Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

Convairs etc at Seletar

Talking about Convairs: does anyone know what happened to two Convairs seen dumped at Seletar in 1989?
CV240 N8329C (cn 110) Wings off and in poor state.
CV340 HZ-AAY (cn 218). Was N99878. Quite good state. Saudi marks still on rudder.

Nearby were the burned wreck of a Javelin, and Lodestar N5135, engineless but in quite good state.

I tried to find someone keen to save them at the time, but no takers.

Laurence

The Convair wasn’t badly corroded – a friend surveyed it for a foreign museum and it was very viable. Sadly the paperwork side of things seems to have been something that there wasn’t a willingness to resolve.

I always thought it was a shame that the Convair was scrapped. “Fashionable” it may not have been, but different and interesting it was…….

Planemike

makes me wanna cry seeing those F4’s 🙁

The truth of the matter is that like the ex US airforce Convair (i believe donated by said airforce) it was not a ‘fashionable type’ and therefore was allowed to descend into a badly corroded airframe.. which then gave the IWM the license to say ‘its unsafe and uneconomic to restore’, and therefore they were both scrapped.

And then take a look at the other Varsity that they have that was kept as there display example, a once proud airworthy aircraft in lovely condition. And after she was damaged by winds she was allowed to desend into the pathetic sight she is now. And only now is she receiving any sort of preservation work.. after years of neglect. So much for looking after that one instead.:rolleyes:

Makes me wonder sometimes just what there policy is.!:(

The operational Varsity at Duxford ceased flying – there was a case of duplication and sadly the former Met flight Varsity died courtesy of Hanningfield Metals

If its the VARSITY, the shape of the cowlings look right, then it will be WF425 from Duxford

Presumably it had been preserved at one point? – what happened?

If its the VARSITY, the shape of the cowlings look right, then it will be WF425 from Duxford

That’s the one I was thinking of, seem to remember something about Duxford.

If its the VARSITY, the shape of the cowlings look right, then it will be WF425 from Duxford

Great photos – thanks for sharing them. What is/are the radial engined remains and u/c in the background of the 3rd photo?

If memory serves me correctly, I think they are from a Varsity, certainly one there at around the same time. When I can access my notes, I will confirm the serial number.

I think that the civil aircraft in pic 3 is the remains of the F.27 G-SOFS as it was in the yard at the time and it looks like F27 undercarriage

Think you could be right – thanks.

Great photos – thanks for sharing them. What is/are the radial engined remains and u/c in the background of the 3rd photo?

Civvy stuff isn’t my strong point. So does the engine in pic 3 tie up with the a/c in pic 4?? Is that a Viscount?

Great photos – thanks for sharing them. What is/are the radial engined remains and u/c in the background of the 3rd photo?

Interesting pics Gary and welcome to the forum. Lots of cockpit sections there going to waste..

All taken at Hanningfield Metals back in 1992-3.

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Is the 1995 Canadian yard that of Wes Agnew? of Bolingbroke and Lysander fame?

regards

Mark Pilkington

A Rather late post forgive me.As a newbie intresting in 70’s By me was a scrapyard called Hale’s” lighting s jets. Harvards metors and other jets .loads more this was west Bromwitch rd.
I also saw get this by a railway track in 1975 a upside down cessna ????????? true.wheels gave it away as a plane. as they were down.but wings were sawn off.this was on public line.
terry

Not the Nanton yard, I would think Bob Diemert or Ernie Simmons or possibly Harry Whereatt ??

No pics about showing aircraft in French scrapyards (Halifaxes, Seafires other than PP972, Privateers, etc)?

Cees