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Sporting a heacode that suggests it has worked the 3.57pm Bristol - Plymouth parcels recently (and turned on a convoluted triangle too), the once leader of the fifty-strong class, D400, is now ignominiously placed in last spot, courtesy of the TOPS renumbering system.
Class 50 unit 50050 draws in to Bristol Temple Meads with a rake of Mk1 coaches on what was possibly an empty stock move (my notes say it was a test train). It's not the Western many would have wanted, but even so the class was still new enough to WR metals to cause a bit of intrigue, as evidenced by the spotters further down the platform.
Bristol Bath Road shed (BR / 82A) stands in the background, with what's likely to be one of its allocation of Peak class 46s and, behind it, what looks like a Western. I never did find out what the Western was and my notes aren't detailed enough to identify the Peak either. I do know however that I snapped Western 1009 and Hymek 7028 on shed immediately before this shot, but sadly the slide never made the cut and was consigned to the bin - what a pity today's software wasn't available then!
My next port of call would be Newport, where I was lucky enough to snap 1200 'Falcon' working through the centre lines with a mixed freight - the only time I manage a half-decent shot of it.
I spent the night on Cardiff Central station where my destination on the 20th was Barry Scrapyard to snap the withdrawn steam locos. Oddly enough I was to get a foretaste in the early daylight hours when Brush 47080 'Titan' rolled through Central station hauling four ex-GWR locomotives 7202, 4942, 4144 and 3738, in the direction of Newport. Destination at the time was unknown, but I'm now presuming it was Didcot where the locos would be earmarked for eventual restoration.
A previously unscanned image, it took several attempts to make something of this slide, so this is about as good as it gets!
Zenit E, with Kodak High Speed Ektachrome (160asa)
19th April 1974
The DH.82a Tiger Moth, a successful training aircraft from the 1930s and 40s. More than 8,000 were built, around 250 of which are still in use today, including this one being used for pleasure flights at Duxford. As with most tandem seated trainers of the era, the pilot sits behind the student or passenger.
Despite the silver paint, the aircraft is almost entirely constructed from wood and doped linen.
An image uploaded for historical value catches a rare (for me) Warship diesel-hydraulic on manoeuvres - in this case 824 'Highflyer' undertaking a light engine move at Bristol Temple Meads.
Introduced in 1960, this locomotive would be one of the last of the class to be withdrawn on 3rd December 1972, and would be cut up at Swindon Works in June 1975. They were designated class 42 under TOPS but, being deemed non-standard, none of the class were ever renumbered to carry the '42' prefix.
Bristol Bath Road depot (82A) can be seen in the background, including an unidentified Western with engine running.
Kodak Instamatic
4th August 1972
The beautiful XP-82
No cropping involved. The original image, thankfully I didn't clip the tail but would have liked a bit more clear space on the right.
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II G-ALWW RAF s/n NL923
This Bi Plane was constructed in 1943 and served with the RAF as a WWII trainer
Photo taken at Old Warden Airshow Held at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK 5th September 2021
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G-ADWJ seen here making a number of fly by's during filming for a short Film about Wing Commander Paddy Finucane called 'The Shamrock Spitfire' which should be finished later this year. Henstridge Airfield, EGHS, Somerset, UK. 2023-04-03.
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II G-ALWW RAF s/n NL923
This Bi Plane was constructed in 1943 and served with the RAF as a WWII trainer
Photo taken at Old Warden Airshow Held at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK 5th September 2021
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1942 De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AOJJ RAF DF128 WWII Trainer RCO-U
Photo taken at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire 3rd June 2022
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N4752C Fairchild C-82A Packet (operated by Northern Air Cargo)
Ex 48-0581, civil registered in 1955 as N4752C. Bought by Northern Air Cargo in May 1970 and flown by them until damaged in an accident in April 1982.
Withdrawn from use in 1985 and purchased in June 1986 by Daryl Greenamyer, who ferried it to the US Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB on 30th June 1988.
