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Post by rj on Jan 2, 2017 18:00:33 GMT
Meant to start this yesterday, will try and update this every day or so through the year
January 1st
01/01/1954 G-AMWA Bristol 170 13073 Silver City from Le Touqeut 12:10
01/01/1957 G-AMNK Vickers Viking 210 Hunting-Clan training
from/to LHR
01/01/1958 G-AIVK Vickers Viking 224 Kuwait Oil Corporation
01/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training local 10:35 local 12:25
01/01/1959 PP-SRF Vickers Viscount 400 VASP
Training
01/01/1959 TC-SET Vickers Viscount 432 Turkish Airlines
Training
January 2nd
02/01/1948 B-009 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
02/01/1948 B-010 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
02/01/1948 B-011 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
02/01/1948 B-012 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
02/01/1953 G-AGVC Bristol 170 12732 Silver City to Southampton 10:30
02/01/1953 G-AGVC Bristol 170 12732 Silver City from Southampton 15:20
02/01/1953 G-AGVC Bristol 170 12732 Silver City to Le Touquet 15:25
02/01/1954 G-AMWB Bristol 170 13127 Silver City scheduled car ferry to Zurich 11:55
02/01/1956 T-45 Douglas C-54 7465 Argentine Airforce support aircraft for Viking ferry flights
02/01/1956 T-90 Vickers Viking 294 Argentine AF
test flight
02/01/1957 50753 Douglas R4D-6 14683 US Navy,commander of US Naval Forces Germany
02/01/1957 131438 Lockheed P2V-5F 526-5369 US Navy coded HH-7 VP-16
02/01/1957 N7459 Vickers Viscount 214 Capital Airlines
02/01/1958 50816 Douglas R4D-8 15288 US Navy
02/01/1958 G-AIVK Vickers Viking 224 Kuwait Oil Corporation
02/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training local 14:15 local 16:05
02/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training local 10:55 local 13:10
02/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training local 14:55 local 16:30
02/01/1959 127769 Lockheed P2V-5F 526-5128 US Navy coded LB-7 VP-7
02/01/1959 G-AHPC Vickers Viking 133 Hunting Clan training to LHR 18:00 from LHR 17:30
02/01/1959 YA-AAB Douglas DC-3 4275 Ariana
02/01/1959 ZS-CDY Vickers Viscount 351 South African airways
Training
02/01/1960 50856 Douglas R5D-3 10460 US Navy Naples
02/01/1960 G-AOFI DH Dove 4477 Pressed Steel Co
As ever these are not complete, particularly pre 1955, as no official documents appear to have survived.
Rob
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Post by rj on Jan 3, 2017 8:26:54 GMT
January 3rd jottings between 1947-60
03/01/1950 G-ALEP Douglas DC-4 18327 Silver City departed to Malta 15:05
03/01/1957 WD413 Avro Anson T21 RAF
03/01/1957 WD481 HP Hastings T1 HP67/109 RAF to Suez
03/01/1957 XD827 Vickers Valiant B1 RAF ILS runs
03/01/1958 4X-FAK Douglas C-47 14350 Israeli Air Force
03/01/1958 VP-YOF Avro Anson T20 Fairey Surveys,returned to become G-ANWW
03/01/1958 WF392 Vickers Varsity T1 551 RAF Cranwell coded NW
03/01/1958 YI-ACU Vickers Viscount 331 Iraqi Airways training
03/01/1959 127769 Lockheed P2V-5F 526-5128 US Navy coded LB-7 VP-7
03/01/1959 128423 Douglas R6D-1 43206 US Navy VR-1 coded JK
03/01/1959 53-7908 DHC L-20 Beaver 716 US Army
03/01/1959 G-AHAY Auster J1 1956 Fairey Aviation
03/01/1959 G-ALWC Douglas DC-3 13590 Fairey Surveys
03/01/1959 G-ANNO DH Heron 14049 Vickers-Armstrong
03/01/1959 G-APII Vickers Valetta C1 302 Eagle ex RAF VL263 never converted for civil use
03/01/1959 G-APIJ Vickers Valetta C1 491 Eagle ex RAF WD162 never converted for civil use
03/01/1959 G-APKT DH Heron 14019 Eagle
03/01/1959 G-APNB Bristol Britannia 13426 British & Commonwelth, training
03/01/1959 PP-SRF Vickers Viscount 400 VASP training
03/01/1959 YA-AAB Douglas DC-3 4275 Ariana
This list illustrates Blackbushe's 'bread and butter' of the 50's . Some RAF visitors using the airport as a convenient pick up/drop off point for the home of the British Army. Training flights using the top class facilities on offer in the days before flight sims. Plus charter flights, cargo and passenger from/to the likes of malta and Afghanistan!
