for those of you who have not heard of us, Buccaneer Restorations is a group of people who are currently working to move Buccaneer s2b xw544 from a construction yard in Shawbury to join the collection at Bruntingthorpe.
Plans are well in motion thanks in no small way to donations from the team at bruntingthorpe and from the aircrafts owner Rob Goldstone.
The Aircraft is on loan to us and we plan to( hopefully !) get 544 back into ground running condition. Stored in the yard since 1996 544 was sat on railway sleepers and jacking pins.The airframe and cockpit are in surprisingly goood condition with only some minor damage to the nose cone, and nose wheel bay door due to sinking. 544 had her wings removed in late May ready for the road move and we hope to be moving her early July.
By: adwwebber - 25th August 2004 at 07:59
We are aware of that, and from next year they will indeed allow you to do that. Although , i believe that you have to undertake training to police standards first. The move is being completed by a well known abnormal load handler with many aircraft moves under his belt.
The problem is other events occuring on the same weekends as we have planned for the move. Namely Thruxton’s motor racing. It will happen and as soon as i know for definate what date it will be posted on here to allow those who want to see 544 arrive to be there.
By: merlin70 - 24th August 2004 at 23:13
For the record. Many Police forces are happy to allow abnormal loads to have their own escorts if they can be persuaded that everything is in order.
PM me if you would like further info.
By: Bucc Driver - 24th August 2004 at 21:58
Buccsociety, the size of tyre is 17.5 x 5.50 x 7.5 any help you can give would be great. Thanks
By: JetBlast - 24th August 2004 at 19:58
Bucc Driver, could you let me know what size the tyre is for the Sea Hawk? I have many good contacts and can probably come up with at least one.
OX-16, we are on the case but Adwwebber may well come up with something before I do.
By: Bucc Driver - 24th August 2004 at 18:23
Its for the Ulster Aviation Societies xv361,unfortunatley we have to move to a new home within the next few months,so we are starting to gather things we need.
ps. dont suppose any one knows were we can get a tyre for the nose wheel of a Seahawk?
By: adwwebber - 23rd August 2004 at 22:37
Get the info and p.m you asap. which Bucc is this for of you dont mind me asking XV350 ?
By: Bucc Driver - 22nd August 2004 at 18:16
Yes we have a recharging gun, but we will need more ox16, any info on suppliers, cost etc would be most welcome.
By: adwwebber - 22nd August 2004 at 16:10
do you already have the gun to put it in ?
By: Bucc Driver - 21st August 2004 at 19:54
Does anyone know where to get a supply of ox16 oil to recharge the main u/c of a Buccaneer.
By: adwwebber - 4th July 2004 at 22:33
thanks nigel,
let me know if you here anything
By: JetBlast - 4th July 2004 at 12:00
Andrew, I have also got an address for the East Midlands Airport Volunteers Association which is as follows:
J. Sandland, 37 Wigginton Road, Tamworth, B79 8RL.
Maybe this contact maybe of use in the near future, so I have wrote a letter to the above and will send it tomorrow, I will keep you informed of any correspondence.
Not heard anything from James B as yet.
You could try sending me your photos, I have an excellent program from Macromedia that allows me to minipulate all types of image file without any loss of detail.
By: adwwebber - 4th July 2004 at 10:21
Excellent, will await your next post,hopefully with some kind of response, he hasnt been active for a while though, we can but hope !
also have passed more pics to Andrewman, and asked him to post them as i cant seem to make them small enough to upload.
By: JetBlast - 4th July 2004 at 00:09
Well I have found out the guys member name, James B, you can find it by searching the member list. He has only made 10 or so posts, so he should not too hard to miss. I will send him a PM in the morning.
By: adwwebber - 3rd July 2004 at 22:26
nice to see those Buccsociety i have to admit i cant remember having seen those, although in my defence i have been shown a lot of bucc pics over the years. in fact most of my years !
Any luck remembering who it was who worked on XV350 ? i really would like to try and get something organised between us all. That leg is only going to get worse.
finally, i want to make sure anyone who is involved with the upkeep of 350 reading this thread is assured, no criticism is intended just help offered.
By: JetBlast - 3rd July 2004 at 20:17
As promised, here are a couple of images of 544 leaving Cosford and arriving at Shawbury
By: adwwebber - 2nd July 2004 at 19:46
thanks for correcting that nigel,
i for one cannot wait for the opportunity to get a pic of the three together
By: JetBlast - 2nd July 2004 at 18:29
544 Was indeed a weapons loading trainer but she was at Cosford until till 96 when she was roaded out to Shawbury, hence why she had damage to one of her airbrake petals (hit one of the road signs outside Cosford). I have some pics of her on the low loader somewhere, I will try and find them later and post a couple up.
Judging by the amount of reads on this topic, there are quite a few people looking forwards to seeing THREE Bucc’s in the same place apart from South Africa.
By: adwwebber - 2nd July 2004 at 17:30
as far as i know 544 arrived at Shawbury in 92 to be used as a armourer trainer. She was then towed across the airfield and into the yard where shes been since 1996.
By: Peter - 2nd July 2004 at 15:52
Daft rule as long as there not doing high power setting runs then it shouldnt be a problem!
By: British Canuck - 2nd July 2004 at 15:50
How did XW554 arrive at Shawbury? What was her post RAF history?
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