Meteor at Duxford

Noting Bens comment above from last year, it isn’t owned by IWM. In fact its owner was over at the weekend, flying something shiny!

That’s a big Hint ;^D

This is still resident yesterday looking really bad and now covered in trees and bushes ,only the intakes and back of centre section visible the remainder is buried in the undergrowth.

Any photo’s of this aluminium and foliage combination ?

Noting Bens comment above from last year, it isn’t owned by IWM. In fact its owner was over at the weekend, flying something shiny!

This is still resident yesterday looking really bad and now covered in trees and bushes ,only the intakes and back of centre section visible the remainder is buried in the undergrowth.

Not for sale I dont think – we enquired about the Weybourne machine – IWM are keeping it on their books and may combine parts from this with that one…

Does anyone know what the asking price is?

It’s a shame to see the window-less canopy like that, the inside must be a shambles by now. And with T.7 seats and stick tops at a premium I’d be surprised if either of those were still in it too.

Any interior pics?

I’m after a rear fuselage and tail to replace those scrapped from mine some years back. I wonder if the owner will part it out?

Anon.

Hi Mike,
I recall the cockpit being pretty comprehensively stripped out when I saw it recently.

Also don’t get your hopes up about the rear fuselage condition, as when this aircraft was last assembled over at North Weald in the early 90’s, there was already corrosion on its undersides.

It does frustrate me every time I see an airframe like this, that appears to be stuck in limbo.

Does anyone know what the asking price is?

It’s a shame to see the window-less canopy like that, the inside must be a shambles by now. And with T.7 seats and stick tops at a premium I’d be surprised if either of those were still in it too.

Any interior pics?

I’m after a rear fuselage and tail to replace those scrapped from mine some years back. I wonder if the owner will part it out?

Anon.

Another Meteor in trouble, as photos on FB show this to still be languishing over the back at Duxford.
I take it this means that the owners asking price is still beyond reality!? 🙁

Rob

Reading the recent posts on this thread:rolleyes:

Sure, its for sale – at the right price.

It isnt advertised however; you will have to find the owner and deal with them direct.

I’m not going to make it too easy – if you’re really interested, you will do the legwork yourself.

Bruce

Its for sale?

What web-site / magazine has it’s advert in?

And then…

Do you really think he would want to?

Chris I don’t know you, you sound like a great guy from the forum, but you really need to read through what your writing here, and think back to all those bits and projects you’ve bought and then had to sell.
I would say the least of your worries is some other chaps Meteor.

Your Right Pagen.

but I cant shift it, its been with me since childhood, and its a dream i keep chasing.. perhaps i am a bit mental, as it eats at me sometimes, i am sure many others are the same,.. its Amazing, how a bit of old tin, can have such a hold on a man, i wish i had done it years ago, when 1950s stuff wasnt wanted, like it is today.. or should i say more available than today ..

I am sure I will get there one day, any old british reasonable sized 50s 60s cockpit that can be eventually restored, i was going for the sukhoi , but the parts for them are trully non existant, let alone air publication manuals, all in russain, thats if you can find a set ???

RIGHT THEN !!.. I am orf to buy my Lottery ticket 😀

Ooops

Ooops .. she allways was a T7 😮

Ahh, so the owner has lost interest in it..

well, I would buy it , if i could .. I cant…

…from what i was told, the asking price was very high ??.. ( however i cannot corroberate this )

I personally have no room for the aircraft. maybe the Nose cockpit section, and even then i would need to size it up to see if it would fit…

and then what would happen to the rest of it ??

…i am currently as of last week have a bad credit record , due to my ex leaving me and the kids , and half the house income just disapearing, I cannot get loans etc.

and why cockpit and not full aircraft, well its simple, transportation to events, space and being able to work on it,

You may say , i had that chance with 887 , but yet again, i was stopped by circumstances…

And then…

… atleast could get a ball park figure of what the man wants, IF … he wants to sell it ??..that is :confused:

Do you really think he would want to?

