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13 Oct 2008 05:08 #21
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Was brought up believing that my Grandad, William Hugh Ewen was the first Scotsman to fly, and before you all tell me NO, it took nearly sixty years to find out he held the 63rd RAeS Certificate and was the fifth Scotsman to hold one.
He had a Company based at Lanark, and Hendon called the W H Ewen Aviation Co Ltd and built Caudron planes under licence. He was also said to have planned to open a Flying School west of Glasgow, and I wonder if that could have been Abbotsinch?
He left W H Ewen Aviation Co in 1914 and re-appeared in the RFC in 1915.
I am very interested in anything to do with Lanark and Hendon and curious about the foundation of Abbotsinch.
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He had a Company based at Lanark, and Hendon called the W H Ewen Aviation Co Ltd and built Caudron planes under licence. He was also said to have planned to open a Flying School west of Glasgow, and I wonder if that could have been Abbotsinch?
He left W H Ewen Aviation Co in 1914 and re-appeared in the RFC in 1915.
I am very interested in anything to do with Lanark and Hendon and curious about the foundation of Abbotsinch.
Magickpyggie
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13 Oct 2008 08:09 #22
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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According to my records, WH Ewen was indeed No.63 which he gained at Hendon on 14-02-11 while attending the Bleriot Flying Club, flying a Bleriot monoplane. He was the tenth person to get his certificate at Hendon and the eighth to get one in a Bleriot at Hendon. The first at Hendon was JG Weir on 08-11-10 and No. 64 was the famous Gustav Hamel, also in a Bleriot and at Hendon.
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You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
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31 Oct 2008 16:48 #23
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Nick Koenig's Website at
www.flyingkoenig.com/
has a gallery section with some photos of the Ewen School....
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01 Nov 2008 10:58 #24
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Welcome along mate
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20 Dec 2008 21:30 #25
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Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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hi
my name is ian ,iam a member of the valley aviation society ,and live in Telford shropshire ,my claim to fame ,is scanner reports ,on there forum ,
my interests are disused airfields ,Llanbedr is the one that i look for first ,as i have a caravan at the end of the main ,north to south runway ,
kemble have won the 125 year lease so ,hopefully its not disused for long
Ive searched the forum before i registered ,and think its full of imformation that i was looking for ,well done
my name is ian ,iam a member of the valley aviation society ,and live in Telford shropshire ,my claim to fame ,is scanner reports ,on there forum ,
my interests are disused airfields ,Llanbedr is the one that i look for first ,as i have a caravan at the end of the main ,north to south runway ,
kemble have won the 125 year lease so ,hopefully its not disused for long
Ive searched the forum before i registered ,and think its full of imformation that i was looking for ,well done
Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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20 Dec 2008 21:34 #26
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Your caravan, is it red and white chequered? (or was it black and white?)
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20 Dec 2008 21:41 #27
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Yes, I'm back(ish).
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Welcome!
Yes, I'm back(ish).
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20 Dec 2008 22:11 #28
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Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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I wished it was the red +white caravan at the end ,but sadly its green ,i dont think Llanbedr had one, but they had a UAV controller at the end of the RWY which was red and white towed by a landrover from the control tower which ,controlled the jindivik into D201 for live firing
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22 Dec 2008 16:09 #29
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Ian,
Welcome to the forum. The mobile caravan at Llanbedr was for the azimuth controller. For take-off they were positioned behind the aircraft so that they could steer the launch trolley down the runway centreline. Once the Jindivik had taken off, they were towed around to the other end of the runway so that they would be facing the aircraft on final approach. Again they controlled it left and right based on observing a landing light through a sighting system. Up and down motion for landing only was controlled by the elevation controller. They were situated in one of two cabins that were located at the side of the main runway. Using a similar sighting system their role was to guide the aircraft down its nominal glideslope. Control for the rest of the flight was from control cells located in the 'new' tower.
In case you're wondering how I know all this, I used to be project manager for the Jindivik design authority in the UK from about 1998 until the end of operations. Happy days with many trips to Llanbedr, nights in the Victoria Inn, curries in Porthmadoc etc
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Welcome to the forum. The mobile caravan at Llanbedr was for the azimuth controller. For take-off they were positioned behind the aircraft so that they could steer the launch trolley down the runway centreline. Once the Jindivik had taken off, they were towed around to the other end of the runway so that they would be facing the aircraft on final approach. Again they controlled it left and right based on observing a landing light through a sighting system. Up and down motion for landing only was controlled by the elevation controller. They were situated in one of two cabins that were located at the side of the main runway. Using a similar sighting system their role was to guide the aircraft down its nominal glideslope. Control for the rest of the flight was from control cells located in the 'new' tower.
In case you're wondering how I know all this, I used to be project manager for the Jindivik design authority in the UK from about 1998 until the end of operations. Happy days with many trips to Llanbedr, nights in the Victoria Inn, curries in Porthmadoc etc
Peter
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22 Dec 2008 18:43 #30
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Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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Hi peter
Many thanks for the reply ,i used to watch the Jindivik come and go ,sometimes not returning from of the range ,its a pity the operations had to stop, spent many hours in the sandunes ,watching the likes of the Meteor, Canberra, Hawk,and finally the Alpha,,Jet.
But looks like Kemble Air Services have ,had the green light from the Welsh Goverment this week ,pending planning permission,so good news hopefully.
Had a walk on the site today ,for some pics ,there was what looked like security on there so made a hasty retreat.
I have been coming here since 1964 ,so our paths might have passed in the Vic at some time ,i did meet Sepp Paulli and Jon Webb the once in the Vic,unfortunately not to speak to
Well thanks again for the info cheers ian
happy xmas and new year
Many thanks for the reply ,i used to watch the Jindivik come and go ,sometimes not returning from of the range ,its a pity the operations had to stop, spent many hours in the sandunes ,watching the likes of the Meteor, Canberra, Hawk,and finally the Alpha,,Jet.
But looks like Kemble Air Services have ,had the green light from the Welsh Goverment this week ,pending planning permission,so good news hopefully.
Had a walk on the site today ,for some pics ,there was what looked like security on there so made a hasty retreat.
I have been coming here since 1964 ,so our paths might have passed in the Vic at some time ,i did meet Sepp Paulli and Jon Webb the once in the Vic,unfortunately not to speak to
Well thanks again for the info cheers ian
happy xmas and new year
Llanbedr History not to be forgotten!!!!!!!
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