Hi,
I have just been given a shipping container which according to the dataplate was for the J-47 engine. Does anyone know of any of these preserved in the UK?.
This one has stood in the open for the last 35+ years and will require quite a lot of work to get it fit for display,but I feel it is worth saving.(All I need to find now is a J-47 to go with it…:D ).
Garry.
By: stuart gowans - 19th April 2007 at 19:58
Sorry guy’s don’t know why I was talking about J79’s while the thread was about something different, I must have been under the affluence of something !!!!:rolleyes:
Are you sure thats not effluent….
By: Junk Collector - 19th April 2007 at 18:21
Sorry guy’s don’t know why I was talking about J79’s while the thread was about something different, I must have been under the affluence of something !!!!:rolleyes:
By: MerlinPete - 19th April 2007 at 15:19
Keith Smith (Marine Salvage) had a J79 when I was there a few weeks ago, but you are probably correct, as they are about 4ft longer than a J47.
Pete
By: Garry Owen - 19th April 2007 at 08:14
Thanks guys.Pete I saw those bits listed,will ask him if he has more. JC I doubt a J79 would fit in the container I have,but I guess it maybe worth giving Steve a call.
Considering this is something as mundane as a container the forged parts on it are quite something. I will attempt to post some pics once it’s cleaned up.
Garry.
By: Phantom Phixer - 19th April 2007 at 00:28
Seem to recall that there was some J47 parts on ebay earlier today.
Be something nice to put in your restored container.
Be warned though they werent very substantial parts. 😉
By: Junk Collector - 18th April 2007 at 22:55
I can`t find any records of any in the UK, although I would not be surprised if there were as my references are really out of date!
The only ones I can find listed in Europe are with the Royal Netherlands Air Force Museum and the Italian Air Force Museum.
There is a chap on eBay who makes furniture out of jet parts who has been selling a lot of J47 bits lately, may be worth asking him? I think he may call his business “Jet Art Designs”?
Pete
There used to be several J 79’s (proper Phantom engines) at Hanningfield metals a few years ago, and some moved through Marine Salvage in Portsmouth, so there are definately some in the UK but where are they now ?
By: MerlinPete - 18th April 2007 at 22:38
I can`t find any records of any in the UK, although I would not be surprised if there were as my references are really out of date!
The only ones I can find listed in Europe are with the Royal Netherlands Air Force Museum and the Italian Air Force Museum.
There is a chap on eBay who makes furniture out of jet parts who has been selling a lot of J47 bits lately, may be worth asking him? I think he may call his business “Jet Art Designs”?
Pete
By: Newforest - 18th April 2007 at 09:27
I thought preserving cockpits was a fad, but shipping containers? Where is this going to end?:D
Anyway here is a picture of the contents of the box!
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