Westland Lysander L4742 of No 4 Squadron, RAF, was photographed by FLIGHT'S photographer during a message pick-up demonstration at RAF Odiham in May 1939.
Message picking-up, as demonstrated by this Lysander, is usually referred to in the Service as “M.P.U.” The hook is normally stowed in the bottom of the fuselage.

Saunders-Roe SR A/1 jet fighter flying boat TG263 with test pilot Geoffrey Tyson in the cockpit. The first of three SR A/1s, TG263 first flew on July 16, 1947, and this Flight photograph was taken shortly after that event.

AIR PORTRAIT'S picture, taken during a sortie from Old Warden on June 25, 1978, depicts a pair of fine vintage aeroplanes jointly owned by Tom Storey and Martin Barraclough. Nearest the camera is Duxford-based DH89 Dragon Rapide/Dominie G-AGTM/NF875, flown by Marlin Barraclough, whilst the newly-restored Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF, piloted by Brian Smith, is seen behind.

Brian Smith poses Tom Storey and Martin Barraclough’s Percival Mew Gull for Air Portraits over Old Warden on June 25, 1978

Ex-RAF Chipmunk VH-SSJ (ex-WK507) is now owned by Barry Bell in Australia. Mike Holtby and Bill Barker were aboard when Neville Parnell took this study.

Hugh Field takes A. M. Dawson’s Old Warden-based B.A. Swallow 2 for an airing on May 28, 1978.