rob
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Post by rj on Jan 4, 2017 8:48:18 GMT
Here are some jotting from this day in history. Not surprisingly I have less notes from the winter than the summer. By co-incidence the entry for G-AJAZ and G-APDW come from the same pilots log book 10 years apart. The late Brian Powell was Westminsters chief pilot from day one and later became Lord Beaverbrooks personal Dak captain on his trips around the world. After Westminsters demise Brian became a test pilot for Airspeed then Vickers . He finished the 50's with Hunting Clan as Chief pilot. Hunting Clan had a contract with Vickers to train customer pilots on the Viscount. Much of that job entailed bashing the Blackbushe circuit in various Viscounts, on this occasion it was Eagles first example flying as a check pilot. Brian retired as BCAL chief pilot and passed away a couple of years ago. Thankfully he lent me his log books to copy, a true gentlemen.
04/01/1948 G-AJAZ Douglas DC-3 10100 Westminster Airways to Brussels 09:20
04/01/1956 D-ACOH Convair 340 213 Lufthansa LHR Diversion
04/01/1957 684 Douglas C-47 19054 Danish Air Force 721 sqn
04/01/1957 56540 Douglas R5D-3 22188 US Navy VR-24 coded RD
04/01/1957 G-AMUV Avro York Dan-Air
04/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle to Munich 02:35 from Munich 08:50
04/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle to Las Palmas via Lisbon 12:05
04/01/1959 G-APKU DH Heron 14025 Eagle
04/01/1960 VM365 Avro Anson C19 RAF
Rob
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Post by rj on Jan 5, 2017 6:43:41 GMT
an early start as I need to go to Exeter and back. Will add a little flesh later.
05/01/1952 G-ALZP Airspeed Ambassador 5213 BEA training
05/01/1957 131672 Fairchild R4Q-2 10839 US Marines coded AC VMR-153
05/01/1957 131680 Fairchild R4Q-2 10847 US Marines coded BH VMR-252
05/01/1957 VR-TAN DH Dove 4055 Williamson Diamond Mines
05/01/1958 42-72615 Douglas SC-54 107020 USAF 67ARS Prestwick
05/01/1958 51-7169 Grumman SA-16 Albatross G-219 USAF 67ARS Prestwick
05/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training
05/01/1959 EI-AFW Vickers Viscount 31 Aer Lingus to Eagle Aviation to become VP-BBJ
05/01/1959 G-APNH Douglas DC-4 18333 Independent Air Travel
05/01/1959 PP-SRF Vickers Viscount 400 VASP delivery
05/01/1960 WP906 DHC Chipmunk T10 C1/0779 RAF
Rob
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Post by rj on Jan 7, 2017 13:00:07 GMT
The dreaded man-flu has come in with vengeance, spend most of yesterday in bed. Anway here are some movements from the last two days in History
06/01/1949 B-016 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
06/01/1950 FX365 NA Harvard 14A-166 RAE Farnborough from Middleton St.george 11:45 to Farnborough 12:20
06/01/1950 NR721 DH Dominie C1 6809 RAE Farnborough to Farnborough 12:25 from Farnborough 12:15
06/01/1951 N54929 Douglas DC-3 20401 ex G-ALFO delivery via Prestwick to USA
06/01/1952 N94536 Lockheed Lodestar 18-2091 ex East African A/w VP-KPV on return to USA
06/01/1952 N94538 Lockheed Lodestar 18-209 ex East African A/w VP-KPX on return to USA
06/01/1953 G-AKIG DH Tiger Moth 58888 Staravia WFU
06/01/1953 G-AKVV Percival Proctor K.267 Staravia WFU
06/01/1953 VP-KHN Douglas DC-3 15278 East African Airways
