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From: "tonyb42uk"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:14 PM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Re: Trip to England
> --- In
fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "Norbert J Mc Luckie"
> wrote:
> > It suddenly dawned on me that when I go to Scarborough, tomorrow,
> that there
> > might someone in that vicinity that has a Fairchild F-24 or UC 61.
> > I plan to be there for about a week but will not have access to
> a
> > computer after 6pm (UK time) on 9/11/03 so I will miss any replies
> sent
> > after that. What irony!! I never realised until this moment the
> > significance of that date. Oh well, on to Merry Old England.
>
> Norbert,
> I have just "copy and pasted" the following three examples from the
> CAA's G-INFO on-line register:
>
>
> G-BCBH R 975 FAIRCHILD 24R-46A (MODIFIED)
> DREAMTICKET PROMOTIONS LTD
> 8 SAVONA CLOSE
> LONDON
> SW19 4HT
> UNITED KINGDOM
>
> G-BCBL R 43-15025 FAIRCHILD 24R-46A
> FRANCIS JOHN COX
> GORRELL FARM
> WOOLSERY
> BIDEFORD
> EX39 5QZ
> UNITED KINGDOM
>
> G-RGUS R 1145 FAIRCHILD 24R-46A
> FENLANDS LTD
> BRIDGE FARM
> SNITTERBY CARR
> GAINSBOROUGH
> DN21 4UU
> UNITED KINGDOM
>
> The first two are owned by Fairchild Club members but rather a
> distance from Scarborough. The last I heard G-RGUS was based at
> Sturgate (near Gainsborough) which is about 2 Hrs drive from
> Scarborough.
>
> I have tried to see it myself and contact the owner, but neither is
> easy. I am told the owner is a journalist and frequently away from
> his home which is in North Lincolnshire. The aircraft is kept in an
> air charter company's private hangar which is usually locked up at
> weekends though you may well be lucky during the week. Suggest when
> you get to Scarborough try making inquiries by contacting the
> Lincoln Aero Club or Eastern Air Executive Ltd., both of which are
> based at Sturgate.
>
> I am told there is an Argus frame awaiting restoration at the
> Elvington Air Museum, just south of York. Have not checked that
> out, but Elvington is worth a visit anyway.
> Thank you, Tony Broadhurst for the fast response to my question.
I just , recently, went to a Midwest Antique Airpland Club fly-in where
there were at least six F-24's. I have one with a Ranger and one with a
Jacobs.
If I can get my friends to drive me I might get so see at least one of
them.
Thanks again.
> Until recently, we had two more in the country. One was a Argus
> Mark II but re-engined with a Ranger painted in USAAF markings but
> now residing in Holland. The other was a post-war R46, but burnt
> out in a hangar fire (suspected arson!) earlier this year.
> Hope this helps.
> Tony Broadhurst
> Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
>
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