Slightly over a year and a half ago the Ulster Aviation Society received the sad news that the owners of Langford Lodge airfield, home to the societies growing collection of aviation memorabilia, had decided not to renew the societies lease! The consequence of this body blow was that a large collection of memorabilia including a number of aircraft would need to be removed from the site by the end of October 2005, suffice to say we almost made it.
Those of you who are Buccaneer fans may already have seen the fruit of our labours in relation to the Buccaneer in the “Buccaneer Farewell Thread”, not a fan of the Brick, then tune into this thread as we show you other images of the move!
Starting with the last to move, the Shorts SD 330 moved on the 22nd Jan 2006 in company with the Buccaneer.
By: Bucc Driver - 2nd February 2006 at 22:16
Thanks for the info Pavespike, we heard about the surplus Tucs as well, one of members is watching this situation with interest.
By: proplover - 2nd February 2006 at 18:59
Sorry to see the end of Langford Lodge – happy memories of flying in there with PT462 a couple of years ago for the Open Day, vividly remember the location of the church which was nearly in the middle of the airfield! Hope everything works out well for you chaps.
By: Pavespike - 2nd February 2006 at 18:42
I heard that some RAF Tucano airframes are going for disposal soon
from Linton, if your aircraft is an Embraer then the model no. should
be BR8LC, the RAF model is MK10, I think the only difference was the harness
set up.
By: Bucc Driver - 1st February 2006 at 23:55
No, have you, if so we should talk!
By: Pavespike - 1st February 2006 at 22:10
Do you have the seats for G-BTUC
By: Wessex Fan - 1st February 2006 at 20:58
Earlier Happenings!
The serious dismantling of airframes started over a year ago in the dead of winter, as you can see one of the first aircraft to receive the treatment was our T11 Vampire!
For anyone wondering what the large black model is, it is a wind tunnel model of the “Shorts Belfast”, we have two although the black one is the bigger of the two!
G-BTUC is pictured here on the day that it left Langford.
The Jet Provost is pictured here on the day that someone decided to start removing wing tanks.
By: Wessex Fan - 1st February 2006 at 19:09
The Day the RNHF came to visit!
Why not raise the Sea Hawk’s u/c, is it stuck in the locked down position for any particular reason?
Are there any hours remaining on that airframe, incidentally – could it be used as spares for the RNHF’s flying one, or even as a replacement?
As already stated by “Bucc Driver”, the airframe was surveyed by the RNHF some years ago, firstly by two visiting pilots and subsequently by two engineers who came over to do a proper inspection. The possibility of some of the aircrafts components being used by the flight was discussed in broad terms, but as their Sea Hawk was taken out of service soon after an agreement was never pursued!
On the subject of the undercarriage, we have not to my knowledge attempted to raise the undercarriage on the aircraft, it would have been foolish to do so without a refurbishment of the hydraulic systems, we had no time to do this!
PS: I have attached a picture of the day the “Royal Naval Historic Flight”, visited Langford Lodge.
By: Bucc Driver - 31st January 2006 at 23:02
The RNHF did view the aircraft as a possible source of spares, I think they where interested in the cartridge starter and the nose leg from memory. But they did not follow it up as the flights aircraft was grounded shortly after.
By: RobAnt - 31st January 2006 at 22:54
Why not raise the Sea Hawk’s u/c, is it stuck in the locked down position for any particular reason?
Are there any hours remaining on that airframe, incidentally – could it be used as spares for the RNHF’s flying one, or even as a replacement?
By: Wessex Fan - 31st January 2006 at 20:49
Just a question, why was it towed as supposed to loading it onto the back of a trailer like everything else?
To be honest a lot of discussion took place before we moved any of the aircraft, the general thought with the Sea Hawk, was to avoid removing the wings or raising the under carriage! After further discussions with the company tasked with doing the moving, it was agreed to tow as shown in the pictures!
By: sniperUK - 31st January 2006 at 20:48
They did look big,you will have to go a long way to get the cash for those.
By: Wessex Fan - 31st January 2006 at 20:34
Wessex fan its amazing what you can see on BBC local news 😀
It is, the aircraft shown on the map are quite large!
By: sniperUK - 30th January 2006 at 22:36
Wessex fan its amazing what you can see on BBC local news 😀
By: Wessex Fan - 29th January 2006 at 18:34
I was asking about your Wessex XR517
Sorry about that other things on my mind it the time, I stand corrected!
By: Bucc Driver - 29th January 2006 at 14:38
THe Wessex has both engines and the reduction gearbox missing unfortunatley, but on a brighter note we nave had the electrics powered up okay.
By: Pavespike - 29th January 2006 at 12:52
The Sea Hawk is in all essentials complete, including new wheels and tyres which were fitted prior to the move!
On a technical note, the aircraft was powered by a single Rolls-Royce Nene engine.
I was asking about your Wessex XR517
By: murph - 29th January 2006 at 12:06
Just a question, why was it towed as supposed to loading it onto the back of a trailer like everything else?
By: Wessex Fan - 29th January 2006 at 11:49
How complete is XR517, are the engines still fitted
The Sea Hawk is in all essentials complete, including new wheels and tyres which were fitted prior to the move!
On a technical note, the aircraft was powered by a single Rolls-Royce Nene engine.
By: ollieholmes - 27th January 2006 at 22:24
I thought my eyes where deciveving me when i saw the Seahawk being towed like that.
By: Pavespike - 27th January 2006 at 21:55
How complete is XR517, are the engines still fitted
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