iarch 45 was atragic dry for b.rth oquadrons with nrarry aircrcr-ft darna4:ed and their crews injured. onthe raid to Chei,ritz. 1:lo 425 gno*ron were hit the hardest losing 4 expcrierrcedcrelrs. ilhree alrcreJt were lost shortly aft c'r departure from Llntoni one duc tosevere icir4- and the other 2 due t,; a raid-alr collision. Ehe last night of operationfot 526 r'::d 408 Squsdrons carne on 1r/14lh,ipri1 45. The target was liiel a.nd theattack pla,-rncd a"s a c.i.iversion to dra.w enemy fighters frnn iriaj or targats e.t !l_t-eenand ljchwaird.erf . The routj-ne of bad wcather stopping: miasiona uas beco in€ all tor,f".niliar vith the crcws a^nd. -,pril 45 s&w lrar{r canceLLed. raitls. 16th ;pri1 45 westhowever .,11e very successful day whe,r the Thena;ria oiI rcfincry was attacked andcompletely ri estl oyed.

0n 25th -prj.I 45 {26 atfl {08 Squadrons took off on what provod to be the finalbombingt operation of the war. The target wae l.le"::g erooge Island east of the lrigianchain. &r i ay 45 {26 Squadron left llnton to bc replaced by 40, Squad.ron. 4O5Squadron flew lalcaster i.t X aircra.ft but were only stationed at iinton for about! nronths. In fcct ai.l- Cairad ians had left the station by 20th October 45. lintonthen carne under the cor,u:rand of No 4 C+roup, Transport Command R,lE, hcusing 166!Trals;oort Conversion Unit.

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