HS – 748 / Andover Perserved?

Does anyone know the status of the last 3 RAF Andovers including the open skies example? I see that one was at Waddington at the weekend.

Andover 9Q-CLL

Appologies for the late reply to posts on this aircraft- Just to confirm 9Q is the only surviving Queens Flight andover- the aircraft earlier this year was parked at Rand Germiston ( Jo burg) and we made an approach through a local DC3 operator ( who now have the ex DDA DC6) to determine the owners intentions- 9Q is apparently not an andover but a VIP HS 748 and therefore could go onto the UK Registry ( and certainly on the FAA one) for we had an business propostion for 9q- neither our contacts @ Rand G nor others we approached who are into historic prop liners could get any answers or indeed make any contact with the owners-

At about 16.10 I heard the familiar rumble of one of Boscombe Down’s Andovers outside so I went to the back door and saw one flying south at 2-4 thousand feet, nice! 😀

Interesting Anon, is the rest of the Trash City instalation stored up there to? There were at least two Gazelle pods, a Wessex, a 747 engine (I think) and lots of appealing looking bits and pieces. It’s a very impressive corner of the festival.

Glastonbury 748

The Glastonbury 748 is an ex-RAF Andover.

It “lives” at a scrapyard in Sandbach, Cheshire, on the roof of a shipping container between shows.

Anon.

This one isn’t exactly ‘preserved’ but has been at Glastonbury for the last couple of years. They sealed the windows to prevent any pilfering last year. The yokes had gone already before I got inside.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=82554

Seems interesting with a worldwide production of 380 plus examples that the U.K seems to be struggling to preserve a single example of the type !

It would go nicely at East Fortune to illustrate the ‘Budgie’ as the type was known in service with BA on it’s Scottish services.

I’d also try:

Elvington (it would go nicely with their Herald)
Norwich (would go nicely with theirs too – and their F-27)
East Midlands Aeropark

Mark

Anyone notified Milom, they always seem keen on things like this?

NAM’s potential interest was notified in autumn 2008, but everything went cold – with the R1 still a possibility down here, NAM would now be out of the picture!

Saving a 748

All,

The aircraft in question is G-BEJD, the last series 1. 748, currently located at Blackpool and which has been sitting awaiting the attentions of, and removal by, a museum not too far away from there.

After having stated their intention of removing and taking it, and denying other interested parties the chance to save her, we are now at crisis point where the airport want it gone and the museum now stating that it has neither the time, manpower or other resources to save it.

Enquiries are now being made regarding the current status of the airframe and whether another group of interested parties can save it. It is hoped that, as the deadline for its removal expired last week, that the airport have not made arrangements to have her scrapped. I will report back with the details regarding this situation as soon as I know what is happening.

The Jetstream Club at Liverpool have, in the past, stated that they would be prepared to have JD but that was over a year ago. They are aware of the situation now and are no-doubt assessing their own financial and manpower position as we speak. Forumite Jon H is handling this side of things and he will report back as to the position of Jetstream Club as soon as he has any news.

Thanks to those of you who have responded with offers of help – if this goes ahead we will need all we can get. Also, a big plus in our favour is that there are at least two individuals who may be prepared to fund the initial cost of saving the aircraft.

I shall post up further news as it arises.

Anon.

I thought Cosford had a Andover? Or is it still with the SCoTT for future preservation? I remeber the HS748M prptotype being on the dump at Benson in the 80’s, shame it was not preserved.
Have Boscombe Down got and Andovers left in service?

4 pictures of ‘606 which I’m certain is the one I’ve seen doing circuits at Boscombe a few time over recent(ish) months.
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?search_active=1&search=&sheadline=&domains=Airliners.net&sitesearch=Airliners.net&client=pub-8297169501225184&forid=1&channel=1924797129&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&cof=GALT%3A%23E6E8FA%3BGL%3A1%3BDIV%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3AE6E8FA%3BAH%3Acenter%3BBGC%3A45678C%3BLBGC%3A45678C%3BALC%3AE6E8FA%3BLC%3AE6E8FA%3BT%3AC4C8CC%3BGFNT%3AC4C8CC%3BGIMP%3AC4C8CC%3BLH%3A36%3BLW%3A639%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcdn-www.airliners.net%2Fgraphics%2Fopen_file_header_image.jpg%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.airliners.net%3BFORID%3A1%3B&hl=en&search_field=datedesc&q=etps+andover&submit=

Philip -there is a former Queens Flight Dove down in the west country and the former QF Heron in the states. No U.K museum has got in any way excited about them in exactly the same way that nobody will be about this machine. Therefore as much as anyone would like to hype the value of this last QF machine -if there isn’t any museum that wants it (i.e hence it’s not preserved at the RAFM museum) -then it’s worth market price which is rapidly declining.

She will have no greater value than any other 748! There is no U.K museum demand for them and there are two other former Queens Flight machines flying about that command the same level of interest but have not entered preservation.

XS790 was scrapped at Boscombe Down in the 1990s, while XS793 (3C-KKP) was scrapped a few years ago in Libreville, Gabon. One or two other Andovers served with The Queen’s Flight, but only for brief periods, if not for one-off flights/tours.

Therefore, XS789 (9Q-CLL), is unique and extremely valuable.

She will have no greater value than any other 748! There is no U.K museum demand for them and there are two other former Queens Flight machines flying about that command the same level of interest but have not entered preservation.

Where is it?

Democratic Republic of Congo, though South Africa is where it is normally seen.

Where is it?

My concern is for 9Q-CLL formally with The Queen’s Flight and the last surviving former QF Andover. The owners know she is the sole survivor from RAF Benson and will want top dollar for her.

Preserved HS 748

Above is a picture of the HS 748 preserved at the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. The RAAF used the 748 as a navigation trainer. Since this photograph was taken the aircraft has been covered in Spraylat to prevent deterioration from the ravages of the none too kind Point Cook weather.