Chris I don’t know you, you sound like a great guy from the forum, but you really need to read through what your writing here, and think back to all those bits and projects you’ve bought and then had to sell.
I would say the least of your worries is some other chaps Meteor.

are we talking Kermit weeks here ?? the owner..
???? … or is it a secret.. if someone could PM me, we atleast could get a ball park figure of what the man wants, IF … he wants to sell it ??..that is :confused:

Ahh, so the owner has lost interest in it..

well, I would buy it , if i could .. I cant..but i have heard of things going on loan, this is what i meant, as a team, not a individual,..I think its a shame thats all, and frustrating to me, and many others, because we simply cant stump up the cash for such a aircraft, and from what i was told, the asking price was very high ??.. ( however i cannot corroberate this )

I personally have no room for the aircraft. maybe the Nose cockpit section, and even then i would need to size it up to see if it would fit.

and then what would happen to the rest of it ??.. I would have to keep that in store somewhere else for the foreseeable future, unless somebody wanted it for the airframe, to revert it back to a F.8 etc, and i bought the T7 cockpit which they wish to replace ??.. that could be possible..

does anyone here on the forum have a meteor cockpit, for which they want the airframe to fit it too ?? … i am currently as of last week have a bad credit record , due to my ex leaving me and the kids , and half the house income just disapearing, I cannot get loans etc, BUT however, I have advertised Lots of things i need to get rid of, and some i dont really want to be rid of, but when i get the money i will be giving it to close family for safe keeping, so when the NEXT chance arrives, I WILL be able to afford it . costs over a long period of time for restoration will not be a problem, but to pay rent for storage ,and suitably near my home so i can work on it day and night will be a problem,but if i can fit it in my mother large garage( cockpit section) there will be no rent to pay, and all the tools at hand.

and why cockpit and not full aircraft, well its simple, transportation to events, space and being able to work on it,

its just so frustrating, when the heart is willing, but finances,and all those other things in reality stop us from having that chance, I am sure this goes for so many on the forum,

You may say , i had that chance with 887 , but yet again, i was stopped by circumstances, it was miles away, it was way to big and i couldnt find a place close enough to store it , and couldnt afford the rent for such a item.
simply , because it was too big,

but who knows, perhaps some of us can pull together if anyone is interested

You cherish it? Then you buy it and do something with it!

The current owner saved it thus far; it just needs someone to pick up the baton!

It is for sale – careful reading of the thread will determine who to contact in the first instance.

As I said before, Undercover space I can do (just!). Money I cant right now.

Bruce

I would have the cockpit from it, and work on that, but would have to be re-inbursed costs when they wanted it back, .that would only be fair .. I know , its a silly idea, but i love the old T7 even went to recover a crashed one.. but hate to see that nice old greenhouse canopied pit, just slowly decay

that would be novel .. bits of meteor all over the country , with various folk, cleaning, restoring etc.. and in a few years , bring it all back together as one aircraft .. could have ,Wings in wiltshire, cockpit in cambridgeshire, ,tail in tenby LOL.. you get the jist… Nah, silly Idea, the “Forum Aircraft Rescue Society”..

still would be a novel way to get a few bits restored… but i think thats bound to Fail at the start 😀

Still there, still rotting away…..

Hate to see pictures like this when there’s thousands of us out there that cherish aircraft like this. I’m into classic cars and waited for years to get one until I had somewhere to keep it safe and dry. We’re not just owners, we’re custodians for future generations. How on earth does a first generation British jet end up like this in the 21st Century ? Shameful.

as allways.. i suppose it boils down to money, space , etc,

you either got it, or you havent 🙁 .. I havent , not for a whole aircraft anyway..

T7 is my fave meteor too.. so many of them flew around here in the early 1950s, lots from westonzoyland, and lots of other bases .

hopefully something will be done with the T7 one day.. but only time and money will tell :rolleyes::(