30th November 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the closing down of the ATA.There were numerous ferry pools, but Hawarden and White Waltham come to mind.I wonder, how would it be if there was a 'Fly In' of some kind, at Ferry Pool airfields around UK, of the numerous types that they ferried - as a kind 'Air Pageant' to honour those 'Ancient and Tattered Airmen/AirWomen'...on 30th November 2005.Quite a few lost their lives on ATA duties.Please remember the ATA.Thank you.Phil

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For those who may not know, the ATA functioned as an ferry service during the Second World War, moving aircraft from factories to airfields of the RAF and the Fleet Air Arm using civilian volunteers, many of whom were women. Often pilots boarded their aircraft, armed only with their ferry pilots notes (a pocket sized book that gave the vital statistics of the aircraft) never having even seen, let alone flown, that type before.On one occasion, a woman flew a Spitfire, a Mitchell and a Mosquito (twin engined) and a Stirling (four engined) all on the same day.Probably the most famous woman pilot was Amy Morrison who was killed on a ferry flight after ditching her twin engined Anson in the Thames estuary. http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/ata.html