Hastings TG530

JohnC · Administrator

Hastings TG530

JohnC · Administrator

My first flight in a Hastings aircraft from RAF Lyneham

24th July 1953 TG530 2.00 hrs/mins Cross Country Flying I was 14 years and 10 days old and a new member of 2189 [Calne] Squadron ATC, the world was my oyster

JohnC · Administrator

My third flight in a Hastings from Lyneham

29th July 1953 TG530 2.00 hrs/mins map reading with the navigator as an ATC cadet

Iceni · Member

John Cooper [Admin] wrote:
TG530 ICENI Hastings of 51 Squadron a picture can be found here http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?81732-Photos-of-Hastings-TG-503&p=1259703&posted=1#post1259703

That fine photo of TG 530 came from Joe Gertler in Florida.

I too received a copy from him.

Hastings TG530 Iceni.jpg

JohnC · Administrator

Apparently sometime crashlanded having suffered tail wheel problems, a rigger informs me that for some while until modifications could be carried out the tailwheel was fixed in the down position, 530 was repaired