Initially displayed as 45-57735, it has now been re-painted with its original serial as 80581
(scan from my collection - not taken by myself)
1944 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AXXV RAF DE-992
The Bi Plane is in the colours of RAF DE-992
Friday Practice and Fly in Day Duxford Summer Air Show
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 23rd July 2021
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G-ANEN - De Havilland D.H. 82A Tiger Moth II & De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth ‘N6466’ (G-ANKZ). Along the north side of the British Army’s main train area on Salisbury Plain, only a 20 feet wide unpaved perimeter road (and a fence!) separate the ranges from some stunning scenery.
There are few places that capture the emptiness of the area than the lonely clumps of beech trees that pepper the landscape, some just a hundred metres from the boundary fence.
Just beyond the boundary fence there is an old grass airstrip and a single hangar but as I was setting up the shots for the surrounding clumps of beech trees, I noticed 5 biplanes parked up alongside the hangar all with their engines running. As I stood and watched, one by one, they started to taxi onto the airstrip and take off before doing an impromptu and totally unexpected formation flying display with just me as the audience!
I googled the registration numbers of the planes to see what type of aircraft they were and discovered they were each members of the Tiger 9 aeronautical display team who had clearly met up for a training flight just minutes before I arrived
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth II G-ALWW RAF s/n NL923
This Bi Plane was constructed in 1943 and served with the RAF as a WWII trainer
Photo taken at Old Warden Airshow Held at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK 5th September 2021
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G-ADWJ seen here making a number of fly by's during filming for a short Film about Wing Commander Paddy Finucane called 'The Shamrock Spitfire' which should be finished later this year. Henstridge Airfield, EGHS, Somerset, UK. 2023-04-03.
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth II G-ANRF
This Bi Plane was constrcted by Morris Motors Ltd in 1941
Friday Practice and Fly in Day Duxford Summer Air Show
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 23rd July 2021
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Meet “Pete” - this beautifully preserved de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth is a living link to the golden age of flight. Designed in the 1930s, the Tiger Moth became the RAF’s primary trainer throughout WWII - the aircraft where thousands of pilots earned their wings. Today, G-ARAZ still takes to the skies in classic yellow livery, evoking a time when open cockpits, canvas wings and the thrill of flight ruled the skies.
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth K2585 (G-ANKT) above Old Warden Aerodrome during the Shuttleworth Collection's July 2020 Drive-in Air Show.
1938 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-ANKZ N-6466
The Bi Plane is in the colours of RAF N-6466
Friday Practice and Fly in Day Duxford Summer Air Show
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 23rd July 2021
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G-ADIA De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (3368) - De Havilland Moth Club Rally Old Warden Aerodrome 10-06-2006
1943 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHOO RAF EM967
During WWII this Bi Plane was with the RAF as a trainer aircraft EM967
Photo taken at Old Buckenham Norfolk Airshow 31st July 2021
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1939 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth II G-ALWS RAF N9328 69
During WWII this Bi Plane served with the RAF as a Trainer the Bi Plane is now orned by Navy Wings
Photo taken at Old Warden Fly Navy Airshow
Held at Shuttleworth Museum Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK 3rd July 2022
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1940 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth II RAF T-7290
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 13th Oct 2022
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G-BPHR / A17-48 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth Modified (DHA 045) - De Havilland DH Moth Rally, Woburn 18-08-2013
1943 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth G-AHOO RAF EM967
During WWII this Bi Plane was with the RAF as a trainer aircraft EM967
Friday Practice and Fly in Day Duxford Summer Air Show
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 23rd July 2021
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BTR-82A (picked up the virus being passed around on Flickr:p) and a Russian BT-7 I'm working on for a friendly challenge with Bristoli!
Tell me what you think and have a great Memorial Day!
BAC Strikemaster Mk-82A G-SOAF Sultan Of Oman Air Force 425
This Jet was constructed in 1986 and is painted in the colours of the Sultan Of Oman Air Force
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 23th July 2021
Duxford Summer Air Show
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BAC Strikemaster Mk-82A G-SOAF Sultan Of Oman Air Force 425
This Jet was constructed in 1986 and is painted in the colours of the Sultan Of Oman Air Force
BAC Strikemaster Mk-80A G-RSAF Sultan Of Oman Air Force 417
This Jet was constructed in 1974 and is painted in the colours of the Sultan Of Oman Air Force
Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 25th July 2021
Duxford Summer Air Show
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