Bristol Freighter remains at Enstone (old thread)

Just to clarify: that’s not the aircraft owned by the same owner as Enstone’s.

Here is a recent pic of the Canadian Beaver Lodge one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jspitfire/6003845490/in/photostream

The two Horizons are privately owned and form a restoration packet. The Cub is a privately owned long-term project, as is ‘KBO. They’ll probably move on to somewhere else. The Freighter: unsure. There’s a fair bits and pieces of more more modern stuff around for parts recovery and those’ll probably not make it. The vintage gliders have been moved on to new owners and are under restoration now.

Thanks – never seen one in the “nude” so to speak.
I wonder what will happen to these airframes and remains with the closure of part of the airfield?

Gardan Horizon. One of two present. Fin of the other one is visible behind ‘KBO.

Thanks for sharing the pictures.
‘KBO looks a bit sad and little progress looking at the dust.
What is the frame in the second shot on the left?

Tailsection, other engine, nose doors, fin, stabilizer are in another nearby hangar (fin visible in background of the Miles). And a heap of other stuff requiring attention ranging from boats to airplanes, and from quads to office furniture.

Props sitting in front of semi-open hangar.

Engine in the halfopen semi-round hangar.

Wing behind the big halfround hangar. Various parts (cowlings, undercarriage etc) underneath it.

Where is this other unairworthy Freighter ?

Canada.

Where is this other unairworthy Freighter ?
And is there not a potential collaboration here to ensure both the conservation of the remains of one and completion of the other “good ” aircraft?
If someone can pm his name and contact details I’ll have a go .

Fully understood – many thanks for the explanation, Eric. But, it does seem oddly shortsighted, as you have described it. But we cannot always account rationally for people’s whims.:)

No secret there, Sky High.

I asked him recently when negotiating the purchase of another aircraft from him. He mentioned several enquiries about the Freighter remains (also from an established museum), but indicated he declined. I got the impression saving the Freighter bits is not high on his list of priorities indeed. He is also the owner of another (very unairworthy) Freighter and may want to hang on to his only possible spare parts source (along with the paperwork that goes with it). Even if it means that they will deteriorate beyond use eventually.

In which case perhaps heli1’s comment is appropriate after all.:)

I would hope not too, otherwise the numbers of consrved aircraft would be a lot fewer and the number of bonfires a lot more

Well I wouldn’t know that and if it is a “secret” then so be it. But perhaps his experience does not necessarily reflect that of the conservation business generally.

Eric’s got very good reason for saying that :mad::mad:

Presumably you have a reason for your comment, otherwise I cannot imagine an owner of a rotting airframe not preferring it cared for in a better place. But perhaps I am being naive.:)

I am sure the owner would prefer to see them in a safe place with an accredited museum if he were asked .

Frankly, I would be surprised.