I have heard of both Eastern and Cliff Spink,?although not in the same
context. Thanks for the special sneak view. Methinks it's not a true
Me-109, but maybe a CASA licence-built version (you perhaps don't
remember the mid-60s film 'Battle of Britain' which boasted lots of
nearly-109s from the Spanish airforce. Note the spinner design, and
air intake.
Strangely I too had a network problem the other day, in the midst of
which I noticed an out-of-the-ordinary Tornado two-ship pass on an
unusual ENE heading... they didn't return :-(
Piers
On 05/07/2012, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd never heard of the the company until today!
>
> Chris
>
> On 5 Jul 2012, at 21:12, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Eastern Airways we continue to have a direct flight Brussels
>> to Southampton. On a slightly larger and more recent aircraft...
>> Jez
>>
>> On 05/07/2012, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I was on the phone trying to get a network problem sorted out when I saw
>>> this lovely old beast through the window that overlooks the airfield, at
>>> work.
>>>
>>> <http://images.threeshoes.biz/Airplanes/Flying/i-T9HWmKn/0/L/D2012CB2277-ME109-L.jpg>
>>>
>>> The pilot, one Cliff Spink, was on his way from Duxford (Cambridgeshire)
>>> to
>>> Humberside (further north, near Yorkshire) when the cowling on one side
>>> of
>>> the engine started to come adrift. He landed at my airfield, Wyton (also
>>> in
>>> Cambridgeshire) to sort it out. My telephone interlocutor allowed me to
>>> leave him hanging on the line while I ran out to catch a couple of images
>>> of
>>> the old "enemy" :-)
>>>
>>> The aircraft's owner is one Richard Lake, MD Eastern Airways, who also
>>> owns
>>> a rather nice Spitfire. Cliff is an ex-RAF 2 star (Air Vice Marshal)
>>> who
>>> displays both WWII aircraft.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
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