This has come through from BAPC Secretary and is reproduced with his blessing:
A Boeing 727 has been offered free to a good home by DHL.
All you need is a runway capable of landing an aircraft of this size.
This is very urgent and needs to be agreed by the end of next week before its airworthiness runs out.
Delivery will also be free and the aircraft is in a cargo role so if you are interested, please contact me as quickly as possible.
Brian
email Brian Dixon – secretarybapc at btconnect.com (insert @ in place of “at”)
Roger Smith.
By: David Burke - 21st September 2013 at 12:57
Please god no ! They don’t need a Boeing 727 at Elvington!
By: TonyT - 21st September 2013 at 12:04
Or Elvington.
By: RPSmith - 21st September 2013 at 10:43
Good to see a Coventry City Council “Good Citizen Award” winner posting about these parts again!
Congratulations Mr Smith!! :eagerness:
Thank you for your kind words TO – there’s been a surfeit of them!! It was a pleasant experience and somewhat humbling. Reminded me rather of what is joked about the OBE “other b*gger’s efforts”
Roger Smith.
By: AlanR - 21st September 2013 at 09:44
How about Bruntingthorpe ?
Ok it’s not technically a cold war jet, although they were around during the cold war.
Paint it up in a camouflage scheme, and off you go.
The big plus point, they make lots of NOISE 🙂
By: SpitfireAlex - 20th September 2013 at 23:55
The aeropark would be a good location for it. The tie-ins with DHL based there would make the move probably easier and they do have room
By: David Burke - 20th September 2013 at 21:26
I guess the donations are tax deductable?
By: J Boyle - 20th September 2013 at 21:20
FedEx is also donating a lot of 727s, the only 727s we see around here. Usually they end up with trade schools, though one is at our airport where its used for non-destructive emergency training. I hear it may go to the Community College A&P school when it relocates in the future
By: TonyT - 20th September 2013 at 19:24
Perhaps the DHL hub at East Midlands would be a good home for it parked next to the Argosy.
Is there any room left?
By: WB981 - 20th September 2013 at 18:52
Perhaps the DHL hub at East Midlands would be a good home for it parked next to the Argosy.
By: TonyT - 20th September 2013 at 18:45
Don’t knock it, it is good to see a company acting this way to preserve some of their and aviations history at their expense too, they probably could part or scrap it, but rather than make a quick buck they have gone down the donate route, something the MOD could learn from re the VC10.
By: FoxVC10 - 20th September 2013 at 17:29
Cant sell it for part out or scrap??
By: TwinOtter23 - 20th September 2013 at 15:29
Thanks Fouga – delivery may be restricted to UK – I don’t know
Roger Smith.
Good to see a Coventry City Council “Good Citizen Award” winner posting about these parts again!
Congratulations Mr Smith!! :eagerness:
By: Bombgone - 20th September 2013 at 13:04
Be great if we could add a couple of VC10’s retiring today as well.
By: RPSmith - 20th September 2013 at 11:36
Thanks Fouga – delivery may be restricted to UK – I don’t know
Roger Smith.
By: Fouga23 - 20th September 2013 at 10:50
I’ll spread the word 🙂
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