Linton Blades aircraft - XW309 / 68 - T5

Date of Delivery - 4 May 1970 ( 1st known show 3 months later )
- to 9179M at No.1 SoTT Cosford (later renamed to DCAE Cosford),
- to Hartlepool CoFE on 10 March 2007 for G/I


Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com




Date Venue Pilot Notes
25 May 1970 Henlow Joe Whitfield -
25 May 1970 Hucknall Joe Whitfield -
22 July 1970 Plymouth Dudley Carvell -
7 Aug 1970 Hereford - Spotted
19 Sept 1970 Leuchars Dave Coldicutt -
12 May 1971 Finningley Nobby Grey -
5 September 1971 Coventry Dudley Carvell -
5 September 1971 Waterbeach Dudley Carvell -



Here's a ground picture of XW309 taken at the 1970 Leuchars show. As you can see it's not carrying any team markings. This could be Dave Coldicutt getting into it.




XW309 / 68 was in the 1972 Blades Brochure, but currently I don't have any evidence that it was used in the '72 season.




It's now in Hartlepool college as an instruction frame

Photo from an unknown source




If you have further details or photos of this aircraft, please feel free to use the "contact" link on the left.



Back