Meteor WK800

Thankfully not.
Bought privately by someone with links to the Museum at Boscombe and it has duly moved to their ‘pan’

As good an outcome as could have been hoped for, as its not even been dismantled to move, other than one of the Nationals obtaining it.

Thats great. Thank you.

Does anyone know what happened to her or where she went? Not under the scrapman’s knife I hope?

Thankfully not.
Bought privately by someone with links to the Museum at Boscombe and it has duly moved to their ‘pan’

As good an outcome as could have been hoped for, as its not even been dismantled to move, other than one of the Nationals obtaining it.

Does anyone know what happened to her or where she went? Not under the scrapman’s knife I hope?

Spoke to DSA the other day. WK800 has gone but they would not tell me for how much or to whom it was sold. It’ll all come out in the wash sooner or later, no doubt.

Please keep us informed- I would love to know what is to become of her.

I have submitted a message to a friend who works within the DSA to find out if she has been sold or not, once he replies, I will let you know.

Has anyone found out who the new owner is yet?

I hope that it isn’t now destined to be a pub attraction or childrens plaything at some theme park or other.

Better that than a scrapman – which seems (to me) like a real possibility given the apparent lack of bids.

Roger Smith

It was on The One Show last week saying it was 5 grand. It was a feature on the Disposal Services Agency. There was a Jag parked next to it as well.

Meteor

I was horrified to be told the Meteor’s imminent auction/sale had been on the TV recently. I hope that it isn’t now destined to be a pub attraction or childrens plaything at some theme park or other.
I had considered putting a bid in for the aircraft myself but, allowing for dismantling and transport costs as well, I judged it to be beyond my means so I decided against it.
It will be interesting to see who’s got it, and what they are going to do with it.
Whilst on the subject of Meteors, has anyone got a F.Mk.8 nose cone going spare please?

Anyone admitting to digging deep?

http://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/detail.aspx?OHID=6421681&GUID=5d4af27a3614428ab3c1659ececf680a

That be an Iron Fairy – a four-square little critter.

As far as I know, never built by Fairey, or they’d have spelt it that way. I can check in the book of the village history if you are interested – I’d suggest PMing me, as not everyone here is as interested in other machinery as I am – after all, it’s not “Flypast and Cranes Forum, is it?

Adrian

So, where ‘Iron Fairys’ actually built by Fairey or Coles then?

The things I’m thinking of are stubby little four wheel jobbies with a shortish jib, and where actually made by Fairey, not sure if they’re whats being discussed here or not?

Iron Fairys were built in the little Berkshire village of Compton (otherwise mostly famous as where Foinavon, the longest-odds winner of the Grand National was trained).

The site of the old foundry and iron works was razed after the last Fairy was built, and is now occupied by the offices of Baxter Healthcare.

Adrian
(former Compton resident)

I don’t know if Coles Cranes still exist as an independent company, but if they do you’d probably be best off looking at their website to find out about the Iron Fairy (if you’re interested). IIRC most of their products were called Iron something or other.

Unfortunatly not.. Parent company went into liquidation in 1984, and Coles was sold to American crane group Grove, the consolidated all work at the Sunderland plant, which they finally closed in 1998…

Useful site with history here…

Zeb

I always thought they were built by Fairey Hydraulics, I used to work with them on the docks and they certainly had a proper Fairey name plate on them.

Would be interesting to see what hapens to WK800, still sounds a bargain to me, one for Brunty maybe?

Excuse my ignorance here but I have to ask what is an iron fairy?

I don’t know if Coles Cranes still exist as an independent company, but if they do you’d probably be best off looking at their website to find out about the Iron Fairy (if you’re interested). IIRC most of their products were called Iron something or other.

It is a shame this D.16 Meteor hasn’t been earmarked for the collection at Cosford with all of the other oddball meteors and specialist aircraft. With the current vogue for painting airframes up in their target tug colours, I would thought this airframe would be particularly relevant, especially as it is now the sole survivor of the type in the northern hemisphere in complete condition.

A great many F.8 meteors ended their working lives being converted to being D.16’s, so it is a real missed oportunity not to keep this as it is, in a national collection and indoors too.

(yes the cold war jets museum at Bentwarters have theirs, but it has been fully converted back to F.8 status, and was not as complete as this to start with).

I agree with DC on this one,Cosford could pick her up for a song and she would fit nicely into her ‘oddball’ hangar.

cheers baz

Dealines 10 am thrusday 19th june so 1 week from now

Who can save her, me and merkle would if we had the funds behind us but we dont as of yet.

seems that no one wanted her? :confused:

http://www.edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Disposals-Public-Site/en_US/-/GBP/ViewProductDetail-Start;pgid=MieqQ4wkQg8000ArvQ_8K1sp0000NY2zxuoT;sid=LS4Sch_ZsSnxele0N2kZY7cZzE-07_64i7M=?ProductUUID=dhTAqBELi3wAAAEaH27bFgYx&CatalogCategoryID=VaLAqBELPagAAAED8GeasfoP&JumpTo=OfferList

deadline for tenders is now 25th of july?

Dealines 10 am thrusday 19th june so 1 week from now

Who can save her, me and merkle would if we had the funds behind us but we dont as of yet.
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