AIR TRAINING CORPS SERIES

15 Jan 73 - Newhaven - 20th Anniversary Air Training Corps. Flown in Chipmunk from RAF Manston.

Signed by the pilot Sqn Ldr G Johnston. .

ATC2aA £1.50 7 Feb 73 - Windermere - 30th Anniversary of first glider launched from water by ATC pilot. Black flown in GIider No.XE 802.

7 Feb 73 - Windermere - 30th Anniversary of first glider launched from water by ATC pilot. Purple flown in GIider No.XE 806.

5 Mar 73 - Gloucester - 30th Anniv. 1st Flight of Gloster Meteor - flown 5th Mar 1943 RAF Cranwell.Purple flown in Chipmunk WP 800 Black Solent cachet.

As above but Black flown in Chipmunk WD 313 purple Solent cachet.

As above but Red Flown cachet and signed by the pilot Flt Lt O Parry . 2 backstamps.

As ATC3b but blue flown in Chipmunk WD 313 signed by the pilot Fg Off D Shaw. .

ATC4a £1.25 9 Fe 73 Farnborough Last Flight of Comet Mk 2E X.N.453 from R.A.E. Farnborough. Black Flown cachet flown on final trials flight operated by Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough. 3 backstamps. .

23 Jun 73 - Dorval - 30th Anniversary of first towed glider across Atlantic. Purple flown cachet Montreal to London by Air Canada. Red boxed map cachet. backstamped. Flown by Air Canada.

as above but Red Flown cachet Flown in Slingsby Sedburgh TX MK1 Glinder during air experience flight at No 618 Glinding School RAF West Malling. Pilot Sqn Ldr Meek. Personally Signed by Wg Cdr R G Seys DFC AFC RAF, Pilot Made the first tug & Glinder crossing of the North Atlantic from Canada to the United Kingdom landing on 1st July 1943 Wg Cdr F M Gobeil AFC RCAF pilot Commanded 242 Sqn Blenheims 1939 and Co Pilot of Voo Doe Sqn Ldr M F Meek Backstamped No 618 Gliding School RAF West Malling. Certified copy No 88 of 99 issued.

15 Jne 73 Newhaven First Through Ashford to Malta Flight of the Thurston Teal Ashford ( Kent ) UK to Malta. Blue flown cachet Flown in Amphibious Mail

26 Sp 73 Luqa Airport Return Flight of Teal Amphibious Aircraft from Malta to Biggin Hill

9 May 74 - Hendon - 60th Anniversary of the first UK parachute descent from an aeroplane. Purple flown in Cessna cachet and red parachute mail.

9 May 74 - Hendon - 3p Christmas stamp - 60th Anniversary of the first UK parachute descent from an aeroplane. Purple flown in Cessna cachet and red parachute mail. Signed by the pilot and parachutist.

ATC9a £1.25 30 July 1974 Cruden Bay 60th Anniversary of the First Flight Across the North Sea Cruden Bay to Jaeren Norway. Flown Air Anglia in Fokker F 27 Aberdeen to Stavanger. Pilot Capt Will Scarlett.

As ATC9a But Signed by the Pilot Capt Will Scarlett.

as ATC9a but 30 7 74 Kleppe postmarkBrown cachet Flown by Royal Norwegian Air Force from Sola Air Station over Kleppe, Jaeren ( the orginal Landing) Pilot Capt B H Briangsholt. Signed by the Pilot Capt B H Briangsholt.

As above but 16 May 74 Abu Dhabi Postmark Blue Flown cachet Flown in Hawker Siddeley Hunter of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force from Sharjah via Al Ain, Jebel Dhana, Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Sharjah Pilot Major G E Hounsell. Signed by Pilot Major G E Hounsell . Backstamped A.D.A.F. Hunter Squadron Sharjah. Certified copy of 300.

29 Nov 74 - Scott base Ross Dependency - Operation Icecube - 10 Nov-Dec 1974 - 40 Sqn. RNZAR. Flight No.2. Purple flown from Christchurch New Zealand to Antarctica in Hercules. Black Vanda Station Research Station cachet. 4 backstamps. Signed by the Pilot Sqn Ldr I W Collins.

30 Nov 74 - Scott base Ross Dependency - Operation Icecube - 10 Nov-Dec 1974 - 40 Sqn. RNZAR. Flight No.32. Black flown from Christchurch New Zealand to Antarctica in Hercules. Blue Antarctic Research Programme New Zealand Scott Base Station cachet. 4 backstamps. Signed by the Pilot Sqn Ldr I S Ritchie

28 June 75 - Lazo - Presentation of the Sqn. Standard - Lockheed Hudson MkV and Canadcair CP-107 Argus 407 Sqn. flown in presentation flypast and Arctic operations.3 backstamps

As above but different flown cachet flown in presentation flypast and North Pacific operations.

As above but flown in presentation flypast and Abbotsford Air Show.