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Here is a gnother Gnu for interest.
- 29-07-2012, 18:17 #36252Senior Member
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Viking?
Originally Posted by SUU23 
Howabout this?
- 29-07-2012, 18:24 #36253Senior Member
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Crash at RAF Northolt, IIRC.
Or Lunnon (Northolt) as it was then.
- 29-07-2012, 18:25 #36254
Or a Varsity.
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Nope ... Sure of that! Originally Posted by pongo6863
- 29-07-2012, 18:41 #36256Senior Member
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Listed as a Varsity in Gloucester. Owned by Smiths instruments and was practising one engined landings at Staverton.........Unfortunately the good engine failed. Both crew died G-APAZ The Tuffley Varsity - Gloucestershire Transport - Gloucestershire News, chat and discussions
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I would have liked to be present in that naming meeting, who in their right mind would call an aeroplane Gnu? Originally Posted by SquabblingBleeder
Especially as it is quite an elegant thing, when you look closer at it.
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so what am I remembering? A Dakota at Northolt? ISTR the house was named after it. Originally Posted by SUU23
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Wiki gives this bit of an insight and relates to the house naming Originally Posted by blue-sophist
Landing on roofs seems to be a Station pastimeIn December 1946, after taking off during a heavy snowstorm, a Douglas DC-3 operated by British European Airways, flying from Northolt to Glasgow, crashed onto the roof of a house in South Ruislip. All the crew and passengers escaped unharmed by climbing through the loft of the house and leaving via the front door.[29] No residents were injured, even though the owner of the house next door was standing at her front gate when the aircraft came down. The owners of the house had not moved in at the time of the crash as they were due to be married a few days later. The house was later named "Dakota Rest" after the Douglas DC-3's wartime operational name, and still stands today.
On 1 June 1960, an Avro Anson aircraft suffered engine failure soon after take-off from Northolt and crash-landed on top of the nearby Express Dairies plant in South Ruislip. There were no fatalities.
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So then anyone?
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