06/01/1957 131438 Lockheed P2V-5F 526-5369 US Navy coded HH-7 VP-16
06/01/1957 43-15107 Douglas C-47 159573 USAF7500 ABG
06/01/1957 WR172 DH Vampire FB9 V0969 RAF
06/01/1957 WR241 DH Vampire FB9 V1018 RAF coded 11 RAFC Cranwell
06/01/1960 135592 Lockheed P2V-7 726-7037 US Navy coded LG-8
06/01/1960 G-APPM DHC Chipmunk 22 C1/0159
07/01/1958 17108 Douglas R4D-8 43369 US Navy FASRON200 coded FT
07/01/1958 39109 Douglas R4D-8 43313 US Navy FASRON200 coded FT
07/01/1958 39282 Beech SNB-5 5495 US Navy coded FT FASRON200
07/01/1958 50797 Douglas R4D-6 15158 US Navy FASRON200 coded FT
07/01/1958 51054 Beech SNB-5 3844 US Navy FASRON200 coded FT
07/01/1958 76773 Beech SNB-5 6493 US Navy FASRON200 coded FT
07/01/1958 137915 Grumman UF-1 Albatross G-388 US Navy attache to Oslo Oslo
07/01/1958 42-72566 Douglas SC-54 10670 USAF 67ARS Prestwick
07/01/1958 42-72615 Douglas SC-54 107020 USAF 67ARS Prestwick
07/01/1958 G-AGRS Vickers Viking 110 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AHOR Vickers Viking 118 Air Safaris
07/01/1958 G-AHPM Vickers Viking 152 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AHPM Vickers Viking 152 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AIFV Bristol 170 12781 Silver City
07/01/1958 G-AIMH Bristol 170 12798 Silver City
07/01/1958 G-AIVC Vickers Viking 216 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AIVC Vickers Viking 216 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AIVK Vickers Viking 224 Kuwait Oil Coroporation
07/01/1958 G-AIVL Vickers Viking 225 Eagle dep
07/01/1958 G-AJFR Vickers Viking 236 Airwork
07/01/1958 G-AJFT Vickers Viking 238 Airwork muldepi
07/01/1958 G-AJKS Miles Gemini 6289 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AJKS Miles Gemini 6289 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AKTU Vickers Viking 211 Airwork has expermental doppler radar fitted remoed by July 58
07/01/1958 G-ALDP HP Hermes HP.81/16 Britavia
07/01/1958 G-ALDX HP Hermes HP.81/24 Britavia
07/01/1958 G-AMGG Vickers Viking 290 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AMGG Vickers Viking 290 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AMGI Vickers Viking 297 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AMGI Vickers Viking 297 Eagle
07/01/1958 G-AMLZ Percival Prince P50/46 Stewart Smith and Co Based
07/01/1958 G-AMLZ Percival Prince P50/46 Stewart Smith and Co Based
07/01/1958 G-AMSS Douglas DC-3 16092 Dan-Air
07/01/1958 G-AMSU Douglas DC-3 16800 Dan Air training
07/01/1958 G-ANCI DH Heron 14043 Dan Air
07/01/1958 G-AODN DH Dove 4338 BOAC training
07/01/1958 G-AOHT Vickers Viscount 167 BEA training
07/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 12:05 in 13:45
07/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 15:15 in 16:25
07/01/1958 N9996F Fairchild Argus 565 Captain R.A. Young of Pan-Am based with Eagle
07/01/1958 RF332 Avro Lincoln B2 Ministry of Supply operated by Eagle based coded EA-S
07/01/1958 VL249 Vickers Valetta C1 158 RAF stored with Airwork
07/01/1958 VX541 Vickers Valetta C1 470 RAF RRE Defford
07/01/1958 XH711 Gloster Javelin FAW7 RAF Ferranti trials with Airwork
The log for the 7/1/58 is a full log and shows what you a winters visit would have revealed. I assume they also had man-flu in 1958!?
