The Winch
The Babe
We use a winch to launch our aircraft from Hullavington. “The Baby” as we like to call it was donated to us. Although it hadn’t been used for a couple of years and in that time had been stored outdoors - it didn’t take long before the engine roared into life. From then on “The Baby” has been in faithfull service.
Every flying Vintage Flight member will, at some point, take their turn to drive “The Baby”. Although most of us are qualified to drive the bigger Munster Van Gelder winch with the Air Cadets, it takes a couple of launches to master the art of launching with a clutch and gearbox. A few random launches can be expected from a trainee winch driver.
Our Supporter:
Local company owner, Guy Tomblin of Bison Plant Hire, supports 621 Historic Flight by kindly donating red diesel to run our winch and keep our aircraft flying.
Sponser of fuel for The Babe