A short detour from Junction 7 of the M5 on 8th April found the small private collection of aircraft on a farm in Birlingham. Noted in a rather sorry state were the following :-
Sea Hawk FB5, wearing an overall red colour scheme and serial WN105 (really WF299)
Meteor T7 WH166 grey colour scheme
Hunter F6 XF526 red and white colour scheme
Jet Provost T3 XN623 (really XN632) red/white/blue colour scheme
Vampire T11 WZ425 (serial not carried) silver
Vampire T11 XE979 (serial only visable under the wing) silver – very badly damaged/burnt pod
For those who can not gain access to the site (please dont trespass on the site it is a private working farm) the aircraft can be seen if approaching from Pershore. The owner, Mr Revill, and his family were very freindly during my visit and access and photography was not a problem, but please dont attemp to access the site if the gate is closed.
By: CADman - 14th April 2009 at 11:28
The other Vampire T11, XE979, is parked under the tail of the Meteor, and yes its really bad condition. The ‘pod’ is completely broken open on both sides, also looks to have been burnt ? and he interior is gutted it is only held together by the canopy frame. The rest of the airframe, wings, tail booms, undercarriage and canopy and frame seem OK. As I know nothing about the owners I shall not comment on there current condition, however one always hopes that even an aircraft is such a poor condition might one day help another airframe by donating parts.
By: XM692. - 12th April 2009 at 15:23
Oh my poor old JayPee !!
Do you have any photo’s of the other Vampire ? I’m told it’s now broken in half due to a hard life outdoors.
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April 12, 2009 at 12:40 pm