Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

Is the Sea Harrier fuselage still there and if so, which one was it?

Oh yes, the SHAR is still there, but difficult to obtain a decent photo of it though, could not tell you what the serial number is but will check next time I am down there.

Thanks for identifying them Discendo – I often wonder if bits of them are still there.

Bringing this thread bang up to date, taken just last month, a Canberra upside down in a skip, I am not a liberty to give any info on its location as it is private and before anyone asks, yes, I did have permission.

Is the Sea Harrier fuselage still there and if so, which one was it?

Bringing this thread bang up to date, taken just last month, a Canberra upside down in a skip, I am not a liberty to give any info on its location as it is private and before anyone asks, yes, I did have permission.

I remember the Chipmunk in the back of the canvas hangar at Waltham, I went there as an ATC cadet several times during 1966/7 and on one visit I liberated a small section of fuselage skinning from that a/c, it has part of the roundal blue/white paint on it. So looks like I am part responsible for the hole seen in the picture. Still have that bit of skin it in the garage. Only seems like yesterday but its over forty years ago.
Thanks for the memory jogger chaps.

Richard

midlands scrapyard

There was an aluminium smelter in Rugeley Staffordshire,I and a friend where looking round and came across the centre section of a harrier,this was the main engine part of the fuselage minus wings cocpit and tail which we could not see,also nearby was the remains of a “Red Arrows Gnat”.This was 1975.I thought at that time the engine would have been classified?

I saw your Chipmunk at White Waltham in October 65, and again a year later. It was WP836, and on both occasions was derelict in one of the ‘tent’ hangars in the London UAS area, I noted that it had scorch marks on the fuselage, with very little fabric covering remaining on the wings . By my next visit, in Nov 1967, it was lying where you saw it.

I have the Vampire noted at WW as derelict in Nov 1966 on the fire dump , where you photographed it, with serial XD589.

Seeing the picture brings it all back!

Great thread this, we could go on for years talking about metal recycling.

Meanwhile, I’ve scanned another mystery (right way round this time).

For those in the south of England, this was taken in the south west corner of White Waltham airfield in 1968. I assume it it a Chipmunk and Vampire, quite what the Vampire is doing on this grass airfield is a mystery in itself.
The Chipmunk (if it is) carries the serial 136 or 436 code “R”, nothing on the Vampire I’m afraid.

Whilst on the subject of scrap, there used to be a aircraft scrapyard on Finchampstead Ridges, I think it was one of Staravia’s and I also believe it was destroyed by a fire. Does anyone have any knowledge of this, its exact location or what was stored there. I only ask because I’m currently living less than half a mile away.

thanks

I have several pictures of xp757 if you are interested
Some are in its 29 sqn markings.Pm me if you are interested

Lightning Cockpits

someone beat me to it! Im amazed to hear that one of the cockpits survived. You are correct one of the cockpits is from an F1 i think the elephants ear had a cooling vent on it which was different to the F3 as well. As i recall it was an F1 or F1a cockpit that was scrapped at Farnborough i think i knew the serial once possibly one of the XG series. There was also a Fin from an F1 in the yard that had the image of a bell on it which was the Leconfield station badge but again i never saw this on an aircraft.

New joiner

Firstly can i just say what a pleasure it is to use the Flypast site. People are friendly and more than helpful…perhaps its the age or the passion in old aircraft. My first post so be gentle. I visited the scrap yard at snailworth ( sorry was this correct?)in the middle of the peak district i guess about 1979. As a Lightning fan ( and former pilot) i wanted to record the demise of the leconfield FMk3’s. By the time i got there only a few cockpits survived. I dont recall anyone stopping me or asking what i was doing, i have on slide somewhere , images of a a white Vulcan B1 tail XA9.. and a BOAC comet fin , meteor cockpit and various Lightning bits. My question is does anyone have pictures of the 29 squadron aircraft just prior to scrapping? > those of you with a sharp eye will spot part of a wing in one of the posts that is painted white. I asked an ex 29 sqn pilot and he told me on th elast visit to Cyprus prior to disbanding they put up a formation team with white upper wings…but this image is as close as i have come to solving the mystery.
Thanks in advance and once again its a real pleasure to read all the posts on this site. Rgds

That first lightning cockpit in the pictures is a mk3 and is of xp757 which is being restored in stamford by martin chorlton .I know that cockpit personally .
The second one is definately a mk1 or 1a as defined by the gun blast tube vent on the side.

Thank you, Mollusc, for that defence of me, it had me jumping all over the “net” comparing all with my pic below ?????? Keith

The lower one “should be the AVRO ASHTON, now at Newark, but I find a window in the forward door missing, and the external hinges on that door are not correct, having said that, this was used, at Farnborough, for water tank presurisation tests, so any “mods” would be related to that ! I fully expect to get shot down on this ? but hey thats the nature of this beast ! Keith.

Brilliant..you even spotted my deliberate mistake with the slide orientation.
No one shoot keithnewsome down, I think he is correct:diablo:

The bottom picture looks like the Avro Ashton fuselage which is now at Newark.

Thanks David, amazing how similar the layout is to the Apollo.

Now that has also taught me something. That was scanned from an Agfa plastic slide and, without some text on the image, it’s quite difficult to know if you have the slide in the right way round. The Ashton has a window in the door on the port side but not to starboard. As the scan was around the wrong way, there is no window in the scan and I was about to disagree with you about the aircraft type. This could have gone on for ages…

Welcome Mollusc, We have two airframes here, as you know, the upper one could well be the AW 55 APOLLO, the aerial array on top and overall length look good (this will possibly be challanged).
The lower one “should be the AVRO ASHTON, now at Newark, but I find a window in the forward door missing, and the external hinges on that door are not correct, having said that, this was used, at Farnborough, for water tank presurisation tests, so any “mods” would be related to that ! I fully expect to get shot down on this ? but hey thats the nature of this beast ! Keith.

The bottom picture looks like the Avro Ashton fuselage which is now at Newark.

Hi everybody, my first post on this site due probably to everyone’s fascination with buried treasure.

An earlier photo of the AW.55 Apollo in the Farnborough Comet enclosure posted by Mark12 (post 93) has caused me some wonderment.
Following the 1968 airshow armed with my Instamatic 100 in the fading light, I came across what I thought was said aircraft, but is it ?
The cabin windows are now round and there appear to be slight differences in their location, that’s apart from the reduction in length.

Can anyone solve the mystery or positively identify this relic.
Mark12’s picture followed by mine.

Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 i can’t help you but there definitely will be someone here that can 🙂

Hi everybody, my first post on this site due probably to everyone’s fascination with buried treasure.

An earlier photo of the AW.55 Apollo in the Farnborough Comet enclosure posted by Mark12 (post 93) has caused me some wonderment.
Following the 1968 airshow armed with my Instamatic 100 in the fading light, I came across what I thought was said aircraft, but is it ?
The cabin windows are now round and there appear to be slight differences in their location, that’s apart from the reduction in length.

Can anyone solve the mystery or positively identify this relic.
Mark12’s picture followed by mine.