Post-war aviation at White Waltham, 1960: blister hangars and Tiger Moths
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Post-war aviation at White Waltham, 1960: blister hangars and Tiger Moths
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 4 Apr 1960
West London Flying Club's two-seaters stand in front of what look a lot like WW2 'blister' hangars. Both planes are De Havilland Tiger Moths - used in large numbers at the time for club flying. Blister hangars had corrugated steel roofs in the form of a segment of a cylinder. They were designed to be easily re-sited, and I doubt whether anyone expected them to last more than a few years. The most basic form was doorless, open to the weather at both ends: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2283584 The brick-facing on the structures at White Waltham may well have been added post-war, in the hope of extending their useful life. De Havilland Tiger Moths figure in a number of the box Brownie photos I took in 1960: Image Image
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