Of interest to BMPT?

Hi All,

 

Just wondering if members of the BMPT can expect a newsletter soon, just wondering what is happening regard Poole etc, understand though times can be quiet of course.

 

John

Thank you both for your enquiry re the newsletter, and my apologies that it has been so long since the last one.

The next one is due out early July, and this will advertise the date for the next AGM, at which date I hope you can both attend. As it has been so long, I will try and make a bumper edition for all our Members.

With regard to Mr Clabburn, may I suggest that wheelspanner be in touch with Mr Clabburn.

Mr Simons is a regular and highly valued contributer to the Trust ,in particular the website, and the new boats which we are finding regularly.

Once again please accept my apologies for the lateness of a newsletter, which will be rectified shortly.

Hi Jerry,

I'm a new guy here. BBMF stands for Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Lancaster, Hurricane, Spitfire fly at different venues throughout Great Britain. I got to see them at Elvington (near York) a couple of years ago where there is a great Air Show every year. It's pretty darn cool to see a Lancaster fly. I think there are only 2? flying in the world. One there and one in Canada? They have a Victor tanker that they run up and down the runway with the chute deployed at the end. Too bad it isn't airworthy that I know of. The airfield has been restored to it's WWII configuration and have a Halifax in the hangar. There was a Mosquito in there too. Anyways, I hope this answers your question about the BBMF.

Even more so regarding 1502 johnk, I was out on the Fireblade about 14 years ago doing a couple of fast runs on the superb runway at Elvington  (scene of Richard Hammonds accident) when I decided to look at another airfield close by at Acaster Malbis and there was 1502 sat in a boatyard on what was the Technical Site, she was then donated to B.M.P.T. If you ever get up to Yorkshire drop her indoors in York to shop, then go to Elvington which has a cracking Museum it's not far away from York. During the "Cold War" Elvington was converted from the standard airfield design to just one runway which is just under 2mls long for the American B36 Bombers, the Hardstanding is massive and is used as a Motorcycle circuit!!,  the fuel tanks under it were directly fed from the Refinery's on the Humber. It was of never used by the American's after all that money had been spent.