I just saw a few pictures of Duxford’s Buccaneer XV865. It looks like it might have been moved into one of the restoration areas..maybe a repaint is in the works? Anyone seen any similar movements on XV865..
And what kind of paint job will their AVRO CF-100 finally appear in? She was masked and ready for paint in some pictures taken recently.:)
By: Ant.H - 10th June 2003 at 00:14
Doh!Once I’d given the link to the info about her you’d think I’d actually read it!Thanks for the correction David.
By: David Burke - 9th June 2003 at 22:59
Antony – the Hunter you refer to is at Spanoe Lodge and belongs to Paul Smith. She might well be moving again shortly. I think the one your thinking of is the F.4 that used to be at Duxford and is now for sale at Scampton .
By: AlexisLambert - 9th June 2003 at 22:49
I thought that Hunter was bought by someone at Spanhoe.
I think the CF-100 should have been polished bare metal with Canadian national markings on it. They went to all that trouble of stripping evey inch of it. I think they are just painting back in the same markings. It would probably be still flying if Ormond Haydon-Baillie was alive.
By: Ant.H - 9th June 2003 at 19:56
I think the Hunter you’re talking about was parked out on the far side of the airfield at Legends last year?This is F.6 XF375 owned by OFMC for a long time,and even had a civvy G-reg at one point,but nothing came of it.She’s now in storage at Scampton and up for sale.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/hunter/survivorspics2.html#XF375
By: Paul Cushion - 9th June 2003 at 17:52
Oh well, it’s about time that it’s being repainted!!!!!!! It has been in a bad way for a long time and should really have been a priority……..
There is also a Hunter at Duxford that needs painting badly (or there was last time I was there last year anyway), has this been done yet, or indeed is this part of the IWM or just parked there waiting to be moved on???????
Paul.
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June 9, 2003 at 5:32 pm