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Biglorryblog's rodent reporter Road Rat at www.road-rat.co.uk has sent me these two pictures and the message: "Hi Brian,j
Well it's all a bit too easy for me RR, being as I'm a bit of a plane buff but I'll open it up to the beloved anorak army. So what is the answer to those two questions? And click through here to see the furry pair....
Road Rat and Beaver--you wouldn;t think they were two grown men would you...?
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Comments (9)
The 'Commer' is actually a Karrier Bantam and is a mobile runway controller's tower Ex RAF, these had a petrol engine (as used in Humber Hawk car)and were normally painted in an overall orange and white chequerboard pattern sometimes with a yellow roof. One was still in service as a mobile control tower at the Seething airfield in East Anglia until recently (is this where RR photographed it?)
As far as the plane is concerned, I have no idea.
Posted by Dave Powell | September 10, 2008 3:05 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 15:05
Seem to remember seeing a Land Rover conversion with a similar back end a few years ago and that was a 'balloon chaser'.
So that's my best guess - Somat to do with hot air baloons.
Posted by stu | September 10, 2008 3:33 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 15:33
Oh, and the plane looks like a Hunter to me, but I didn't know they did the foldy wing thing...
Posted by stu | September 10, 2008 3:37 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 15:37
No idea about the Karrier except perhaps it served as a mobile control tower. And I reckon the plane is a Sea Hawk.
Posted by Martin Phippard | September 10, 2008 5:57 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 17:57
What else would you expect from two Drivers with FAR TOO much time on there hands !!!
Posted by Road Rat | September 10, 2008 6:26 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 18:26
i think martin phippard is right.the cranked wings are a clue to any aircraft being "air craft carrier born".when i used to go gliding with air cadets the officers used to use karrier,s like these for observation.a sort of mobile control tower for gliding.
Posted by andrew cooper | September 10, 2008 7:40 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 19:40
Slight variation in the bodywork but here is a good example of the Karrier mobile Air/ Ground Station on my website, owned by Micheal Poynton;
http://www.commer.org.nz/Commer_Connections/Michael_Poynton.html
I think the aircraft is a Hawker Sea Hawk, developed from the Hawker P1040 - first flown on 2 September 1947 and retired at the end of 1960
Posted by Howard Pettigrew | September 10, 2008 8:41 PM
Posted on September 10, 2008 20:41
No David, it was taken in Montrose, Scotland.
Posted by Road Rat | September 11, 2008 7:43 AM
Posted on September 11, 2008 07:43
Well, judging by where it is, I'd say the old Commer was a mobile air traffic control vehicle (Won't get many sausage roll's there!)
and the aircraft is a ship born English Electric Canberra (Circa 1960ish)
Talking of Sausage Roll's, take a look at laybyecafe.co.uk it's well worth a look
Cheers
Oldboy
OOPs. Got that wrong, It's not a Canberra, it's a SEA HAWK
Posted by Oldboy | September 13, 2008 4:32 PM
Posted on September 13, 2008 16:32