Guys,
There is a a real interesting topic of abandoned and burnt airframes mostly in the UK. Victor lovers beware there are some sad pictures… you were warned..
http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=17965
By: rafmatt - 19th January 2013 at 23:56
They should have sent the paint to PPG to be examined.
Still being able to use it after 60 odd years! That’s some shelf life! 😀
I think your dispatcher friend may have got it wrong lol
By: beachcomber - 19th January 2013 at 17:32
Moved to Brize Norton and still on display looking rather well kept 😉
I was told by an ex air dispatcher who has shares in her that the paint job was done with nos period paint discovered in one of the hangars.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2013 at 17:08
That sounds harsh!!
By: David Burke - 19th January 2013 at 17:07
Sent to Coventry !
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2013 at 16:46
What happened to G-AMPO between being sold in 1989 and ending up at Lyneham, and then Brize?
By: hunterxf382 - 19th January 2013 at 11:47
Moved to Brize Norton and still on display looking rather well kept 😉
By: SADSACK - 19th January 2013 at 10:29
re;
G-AMPO. First DC-3 I flew in !
To Lyneham Gate September 2001.
thanks any idea whats happening to her?
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2013 at 09:52
Blackbush in 1982. They probably weren’t abandoned, but it looked that way!
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2013 at 09:48
Here’s another from Newcastle. The aircraft I think is called a Sonerai. I was told it was flown once and scared the owner, and sat in the Bellman hangar, probably until the hangar was demolished.
By: Loose-Head - 19th January 2013 at 00:08
G-AMPO. First DC-3 I flew in !
To Lyneham Gate September 2001.
By: SADSACK - 18th January 2013 at 23:33
re;
my friend has G-AMPO in his log book. Where is she now? not at Lyneham?
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2013 at 23:24
G-AMPO sat at Newcastle for several years until someone finally purchased it and I believe paid an outstanding debt on the aircraft.
By: RMR - 18th January 2013 at 23:12
Oldprops gives 9 left worldwide.
http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/Argosy%20Photographs.htm
But the one at West Freugh was scrapped in 2011.
RMR
By: SADSACK - 18th January 2013 at 22:44
re;
that Argosy would have made such a good exhibit. How many are left?
By: rekkof2004 - 18th January 2013 at 21:33
Guys,
There is a a real interesting topic of abandoned and burnt airframes mostly in the UK. Victor lovers beware there are some sad pictures… you were warned..http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=17965
Hi Peter.
What about us Lightning,and Nimrod lovers
Great site but very sad,
By: paul178 - 18th January 2013 at 21:33
From the forum some members love to hate!
By: rafmatt - 18th January 2013 at 20:55
333977_10150388856910731_538860730_10455707_291381518_o by rafmatt1984, on Flickr
Ignore my car.
Lynx at Gutersloh present day.
bedsheet by rafmatt1984, on Flickr
Bedsheet Bomber circa 1998
By: rafmatt - 18th January 2013 at 20:49
Beech 18 has been flown and is now at home in France.
Mark is a good friend of mine and has made a fantastic effort to get her flying again.
Pics of her now.
By: TwinOtter23 - 18th January 2013 at 20:48
Welcome aboard – you need one of these to help in your search for an airframe! 😉
By: DiverScout - 18th January 2013 at 20:31
These planes sit there rotting while folk like me bang our heads against the wall trying to find derelict airframes for our Scouts to maintain and use for basic training at our site.
If anyone knows of any planes looking for a nice retirement home in Norfolk we’d be delighted to hear from them! 😉 The ST-10 at Spalding would look so good sat next to our HQ building…
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