By: DGH - 16th April 2005 at 11:29
It’s amazing what turns up! With reference to an earlier debate about scrapping warbirds I suppose if someone still has the skins and the canopy and front glazing then they could rebuild a cockpit section as XP757 as well? Before we know it we could go from no XP757 to two!
By: Dave T - 16th April 2005 at 08:44
DGH,
According to the article, an ATC unit acquired it and cut off the skins, canopies etc.. to make a SIM.
They then disbanded and current owner acquired it. Full story in the article, do you want a copy ?
The owner mailed me recently about another cockpit, but didn’t reply when i asked questions about the Lightning. Must ‘av scared him off !! (ha,ha)
Cheers….
By: DGH - 16th April 2005 at 08:35
Eek 😮
Do you know were this cockpit section has been all this time, if I remember rightly didn’t XP757 end up at Siddals yard? I guess this must be from the front section that remained up there for years ( cant check I’m at work ). But it disappeared for years.
By: Dave T - 15th April 2005 at 22:25
He doesn’t seem to have much to start with, but from small acorns…
Crikey, you should’av seen it beforehand then !
Thus…….
By: DGH - 15th April 2005 at 21:04
Yeah I’m interested! Must have missed that copy, will have to look out for it.
He doesn’t seem to have much to start with, but from small acorns…
By: Dave T - 15th April 2005 at 18:55
Ok, found it myself.
June 2004 issue if anybody’s interested ?
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