May 23, 2010 at 12:22 am
Was having a bit of an off roading session on the bike earlier when I found these engines;

Any idea what they are off? Theres an upside-down varsity buried in the dune nearby, could they be off that?
Lots of alloy there…
By: hindenburg - 23rd May 2010 at 14:14
WANT THEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: bloodnok - 23rd May 2010 at 09:11
At least 2 hawks were dumped over by the Vulcan/shack when I was at Valley in the early/mid 80’s.
I’m pretty sure one was XX180 (hit birds doing a roller at Mona) and the other was XX223 (burst a tyre on landing and scattered itself across various hard standings).
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd May 2010 at 00:57
Tell me about it, think we left a couple of cat3’s down there to die.. Weigh the ******s in I say..
By: pagen01 - 23rd May 2010 at 00:48
Plenty of dead Hawk bits (especially rear fusalages!) here at Saints aswel, nobody seems to know what to do with them!
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd May 2010 at 00:41
Nah mid-80’s afair. They just seem to dump more recent stuff by the hangars.. (xx196’s wing has been outside for ages now..)
By: pagen01 - 23rd May 2010 at 00:39
I remember seeing it in the other thread, but the Hawks bits would be more recent?
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd May 2010 at 00:37
& it seems they have been there for a while.. the varsity was buried many many years ago..
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd May 2010 at 00:35
They are indeed on the airfield dump.
It seems a shame to have them sat there rotting away, I’d only want to weigh them in but if someone really wanted them I could maybe ‘have a word’
By: pagen01 - 23rd May 2010 at 00:31
Blimey, bit unusual for a station to dump stuff in that manner in more recent times. Is it within the airfield boundary?
By: Peter - 23rd May 2010 at 00:30
those engines deserve a new home!
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd May 2010 at 00:28
Yeah was surprised to find them. Find allsorts there on a walkabout, loads of vulcan bits scattered and a few hawk bits I spotted today. Will have a better look next time I’m there.
By: Peter - 23rd May 2010 at 00:26
Bristol hercules engines.. possibly varsiy.. very nice!!
By: pagen01 - 23rd May 2010 at 00:26
Certainly got that Hercules look to them, and the four bladed prop.
Nice find, must have been a bit of a surprise?!