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Post by rj on Jan 8, 2017 14:26:55 GMT
today's installment brought to you from my sick bed!
Although at this time in 1947 Blackbushe had been a Civil airport for just over a week it will take a further five weeks for it to become operational. They had proper winters back then and 1947 would be one of the worse of them. January is clearly not a popular month for spotters logging. However one such log exists from this day in 1957 and this shows just how much variety that was on view at Blackbushe. From 'war surplus' Lancaster and Harvards to Brand new Viscounts on delivery this place really did have it all!
08/01/1956 OD-ABQ Douglas DC-3 20012 Air Liban
08/01/1957 17098 Douglas R4D-8 43340 US Navy FASRON200 coded JM
08/01/1957 17149 Douglas R4D-8 43383 US Navy Naples
08/01/1957 50856 Douglas R5D-2 10460 US Navy coded JM FASRON200
08/01/1957 124175 NA AJ-1 Savage 160-19 US Navy coded NC-11 USS Randolph departed
08/01/1957 124856 NA AJ-1 Savage 169-7 US Navy coded NC-8 USS Coral Sea departed
08/01/1957 124861 NA AJ-1 Savage 169-12 US Navy coded NC-9 USS Coral Sea departed
08/01/1957 42-72601 Douglas SC-54 10706 USAF 67th ARS Prestwick
08/01/1957 FX442 NA Harvard 14A-1745 ex RAF coded SD-B at Eagles
08/01/1957 G-AHJD Bristol 170 17326 Eagle
08/01/1957 G-AHOR Vickers Viking 118 Airwork
08/01/1957 G-AHPM Vickers Viking 152 Eagle
08/01/1957 G-AIMA Bristol 170 12791 Eagle
08/01/1957 G-AIVC Vickers Viking 216 Eagle
08/01/1957 G-AIVL Vickers Viking 225 Eagle
08/01/1957 G-AJFS Vickers Viking 237 Airwork
08/01/1957 G-ALDI HP Hermes HP.81/10 Britavia trooping flight from malta 17:55
08/01/1957 G-ALHG Canadair C4 153 BOAC crew training
08/01/1957 G-AMZB Douglas DC-3 15535 Air Kruise
08/01/1957 KF487 NA Harvard 14A-2189 ex RAF coded N-T on trailer at Eagles
08/01/1957 NX739 Avro Lancaster B.VIII operated by Eagle on MoS photographic work
08/01/1957 VM385 Avro Anson C19 RAF training
08/01/1957 WD485 HP Hastings C2 HP67/113 RAF coded J awaiting repair
08/01/1957 X-5 Douglas C-47 16575 Royal Netherlands Air Force 334 Sqn departed
08/01/1958 AN-AKP Vickers Viscount 333 LANICA delivery
08/01/1958 G-ALHH Canadair C4 154 West Africa Airways,crew training
08/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 11:15 in 13:10
08/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 14:55 in 17:55
08/01/1959 685 Douglas C-47 19291 Danish Air Force 721 sqn
08/01/1959 D-BABA Vickers Viking 249 Transavia, from Southend seized for non payment of crews pay
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Post by rocky14 on Jan 8, 2017 18:41:08 GMT
How rich was the variety in those days, surely the best post war period to be an aircraft enthusiast. Thanks for sharing Rob.
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Post by rj on Jan 9, 2017 13:25:51 GMT
A real mixed bag from the 9th of January over the years. The Danish C-47's were a regular visitor through the 1950's. Several different people have mentioned that they often picked up antique furniture. This remains one of those Blackbushe mysteries.
