In November 1982 –CM was returned to the hirers. The group continued with –FF and, from April 1983 until March 1984, the occasional use of another Airtourer, G-AWVG, which was owned by a group member. In December 1983 we signed a private hire agreement for the use of a Robin 2112, G-TOUR. This arrangement worked well during 1984 with the 2-seat Robin being used mainly for training and the 4-seat Fugi used mainly for touring. In March 1985 the Fugi was returned to the owner due to his decision to sell. Later the private hire agreement for -UR was terminated and the aircraft was then purchased by a group member and leased to the group. This arrangement continued for several years until -UR was purchased by the group. We lost the use of –UR for a 5 month period from May to September 1987 during repair after a heavy landing at Neveravon, fortunately without injury to the crew. Luckily group members had regularly used Goodwood’s 4-seaters and G-BFFZ, a FR172K, filled in while the Robin was under repair. G-TOUR was operated by the group for almost 25 years until sold in January 2008 when the group purchased G-PSFG, a Robin 2160i. The two Robins (G-TOUR and G-PSFG) have proved to be ideal aircraft for the group providing a strong, robust trainer, a capable basic aerobatic mount and a useful touring aircraft.
G-PSFG is still with us today as we reach our 50th year of operations.