Mildenhall 27-8-1979 CP-107 Argus Plus others

[PaulN]

Hi

One for Darren

On the August Bank holiday 41 years ago , we had a regular trip to the bases , more for something to do than expecting to see much but as was "normal" back then , that you never knew what you would come across and to prove the point at Mildenhall was 10726 CP-107 Argus

I am pretty sure , but happy to be proved wrong , but I think this was the one and only visit by an Argus , the locals at the time said it did a flying display at a close by SSAFA show on the Sunday

Thanks for looking

Cheers

Paul

RCAF CP-107 10726 404 Sqn 27-08-1979 by pip1047, on Flickr

[F3]

They don't come much rarer than that. Certainly never attended Air Fete. Derived from the beautiful Britannia and the Canadians also operated a freighter version.

[MCB]

>happy to be proved wrong , but I think this was the one and only visit by an Argus.

What about 10728 from the Maritime Proving & Experimental Unit which was present on 2.7.78.

MCB

[PaulN]

>happy to be proved wrong , but I think this was the one and only visit by an Argus.

What about 10728 from the Maritime Proving & Experimental Unit which was present on 2.7.78.

MCB

There you go , told you I happy to be proved wrong

Cheers

Paul

[PaulN]

They don't come much rarer than that. Certainly never attended Air Fete. Derived from the beautiful Britannia and the Canadians also operated a freighter version.

Cheers Mike

If you want a good read to see how different they are , there is an excellent book on the subject " The Canadair Argus CL-28 and and CP-107 " by Baker/Campbell ..fascinating read , then came the CL-44/Yukon , a whole different ball game

Paul

[daggerfan]

Very nice pic. Ooh, I love an Argus! They were regular visitors to Kinloss, and occasionally Lossie, back in the day. Surely a unique engine sound. You could hear them miles away on a still night! Thanks for posting.

[xkekeith]

Here you go 10728 in July 1978, scanned from an old print...

20728 CP-107 Argus Mk.1 MP&EU CAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Typical July weather !

[PaulN]

Brilliant Keith

Glad someone caught it on film

They were always a welcome sight at St Mawgan and Greenham Common , even saw them in Northolt

Will try and dig out my shots of them in Canada

Cheers

Paul

[eLaReF]

Great to see these pix.
The Argus was one of those aircraft that I saw a few of, but never near enough with a camera! Even when I did, I only had a 135mm Telephoto lens.

Earlier that year the first production one 10710 appeared at the Strathallan Air Show. No, it didn't land, although they had managed to get a Comet & Shackleton in, but not out again

10710 Canadair CP-107 Argus Mk.1 msn 1 by eLaReF, on Flickr

And a couple of years earlier, this was the nearest I could get at Kinloss

10734 Canadair CL-28 Argus & Nimrod (XZ281?) on the far side by eLaReF, on Flickr

[Punkrunner62]

Brilliant stuff guys, saw a few but no camera, just a poor spotter with a notebook, pen and a pair of binoculars!.
Cheers.

[PaulN]

Seems to be tuning into an Argus thread

Here are a few more from me then Greenham Common and Comox

Cheers

Paul
RCAF CP-107 Argus 10736 1977a by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 Argus 10736 1977 by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 ARGUS 10735 1979d by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 ARGUS 10735 1979c by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 ARGUS 10735 1979b by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 ARGUS 10735 1979a by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 ARGUS 10735 1979 by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 Argus 10721b by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 Argus 10721a by pip1047, on Flickr

RCAF CP-107 Argus 10721 by pip1047, on Flickr

[raptor9]

Ah. Excuse a 77 year old boring old f.rt reminiscing. Best view I ever had of an Argus was as a 16 year old ATC Cadet in the right hand seat of a Vampire T.11. We came across it at 18,000 odd feet near Snpwdonia, and did a slow roll round it. REALLY!!!. The things you could do in the good old days Lovely pictures. Lovely times.

[daggerfan]

You can never have too many Arguses, and I managed to catch four of these lovely machines on the ground at Kinloss in September 1978. My 200mm telephoto lens was too long to get them all in so I had to split the view in two pics.

075_Argus_x3_5451 by Nikn Mann, on Flickr

076_Argus_x3_5453 by Nikn Mann, on Flickr

[PaulN]

Glad to have bought up so many memories for people

Bet that Vampire trip was fun as you say that sort of thing would be frowned upon these day sadly

Those 4 Argus...around the 4th September 1978 by any chance Same day the NASA NC-130B was at Lossie I have similar pics some where

Cheers

Paul

[daggerfan]

Your date certainly fits in, Paul. I took those pics on the 2nd September. There was also a CC-137 that day. I have the Arguses also noted on the 5th, along with two USN C-1As.

Funnily enough, this afternoon I digitised a couple of slides of the NASA Herk. Not particularly good ones, but better than nothing!

[Nighthawke]

Never seen an Argus but these images are something to drool over - always were when I used to read the aviation magazines in my 'teens.

If anyone does manage to invent a working time machine, make sure you can take modern technology back too - DSLRs, mobile "radar" etc! That would certainly fill some gaps in the logs.

[LTFT5]

A great post by all.
I was lucky enough to see the Argus on a couple of occasion (Kinloss being one when I was nearly 15) the sound of them engines I will never forget.
All the best
Andy

[PaulN]

Your date certainly fits in, Paul. I took those pics on the 2nd September. There was also a CC-137 that day. I have the Arguses also noted on the 5th, along with two USN C-1As.

Funnily enough, this afternoon I digitised a couple of slides of the NASA Herk. Not particularly good ones, but better than nothing!

It was one of our silly weekends ...and there were quite a few of those Flew into EDI on the 1st , there were 2 USCG HH-3F.s on a boat in Rosythe , next day Leuchars show , then up to Lossie/Kinloss to get the CP-107s...nothing else there visiting , 2 USMC KC-130F,s came into Lossie that day too , have a landing shot of the NC-130B in the loft some where with its thimble nose , get your shots up then flew back in the evening....oh the madness of youth

Glad everyone is enjoying the shots

Cheers

Paul

[Morseman]

The Argus certainly brings back memories. While serving at Ballykelly N.I. in 1962 the Canadians were regular visitors with the R4D8 and offered supernumerary crew seats for people going on leave. They landed at Manston. I lived in Hastings at the time and applied for a crew seat. The aircraft was changed to an Argus at the last minute and my duty was to sit by a bubble window as lookout. Wonderful experience for a 17 year old. Posted to Aden January 1963 so never got another trip. Thanks for posting.

[xkekeith]

Friday arrivals IAT Greenham Common 1979.

10735 CP107 Argus 415 Sqn CAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Photographed my first CP-140 two months later at Pt Mugu, the days of the Argus were numbered...