Good afternoon all,
Has any body got any information as to the fate of Canberra T17 WH665 down at Filton? Last time I was there it was only rumour control that it was to be sunk at the bottom of a lake for a dive school, can anyone shed any more light on this subject?
Richy.
By: Peter - 21st March 2006 at 14:38
Thanks David. must be some other type of antenna then. I am referring to the item under the pilots window on the port side of the nose..
By: David Burke - 21st March 2006 at 08:13
Peter – I would be amazed if it does! Have a look on something like Airlinerpics and they should have loads of pictures of Sea Devon’s which might help.
By: Peter - 21st March 2006 at 00:25
Does anyone have a better pic of that sea devon? does it show it having rebecca H type antennas fitted on the nise similiar to lancs?
By: FiltonFlyer - 20th March 2006 at 22:50
… infact just checking the news page on their website (http://www.ndac.co.uk/News.htm) they have a photo of the Sea Devon, the Canberra, and the ex Air Madagascar 747 all from Filton. Apparently they are to get the nose section of the 747 for the quarry.
Andy
By: FiltonFlyer - 20th March 2006 at 22:44
The story passed to me is that WH665 is currently being stripped out at Filton, and will go to the National Diving Centre at nearby Chepstow soon. Sea Devon G-RNAS (formerly XK896) went there about 6 months ago, and is currently in the car park at Chepstow, ready to be submersed in the flooded quarry there. A sad end to two airframes that could have been preserved, on a par with scrapping really. The dump at Filton (known as Palm Beach) also had third airframe up until around mid-2004, a Beech Baron fuselage. Don’t know where that ended up.
Andy
By: Charlielima5 - 20th March 2006 at 18:50
If this is the one on the fire dump, then it was still there a few weeks ago…….
By: David Burke - 20th March 2006 at 17:05
Richy – have a chat with Mark Gauntlett – he should be able to shed some light on it.
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