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I was wondering how many of the Blue Steel misiles survive and its Stentor engine

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By: Steven Hancock - 13th November 2007 at 14:07

There’s one with bits of skin cut off at the Rolls Royce Heritage centre in Derby. I don’t know if it was a real one.

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By: DeanK - 13th November 2007 at 13:06

RAF Scampton

There’s also this one at RAF Scampton, inside No.1 hangar, where the museum is. Don’t know about its engine though.

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By: wv838 - 13th November 2007 at 12:46

And we’ve got a very pretty Stentor on its stand here in Liverpool – it’s even got a lightbulb in the jet-pipe! 😀

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By: Robert Whitton - 12th November 2007 at 09:50

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By: A225HVY - 11th November 2007 at 19:21

There was also a Blue Steel round in the Science Museum last time I went a couple of years ago…

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By: Bruce - 11th November 2007 at 18:15

There were two engines advertised on Ebay a few years ago. Fearsome things they looked too!

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By: scorpion63 - 11th November 2007 at 18:12

There is also at least one at the former AWRE Woomara, Australia

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By: Arabella-Cox - 11th November 2007 at 17:07

Duxford has a Blue Steel also, how complete it is i cant say though.

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By: Flipflopman - 11th November 2007 at 16:55

There is also a Stentor engine in the Propulsion Trade Training hangar at RAF Cosford.

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By: TwinOtter23 - 11th November 2007 at 16:28

Yes there is one at Newark, which I believe came out of RAF Newton and has been discussed here before.

There is also one at the Roll-Royce Heritage Trust Centre in Derby displayed alongside a B.S.Stentor motor.

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By: Papa Lima - 11th November 2007 at 15:31

Yes, one at Newark and another at East Fortune – I have photos but must ration my pictures on this Forum nowadays!

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By: David Burke - 11th November 2007 at 14:18

The used to be one at Wittering and I recall a recnt picture of the Waddington Vulcan with a round parked nearby.

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By: XL391 - 11th November 2007 at 14:15

Newark, i’m sure, have one…

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By: V Force kid - 11th November 2007 at 13:46

There’s also one displayed on the Mandator Transporter in the Bomber Hall at Hendon.

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By: Nashio966 - 11th November 2007 at 12:52

out of the 53 operational live rounds produced, there are two blue steel missiles i can think of offhand, the one at cosford and the other at the Midland Air Museum (thats not to say that there aren’t others around), i cant say about their engines, or that either were “live rounds” im sure someone else could fill in these blanks 🙂

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