Cockpits II

Hi there………. well hopefully in a couple of years time the plan is to light up the instument panels and bring her back to life, there is such alot to do before that though but we are getting there.
Cheers Matt;)

Hello all thought i would post an update on how WH887 is doing, its been great fun and alot of hard work so far;) Traveling hundreds of miles to collect parts and meeting lots of like minded people.

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All the best Matt;)

Hi, will you ever but any power on this cockpit ??????

Advice

Thanks, for the link, I think I’ve managed to locate the same cockpit, but it lays elsewhere.

Before I bite the bullet, I’m after some advice please folks.

Initially I would be happy with an external restoration, so can anyone out there point me in the direction of a nose and canopy for a Canberra PR9, are they available, costs etc?

Secondly, as the pictures I’ve seen show it completely removed of EVERYTHING internally, are original panels, cables etc available?

I’m must admit that I’m not too concerned with the interior initially, as I have a life time to complete it, but I would just like an idea of what’s out there, before I go any further.

Thanks,

Jim

I am currently looking for a Canberra Cockpit Section, in any condition, as a project for restoration. Transporting and storage are not an issue, if anything this would be on the small side, compared to some of my previous projects.

The question is where to go and who to ask?

How about this…….

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=84727

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Positive Suggestions

Hi,

This is my first post, so please be gentle.

I’ve been collecting militaria and have restored various military vehicles over the past twelve years and now fancy a total change.

I am currently looking for a Canberra Cockpit Section, in any condition, as a project for restoration. Transporting and storage are not an issue, if anything this would be on the small side, compared to some of my previous projects.

The question is where to go and who to ask?

Any positive advice and suggestions would be gratefully welcomed.

Regards,

Jim .

Wow! What a transformation, good work Matt! 🙂

Hello all thought i would post an update on how WH887 is doing, its been great fun and alot of hard work so far;) Traveling hundreds of miles to collect parts and meeting lots of like minded people.

Before:

After:

All the best Matt;)

Just got home last night with my new baby. It’s a Fouga Magister as some of you allready guessed. I’ll post some pics tomorrow or something. To tired now. It was only a 1120 mile trip:eek:

Very nice she looks great:D This is the standard we want WH887 to end up like………it may take a little while. Thankyou for the invite to come and see WK128 if i’am ever out your way i shall be intouch;)
All the best Matt

Thankyou for posting the pictures of WH887 PM sent,
Great story about the fuel:D

Just for the record – here’s WK128 as she looks now. (In think this picture was taken by Ian Haskell – if so, all credit to him!) Background are L188 G-CHNX, F.27 G-BNCY and B707 G-APFG – all still extant.

thanks for the pictures 🙂 always sad to see any aircraft meet her end, i hate the way the phantoms have ended up 🙁

thanks again 🙂

Thankyou for posting the pictures of WH887 PM sent,
Great story about the fuel:D

No problem on the pics – sorry I haven’y got any more – OK for the site too. ISTR that WH887 had about a foot of dark, putrid water inside – we had to dry it out over many weeks. The door was absolutely seized, so you could only get in through the rear hatch. We got a terrible fright when we were pulling out the detritus from the smelly interior – we didn’t realize that the Fire Service at Llanbedr had left a lifesized dummy on the floor and being rather damp, smelly and heavy, well you can guess the rest….we thought it was real! Because the aircraft was on boggy ground (see pics) it had to be pulled to a hard standing. This was done rather roughly by contractors, hence the lack of perspex. You’re welcome to come and see WK128 if you’re ever in the area. BR, J

Thankyou for posting the pictures of WH887 PM sent,
Great story about the fuel:D

I bet you used the fuel in your car!

Hi Robert – would have done, but I wasn’t there when they were scrapped! J

[QUOTE=uuoret;There was still fuel in the Canberra’s – one of the hauliers got the tanks and used it in his lorry for many months after they were removed!! [/QUOTE]

I bet you used the fuel in your car!

they dont look all that old! when was she cut up?

thanks for posting the pics 🙂

I think they were taken in 2004 – we went out to bid for scrapping WH887, WH734, WK128 and Phantom XV435 – which we ended up doing. WH887 as you know went to Basingstoke area, WK128 and WH734 came to Pershore, then WH734 was sold to New Zealand. WK128 is still extant in my barn in Pershore. XV435 was fragmented, per the MoD DSA instructions – we were forbidden to keep the cockpit:( There was still fuel in the Canberra’s – one of the hauliers got the tanks and used it in his lorry for many months after they were removed!! Here’s XV735 before she got the chop – she was in a very sad state as you can see..

Pure Lightning – can I ask, from just outside Basingstoke, large house, barns etc? I only ask as I helped my father in law deliver there last year, there was a Canberra cockpit section in an out building, with a Trident cockpit section as well.

The Trident has been gone for sometime, remaining Canberra section is off to pastures new within the next week.

they dont look all that old! when was she cut up?

thanks for posting the pics 🙂

Here’s a few pics just before she was cut up at Llanbedr….

….best wishes and good luck for the restoration. J

Interesting project, would certainly give a new twist on the cockpit days at Newark!

I wonder if anyone we know might have the parts to do such a project,
I will certainly keep my eye open in the future, for such a oportunity,

saying that , I am restoring , 1 lambretta , and 3 pre war stationary engines ,

so my hands are a little full at the moment , but given half a chance 🙂