Elvington Battlegroup North- Jeeps, Jets and Jerries!

Ah great news:) I take it the installed Mambas are timed out?

No, just knackered! IIRC some chaps came from Rolls Royce, looked at it and said ‘go away and get another one’.

and these days, many Willys Jeeps are more Philipino parts than Willys, Fords have more Willys parts, and Hotchkiss’ are often more Willys due to French rebuilds!!! Nothing is as it seems when Jeeps are concerned!

Sacrelage!!!!!!!! shame on you Scott:eek::eek:, the only MV’s entitled to be called Jeeps Have Willys on the grille and chassis or are Ford GPA’s ;)-( even Hotchkiss’s don’t qualify).:D

Do you mean GPWs – GPAs are the amphibs

No MB ever had Willys on the grille – early MBs/GPWs had the name embossed on the back panel (script bodies) but even this died out by mid 42

Come to Jeep and Cheerful on 11th Sept and we’ll give you a lesson in jeep identification:diablo: You may need lots of Red Bull to keep awake though….

jeep..dodge…i was close lol…i class anything that isnt a truck or van a jeep(in military colours) lol

hope to see them when you sort through them steve

Sacrelage!!!!!!!! shame on you Scott:eek::eek:, the only MV’s entitled to be called Jeeps Have Willys on the grille and chassis or are Ford GPA’s ;)-( even Hotchkiss’s don’t qualify).:D

Ah great news:) I take it the installed Mambas are timed out?

Gannet

I believe the museum are hoping to acquire a serviceable powerplant for her. The electrics are live and I have seen her all lit up. Fingers crossed the engine hunt bears fruit…

Thanks Blue, looks like a great little event.
Just out of interest is the Gannet still live in anyway?

I’ll be honest mate, that was running through my head while I was typing :rolleyes:

Shameless plug :diablo: :
Just remember where the Jets and Jeeps (or vice versa) event is being held in the summer 😉 we may even have a few jerries on hand as well :rolleyes:

I couldn’t resist 😀

:rolleyes:
You’re as bad as that Twin Otter! 😀

When I saw it engineless, I did hope that ground running was the goal. Can’t wait!

Tony’s doing some more work on the engines to make sure they’re 100% spot on before he tries them. Which would have been mentioned in the Flypast article on YAM a couple of months ago instead of the flip comment about the Mozzie having the engines and props back on soon, had they been able to speak to someone who actually knows what’s going on with that aircraft… :rolleyes:
As Tony says, it has to be right as it’s perfectly capable of killing someone if it’s not absolutely right. When he’s happy with his pride and joy it’ll be back together and run. I for one can’t wait! 😀

vultee tony,s doing some maintenace on her nacelles before putting the engines back in prior to getting them fired up. 🙂

Pleasure.

What’s going on with the Mosquito? I was surprised to see the engines off and props stripped.

thanks for the shots Stephen!

Very nice work Mr. Carr, had I figured it was you I’d have come said hello!

Some more of mine, first the Hurri. I lied, I got a shot on my phone.

Some I took when I went out Sunday morning to check on the jets.Lindy on her QRA pad

The ‘rod

Canberra and Herald. Rushed shot, hence the ‘downhillness’

Lightning and friends

Progress on the two DH’s

And the F8 Meatbox again

Outside again, series IIB FC Landy

Nothing there, honest…

And the mighty AEC Matador.

Pagen I’ll get some photos of the Pathfinder this weekend, just for you 🙂

The Gannet’s looking great these days!:)

Did anyone get a pic of the resident Chubb Pathfinder, it has to be one of the best around?

Last lot, including a nice Boeing parts trike. It’s a shame the Hurricane passes were all directly over the site, so all we saw was the underside. Do the BBMF have to fly straight and level over the public as a condition of over-flying? A gentle banked pass around the edge of the site would have presented a much nicer view of one of my favourite aircraft.

Next set.

Here’s a selection of my aviation pictures. Unfortunately, with spending much of the weekend taking photos for the Wheels & Wings show website, almost all were taken with my 18-55mm lens, so I’ve had to crop quite a lot. I wasn’t always in the best spot as the sudden arrivals came over!

jeep..dodge…i was close lol…i class anything that isnt a truck or van a jeep(in military colours) lol

hope to see them when you sort through them steve