| I didnt work on them (except for painting the odd star and bar on a damaged fuz) I was the Base Illustrator (very base !) with 1631st Air Base Group. On site were Grumman Albatross SA-16 (ASR) and SC-54Ds of MATS passing through on the trans-Atlantic run via Gander and Iceland en route to Europe. The odd Globemaster passing through. Being situated on Prestwick Airport (north side) there were many different types based there or passing through. Scottish Aviation Ltd was half mile from Greensite,with piles of cacooned Sabres for a while. German Starfighters were serviced by SAL. Bulldogs were being built and the Jetstream on the drawing boards. The civvy side had DC-6s, Connies, Stratocruisers etc etc. Many happy memories, memorable was shaking hands with the first woman in space and seeing Uri Gargarin, Elvis Pressley and loads of other famous people. There is a nice little softback called "The Flying Scots" by Jack Webster that covers aviation in Scotland that might be of interest. IBSN 0-9522174-2-2 Did you know that Amy Johnson`s final flight in 1941 started at Prestwick ? |