Lyneham Comet XK699

I would love to reserve a seat as well please, especially if it has an Imperial Airways plate, family connection to those halcyon days, please save one for me an pm me the details of who I need to contact and how to pay, cheers, simon

The seats are going quickly – the museum has a few other parts:
We also have several Seat Belts, Pairs of Arm Rests and call panels with lights for sale. Also one Sick Bag and a couple of cup holders

Very good idea – today 4 were spoken for! They are so art deco. I am using mine as a new lounge chair!
There are also some BAC 111 ones

Thats great. Do we need to contact the museum direct to secure one?

If anyone wants a passenger seat from Saggy, the museum has a limited number of these available for a minimum donation of £50. All money ploughed back into restoration.
They are awesome and based on a patent dated 1934 for the Empire Flying Boat – some have Imperial Airways plates.

At least the most important part of her lives on… Thanks Tony!

All in good time Peter!

even now a pressure washer would do wonders!

A clean by who ? The days of sending people to clamber over a jet with no risk assessment and safety equipment are long over !

From my experience of RAF Officers, I recall an elderly WW2 veteran who was so disgusted at the state of his Church brasses that he cleaned them all himself. I don’t see how getting a high power hose out would have been difficult, I’m not suggesting a major overhaul..

Not to mention the owner being short of funds and man hours, making cleaning the jet – that is likely to get scrapped anyway – a low priority.

A clean by who ? The days of sending people to clamber over a jet with no risk assessment and safety equipment are long over !

re;

How on earth was she allowed to remain so mucky? Didnt any commanding oficer suggest she should be given a good clean?

Does anyone know which scrap yard the remains of of 699 ended up at?

cheers Paul!

Welcome Paul and thanx for the pix link. The museum would love copies if possible?

I’ll upload the originals to my website tomorrow and pm you a link

The F-4J at Boscombe had spars in a very similar condition to that! Unfortunately the British climate is a killer!

Wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a mask on when dealing with that.. 😉

Welcome Paul and thanx for the pix link. The museum would love copies if possible?

I spent a few hours trying to remove the fwd wing bolts and finishing the tidying job. We have a number of the seat call/light panels which are likely to be sold to raise money for her restoration/presentation. They are delightful items.

The carry thru spar corrosion is little short of epic and some of the worst I have ever seen on a static aircraft. To give scale I scooped up a tiny part of the exfoliation/corrosion. Not nice when whipped up by the wind and breathed in!

Just come across this thread by accident after doing a search for the Provost that used to be based at Lyneham, anyway just wondered if anyone here may be interested in some photos I took of XK699 just after it was installed as the gate guardian. The photos were taken in May 1987 and are incorporated in my blog here
Paul

David Price: As I mentioned in post 25 above XK655 is now in the Al Mahatta Museum in Sharjah.

https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey…lmahattamuseum