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disposing of items you have saved from your time with the Company.
Contact the Editor who looks after the archive and promises you a good
home for your treasures. Please don't bin anything until you have
spoken to him. (01483 825955).
SOPWITH SNIPE - A Bentley
BR.2 powered Snipe reproduction , built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd
(TVAL) of Wellington, New Zealand, is now flying. It is the third Snipe
that TVAL has built.
SOPWITH TABLOID - The Kingston Aviation Heritage Trust's non-flying near-replica has been presented to the Brooklands Museum.
GNAT TMk1 - XS102 made its
first post-overhaul flight at North Weald in December 2013. It had not
flown for six years. Painted to represent XR992, the lead aircraft of
the RAF Yellowjacks aerobatic team, it has joined two other Gnats in
the Heritage Aircraft Trust's (HAT) Gnat Display Team
GNAT FMk1 - . The HAT has
acquired in the USA a Folland-built former Indian Air Force Gnat FMk1
which it plans to restore to flying condition.