Yeovilton Fairey IIIF

Must be very small sections, I was having a quick nose around the SV and didn’t notice anything!

Its in the component section’s that a Meteor breaks down into for a road move, nose, tail, fuselage centre section with engine’s, outer mainplanes and horizontal tail surface. Its all there behind the Sea Vixen, the nose is mounted on a trolley and stands quite high off the ground.

Must be very small sections, I was having a quick nose around the SV and didn’t notice anything!

Blimey I missed that when I visited a couple of weeks ago, along with a listed Meteor TT.20 – anyone know were that is?

The Meteor TT20 is in Cobham Hall stored in sections behind the Sea Vixen FAW1

Thanks for that guys,
Jim

Blimey I missed that when I visited a couple of weeks ago, along with a listed Meteor TT.20 – anyone know were that is?

The frame is stored in Cobham Hall after being on show for many years first of all in Hall 2 behind the Fulmar and in recent years in front of the glass windows that look into the restoration hangar, one day in the distant future it is hoped to restore it.
It originally came from a site in Norfolk, after being found under a bridge, the Navy who then ran the museum gave the farmer £10 for all his trouble in finding it and passing it on to them.

The last time I saw it, it was on top of a raised platform or display case. I was told that it was scheduled for a reconstruction project as funds became available,so perhaps thats where it’s gone.

John

Its some years ago when last went to Yeovilton. The fuselage frame was there, but it never had a placard on it to let you now what i was!