The JAM’s latest acquisition, former Innsworth gate guardian, Meteor T.7 VW453 will be airlifted by Chinook from the site to Staverton on Monday 22nd April at 1430L, with Tuesday 23rd as a back up day.
http://www.gloucestershireairport.co.uk/Portals/4/PRESS%20RELEASE%20042013%20Meteor%20air%20lift.pdf
The BBC will be making a short film about the aircraft and the airlift, which will feature Norman Tebbit, who flew the aircraft in 1952.
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 21st October 2013 at 20:59
The BBC documentary was shown tonight on their regional news programme, Inside Out West. It should be available on IPlayer from tomorrow at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dz52y
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 26th April 2013 at 19:06
Did anyone think to put a cam in the cockpit?
Yes. And another on the nose landing gear. The lift is going to be the subject of a BBC documentary later this year.
By: WB556 - 26th April 2013 at 16:32
Did anyone think to put a cam in the cockpit?
By: Wyvernfan - 26th April 2013 at 13:01
I think the stumbling block with that one is the asking price.
Rob
By: Mike J - 26th April 2013 at 12:19
Is say find a seventh one 😀
Is the dismantled T7 still sitting in the open over on the North side at Duxford? If so, it would be great if that could be rescued and given a good home while it is still worth saving.
By: ericmunk - 25th April 2013 at 15:02
I wonder if anywhere else has any more?
Not more. But the IAF Museum at Hatzerim have six as well. Is say find a seventh one 😀
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 25th April 2013 at 13:55
Do you have access to replacement canopies for the F.8 and Javelin?
We think we may have an F.8 one lined up but if you can help with a Javelin it would be good….
By: Steve Bond - 25th April 2013 at 08:49
Do you have access to replacement canopies for the F.8 and Javelin?
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 25th April 2013 at 00:59
Looking at the Demobbed site, if this is what is called stored god help the new arrival!
That’s why the building is so crucial! The F.8 is looking so much healthier after last summer’s TLC…
18 Jan 2013 16:55 by Darren Lewington, on Flickr
By: paul178 - 25th April 2013 at 00:03
Looking at the Demobbed site, if this is what is called stored god help the new arrival!
http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_view.php?a=7477&s=wl349.jpg
By: Fouga23 - 24th April 2013 at 23:31
There are now 6 Meteors at Staverton in total and another expected later in the year.
You should line them up and organise a photshoot!
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 24th April 2013 at 22:51
Bought for £3,000 I wish I had room for it. Still another one saved and in a good place. Does anyone know if it still has its engines?
No engines, no instruments but 9 years’ worth of rainwater in the ventral tank!
I hope they can do something with the T.7 already at Staverton.
There are two. The museum’s WF784, purchased with a grant from Tewkesbury Borough Council was gate guardian at RAF Quedgeley. The Airport’s own T.7, WL349, was gifted by the RAF. It was partially stripped of paint about 8 years ago in preparation for an abortive plan to put it on display at Meteor Business Park (where the Messier Dowty factories are).
There are no immediate plans for either airframe, which are stored near the new museum site, but one might be a suitable ‘fuselage donor’ for the museum’s F3 cockpit section.
There are now 6 Meteors at Staverton in total and another expected later in the year. I wonder if anywhere else has any more?
22 Apr 2013 17:37 by Darren Lewington, on Flickr
By: David Burke - 24th April 2013 at 21:15
I hope they can do something with the T.7 already at Staverton.
By: paul178 - 24th April 2013 at 21:12
Bought for £3,000 I wish I had room for it. Still another one saved and in a good place. Does anyone know if it still has its engines?
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 24th April 2013 at 19:28
Really positive local and national media coverage…
https://www.google.com/news?ncl=dY4G7Jpsz0IuTnMyMCBvroNyTg6yM&q=gloster+meteor&lr=English&hl=en
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd April 2013 at 10:46
Well done chaps. Wish I could of stuck around to see it 🙂
By: --o-o-O-o-o-- - 22nd April 2013 at 19:02
Was it really just a mile and a half move?
Yes! It was in the air for less than five minutes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-22244953
By: David Burke - 22nd April 2013 at 18:37
Was it really just a mile and a half move?
By: A225HVY - 22nd April 2013 at 18:30
Good bit of video here………………….
http://www.bfbs.com/news/uk/meteor-jet-fighter-flies-new-home-63360.html
By: AutoStick - 22nd April 2013 at 18:17
Great day …I watched from main Chelt– Glos Road ( 94 bus route ) I was in exactly the right place ..apart from fence . I have pics , but cant find my transfer cable at the moment . I was amazed at the crowd turnout. Great Advert for Airport & Jet Age Museum .
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