09/01/1951 G-AIME Bristol 170 12795 Silver City with 2 helicopters from Port Sudan Marseille 10:45
09/01/1955 131415 Lockheed P2V-5S 526-5296 US Navy coded HK-4
09/01/1955 4X-3186 DH Mosquito TR33 Israeli Air Force
09/01/1955 G-AMEO HPR1 Marathon 112 Ministry of Supply
09/01/1956 D-ACEF Convair 440 210 Lufthansa LHR Diversion
09/01/1958 D-AHUF Vickers Viking 295 LTU
09/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 10:45 in 12:30
09/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 14:40 in 16:30
09/01/1958 G-APDW Vickers Viscount 258 Eagle training out 17:15 in 20:35
09/01/1959 688 Douglas C-47 20118 Danish Air Force 721 sqn
09/01/1959 F-BFDN Vickers Viking 248 Airnautic
09/01/1960 56549 Douglas R5D-5 22203 US Navy VR-24, diverted to Hurn due fog
09/01/1960 G-ANGE DH Dove 4167 Theydon&Tresanton
Rob
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Post by b170 on Jan 9, 2017 17:15:55 GMT
b170
I love all this old information on aircraft movements in the 1950 to 1960 period.
bob carter
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Post by rj on Jan 10, 2017 10:10:05 GMT
Here more from the frozen depths of January's past. Any winter photographs from that era at Blackbushe will show what a desolate place it could be in winter. No pleasant, tee lined, A30 in those days. Being on a plateau there is little horizon at Blackbushe, apart from trees, making for a bleak winter outlook. Today's log is a mixed bag. More Lincoln's for Argentina. A log from 1955 including the sad evidence of a December 1954 night that BEA training Captains would choose to forget! Even with only a couple of months of life left the good old USN provided a R5D from sunny California.
10/01/1949 B-017 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
10/01/1949 B-018 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
10/01/1949 B-019 Avro Lincoln B2 Argentine Air Force delivery
10/01/1951 G-ADFH Miles Falcon Major 196 Doug Bianchi based
10/01/1951 G-AIME Bristol 170 12795 Silver City from Bourn 10:25
10/01/1955 G-AGON Vickers Viking 104 Eagle not converted sold to BKS for spares 2/55
10/01/1955 G-ALWF Vickers Viscount 5 BEA under repair with Eagle
10/01/1955 G-AMOB Vickers Viscount 11 BEA seen in damaged condition at end of runway
10/01/1955 G-AMPO Douglas DC-3 33186 Eagle
10/01/1955 VP959 DH Devon C1 4088 RAF
10/01/1956 XA272 HPR1 Marathon T11 125 RAF
10/01/1956 ZS-DKI Vickers Viking 124 Trek Airways from Nice
10/01/1957 127729 Lockheed P2V-5F 526-5061 US Navy coded HD-1 VP-7
10/01/1958 EI-AFB Douglas DC-3 20453 ex Aer Lingus to eagle for sale as VR-TBT
10/01/1958 XA634 Gloster Javelin FAW1 RAF trials with Airwork
10/01/1959 1521 Beech 3TM CA-121 Royal Canadian Air Force 1st fighter wing
10/01/1959 56529 Douglas R5D-3 10855 US Navy coded 7L Los Alamitos.
10/01/1959 141021 Convair R4Y-1 304 US Navy FASRON 200
10/01/1959 45-1057 Douglas VC-47 34327 USAF Prestwick
10/01/1959 D-ANAD Vickers Viscount 340 Lufthansa
10/01/1959 D-BABA Vickers Viking 249 Transavia
10/01/1959 F-OBDR Bristol 170 13140 S.C.A.L. enroute Wymeswold
10/01/1959 G-AGWE Avro Anson 19 1286 Decca
10/01/1959 G-AHPL Vickers Viking 149 Pegasus
10/01/1959 G-AJCE Vickers Viking 256 Independent Air Transport
10/01/1959 G-AMLZ Percival Prince P50/46 Stewart Smith and Co Based
10/01/1959 G-ANBL Bristol Britannia 12913 BOAC
10/01/1959 G-ANHF Vickers Viscount 66 BEA
10/01/1959 HB-GOB Aero Commander 680 658 Airwork to Gatwick
10/01/1959 N6598C Vickers Viscount 392 Northeast Airlines, delivery
10/01/1960 56529 Douglas R5D-3 10855 US Navy coded 7L Los Alamitos.
10/01/1960 WJ861 EE Canberra T.4 RAF from Lyneham
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