By: peppermint_jam - 3rd March 2015 at 13:59
Stopped in at the BDAC to have a look last week.. What a wonderful little museum they have! The staff do a great job and are very friendly. Some of the cockpits have power applied to some systems too. The Jaguar they are restoring has come a long way since the acquired it!
By: SADSACK - 3rd March 2015 at 00:20
she looks terrific.
By: Arabella-Cox - 2nd March 2015 at 19:24
Here’s a picture of WK800 at BDAC in 2013. It is in excellent, complete condition and sheltered very nicely in the old WW1 Belfast truss hangars at Old Sarum.
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By: brewerybod - 2nd March 2015 at 18:50
Here is Meteor WH453 under restoration at Bentwaters last month. 
Meteor WH453 Bentwaters 2015 by rafbentwaters, on Flickr
By: exeng - 2nd March 2015 at 16:59
WK800 is now at Old Sarum Airfield near Salisbury along with all the other Boscombe Down Aviation Collection exhibits. It is being well looked after by its owner and there is also a Jindivik with it. BDAC is open to visitors so you can see these there.
By: SADSACK - 25th February 2011 at 21:18
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Fantastic pics. I have started repainting my sea vixen all ready!
By: Arabella-Cox - 25th February 2011 at 19:42
this is 577 leaving brunty after laying up there for a while following scapping at llanbedr, i bel;ieve on its way to switerland
By: kodak - 25th February 2011 at 13:14
Last few years at Llanbedr, they used an Alpha Jet instead of a Hawk as the chase aircraft.
Indeed, ZJ645 appears to have been the culprit, still in it’s awful GAF “lizard” scheme.
By: Phantom Phil - 25th February 2011 at 07:32
WK800
No guesses for where that location is then…… 😉
If this is the case I wish the people involved well as it would be good to see running again!
There are plans for it to come to a more active location hopefully soon
By: DaveF68 - 24th February 2011 at 21:39
Last few years at Llanbedr, they used an Alpha Jet instead of a Hawk as the chase aircraft.
By: pagen01 - 24th February 2011 at 20:57
Nice pictures Kodak, thanks!:)
By: JT442 - 24th February 2011 at 16:48
Theres also an airworthy hunter – XE601 (?) that was used as a chase aircRAFT. Just been reading about it in an old FP mag.
By: Jon H - 24th February 2011 at 16:06
Seems ridiculous not to have a Jindivik at the RAFM, considering the policy of eye catching colour schemes in milestones of flight.
They have got one, just not on display – http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_view.php?s=zj493.jpg
Jon
By: kodak - 24th February 2011 at 15:56
It is.
Of the last classic aircraft operated by RAE/DERA !
Don’t forget T&EE 😀
To stay with the original thread, only red/ yellow drone aircraft were mentioned so that narrows it down to 3 or so Vixens, many Meteors, Jindis and Fireflys. At least one (more?) Jindiviks went black.
However for completeness we should also mention –
Hawk T.1 XX154 – the very first Hawk, still operational at Boscombe but now in awful black. Stayed in it’s original scheme then “rippled” in ’92
Hawk T.1 XX160 – “rippled” for Llanbedr use then blacked. Went to 100Sqn, now in store
Devon C.2 XA880 – now in pieces at Little Rissington
Navajo Chieftain ZF521 – sold to the USA
A few pics of the fleet..
By: SADSACK - 24th February 2011 at 10:32
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Didnt they have a Hawk, and was it painted in the same colours?
Seems ridiculous not to have a Jindivik at the RAFM, considering the policy of eye catching colour schemes in milestones of flight.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd February 2011 at 12:12
There are plans for it to come to a more active location hopefully soon
By: Bruce - 22nd February 2011 at 12:05
What will happen to WK800 with the current uncertainty over BDAC?
Bruce
By: pagen01 - 22nd February 2011 at 11:46
Gatwicks red/yellow/white G-VIXN is i believe an ex drone / target tug variant, although not sure if its ex Llanbedr.
It is.
Of the last classic aircraft operated by RAE/DERA based at Llanbedr in the ’90s,
Sea Vixen TT.2 XS587 /G-VIXN Gatwick
Sea Vixen D.3 XP924 / G-CVIX Bournemouth, flyer
Sea Vixen D.3 XS577 cockpit section Switzerland
Meteor U.16 WH453 L Bentwaters
Meteor U.16 WK800 K Boscombe Down
Canberra B(TT).2 WH734 cockpit section New Zealand
Canberra B(TT).2 WK128 cockpit section Pershore area
A pretty good survival rate!
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd February 2011 at 08:43
The Llanbedr canberra was cut up on site i’ve got photo’s of it happnin, but i beleive it’s cockpit thingy is still somewhere, not sure of serial numbers though
By: DaveF68 - 21st February 2011 at 23:27
There are 4 Jindiviks in preservation:
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