Saunders Roe SR53

Alas not going spare…seasons greetings and all that!
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I’ve got two small cardboard boxes used to hold fixings marked SR53. They are (or were) high-spec bolts used in its assembly. Not much but you can have them if you want.

Anon.

The tailplane is wreakage, whether the trial was part of the investigation (151 failed to rotate) or is just being used for some other purpose I don’t know. The photo is one of a box full of blower tunnel trials I was told to throw in the bin – my car is kept looking like a tip for that very reason.

Was that tail section tested after recovery from the crash of XD151? The ghost of the fin flash is still apparent even though the white paint finish has been stripped off.

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Its a pity that this bit of XD151 didn’t survive.
The tailplane of 151 undergoing tests in the Blower Tunnel at A&AEE Boscombe Down.

Having said that I’m sure a forumite posted that he has a stick top from one!?

Rob

When we restored XD145 in the 1980s we had all there was. Even then we had to scrounge all over the place to find some missing bits so I wish you well, but I think you will be extremely lucky to find anything.