At least the A&G engineers (?) seemed to have removed the leading and trailing edge flaps before breaking out the Stihl saw on ‘499. That should make it a bit neater when (if) it ever goes back together.

Can anybody postulate/suggest a likely value of XV499’s airframe as it stands? Apart from it being cut I understand the cockpit is completely stripped out and that will not be easy or cheap to re-equip.

Anon.

The worry is that certain parts of the eBay market might see another ‘niche’ opportunity to tart and talk it up with lots of exhortating exclamations accompanied by the unwanted beer garden/footballer/city whizkid price tag chancing that many preservationists have all grown fed up with over the years.