North Weald Air Britain Fly in 19 June 05 photos

As I understand it “ownership” of this airframe is allegedly a subject of some debate.

Give it to me and I;ll stick her in the back garden, give her a fresh coat of paint and put some covers on.
Jay

The last time I saw this aircraft up close and personal, was in 2000. At that time it was a corroded mess, barely supporting it’s own weight. I’m sure it has got even worse since then. I’m afraid it needs a lot more than just a ‘coat of paint and some covers’ to be anywhere near presentable. A complete ‘data-plate’ rebuild with all new materials would be what is required to save this thing, even for static display purposes. You will never be able to get all the corrosion out with some ‘half-way house’ quick fix, and in a few years time it would crumble from internal corrosion.

Internal veiw highlighting the extreme level of restoration required.

Who does currently own the aircraft?

Septic.

yep, the rotten B-25 is a sad sight 🙁
If i’m not wrong it was for sale, isnt it? anyway it should be desmantled and used at least as spares..

Alex

That poor old B-25 gets worse by the day. She really needs someone to care for her properly, would that I had the finances to do so.

Saw her a few years ago. whoever owns her ought to be ashamed. Give it to me and I;ll stick her in the back garden, give her a fresh coat of paint and put some covers on.

Surely some kind soul could offer her some hanger space or donate her to a local museum where she’d at least get a cosmetic refurb.

Jay

even if it is, isnt it better to get her up to static spec and put her somewhere where she can bee seen in all her glory and apprecited rather than rot in a field……. this B25 has been discussed here at length so im not gonna go on about it. sorry to hijack the thread. looking very sorry for herself though…..

Isn’t the main spar beyond redemption?

That poor old B-25 gets worse by the day. She really needs someone to care for her properly, would that I had the finances to do so.

Just the other day, I was going through some old pictures, and found one of the Bedsheet Bomber. At the time, she looked quite good, and she is now a far cry from what she was. It is a real shame. Who actually owns her now, and is there a reason for her being left this way?

Just a few more photos to finish off.

A couple of questions.

Why did the stearmans only appear on the saturday, just one solitary example on Sunday.

And what’s happened to all the T6’s that used to be based at Weald, they couldn’t all be locked in the squadron hangars!

Thanks for the support with certain S–fire photos.

Septic.

That poor old B-25 gets worse by the day. She really needs someone to care for her properly, would that I had the finances to do so.

No problem Mark12,

Just searched and found.

Septic.

Any chance of an old photo or two from 30 years ago, Mark12.

Yak11 fan, is there any further news on North wealds future as an airfield.

Septic.

Septic,

I suspect ‘Setter’ is slightly adrift on his Seafires here – there were four.

I believe only a couple of shots of SX336 have ever appeared in print and that was of the recovery, in ‘Control Column’ magazine in 1973, and in ‘Spitfire the Survivors’, by Gordon Riley and Graham Trant, in 1986. All subsequent four owners of it, since I parted with it, have had a pretty negative view to any publicity and that is their privilege.

I’ll pass on those recovery shots for the time being if I may although if you can get the search engine to work, I did post a shot a year or so back.

Mark

Unfortunately I’m not close enough to North Weald to really know, it would however be a tradegy to loose the place.

…oh yes and 30 odd years ago I seem to remember that I owned this aircraft. 🙂

Mark

Any chance of an old photo or two from 30 years ago, Mark12.

Yak11 fan, is there any further news on North wealds future as an airfield.

Septic.

Snap!!!

I have seen at least 15 in various stages – you and I know there are no real secrets and in any case whats the secret all about – It’s just an aircraft – world peace isn’t troubled by pics of it and I don’t pass them on in any case – their business I agree completely but there is a lot of interest.

Anyway

Thanks to you it will fly again soon so thanks ………………..That to me is the real point.

Kindest Regards
John

Just a few more photos to finish off.

A couple of questions.

Why did the stearmans only appear on the saturday, just one solitary example on Sunday.

And what’s happened to all the T6’s that used to be based at Weald, they couldn’t all be locked in the squadron hangars!

Thanks for the support with certain S–fire photos.

Septic.

The Stearmans were there on Saturday because that was when the Stearman gathering was scheduled for.
As for the T6’s I can’t think that there are that many based there theses days, I suspect they have moved on.

SX336

Hi Guys

You have no idea how many Seafire pics are circulating – if they are serious about that they needed to stop this a few years ago as there are many older ones out there already.

Regards
John P

John,

Well not many have circulated my way.

The last shots I have of this machine were those I took in January 1997 and those were with a previous owner, in a private workshop, who stipulated ‘for my personal records only’.

…oh yes and 30 odd years ago I seem to remember that I owned this aircraft. 🙂

Mark

PS – PT came into Leicester with the Staggerwing on Saturday and followed me in. I rolled to the far end to clear the deck for him and then the Beech landed and called “rolling to the end”. He got my quick response – “Don’t you mean staggering to the end….???”. What a lovely airplane indeed.
🙂 🙂 😎 😎 😀 😀

Yup, raised a chuckle inside the Staggerwing too that did! 😀
Al

Looks as though it was a great weekend. Put off by needing to fettle our bird on Saturday and a fairly vicious forecast for an evening return to EGBG on Sunday. Needless to say the front stayed away till after dark, some 9 hours adrift.
Cheers and curses, foiled again,
Trapper 69
🙁 🙁 🙁
PS – PT came into Leicester with the Staggerwing on Saturday and followed me in. I rolled to the far end to clear the deck for him and then the Beech landed and called “rolling to the end”. He got my quick response – “Don’t you mean staggering to the end….???”. What a lovely airplane indeed.
🙂 🙂 😎 😎 😀 😀

Hi Guys

You have no idea how many Seafire pics are circulating – if they are serious about that they needed to stop this a few years ago as there are many older ones out there already.

Regards
John P

Re taking pictures of the inside of Kennets hanger, when I took my pics no one made any move to stop me and no verbal request was made, I would suggest that if picture taking was forbidden then the area around the hanger should have been fenced off.