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mystery aircraft on page 10

What is that aircraft on page 10. My guess is that it is either an Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, Envoy, or Consul. It is driving me mad not knowing what it is! Someone help me please.

Dont know if this has been posted here before:) Im too lazy to check:rolleyes:

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/jet-graveyard-p1.php

Zouzy, they’re belters them kid!!!! 😀

Dont know if this has been posted here before:) Im too lazy to check:rolleyes:

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/jet-graveyard-p1.php

Kingman, just after WWII ended:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqbUG0dmxfk

Tillerman.

Looks weird. Terrorists could kidnap an airforce 😉
I only want one for my garden….well, first I need a garden. 🙁
Herbert

Modern day scrap

Makes one feel old when you see the likes of C5s and F14s now in the scrap yard. Hmm now they are classed as “Historic”:confused:
http://www.ukar.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=27133

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2912353373790531047&q=factual+factory+duration%3Along

This is WWI footage of a salvage/recycling unit (it start at 53’30” from the beginning – you can move forward) and during for about 4′ you will see fuselages, wings, engines and all sort of wreckage.

The whole Film is worth to watch if you like WWI aeroplanes.

Cheers,

Olivier

Hi Peter.

I will have to dig deep to find them and shovel some coal into the back of the scanner to get it going. It will be a while but it will be here as soon as I can find them.

Mark Jones
Meteor Flight

can you post pics if you have any flytst?

Frome Yard

As you may be aware, TonyD holds the nose section of Swift F.7 XF113.

You may not be aware this was discovered in a yard nr Frome by Dr Robert Poulter who had is transported to his home nr Bath (along with his Seahawks) in the mid 80’s.

I visited this yard in ’87 and again in ’95, and the rear fuselage and (seperate) centre section of XF113 were still extant.

On my first visit it was still owned by the original family concern, and was full of wing sections, boxed & greased parts, wheels, tyres etc… the old chap even claimed he had TSR2 sections from Boscombe for scrapping !! (The Swift came from Boscombe also)

In ’95 it had become a car breakers, but the site was bigger than the (considerable) amount of cars they had, hence the ‘aeroplane’ parts hadn’t yet been touched or were likely to in the near future.

However, that was then, and now health & safety rules have affected car breakers etc… so questions i’d like to ask is: has anyone else heard of the place or can shed any light on its contents ? As i’ve not seen it mentioned to date.

Cheers….

oh p.s. No Tony isn’t interested in making his Swift whole again !

Yes, I too visited the site at about the same time as I only live in Westbury just up the road. I think I was there a bit after you as it seemed there was not as much as you mentioed. The Swift bits were there however and I too a few pics that I have burried somewere. I will dig them out and kick the scanner into use. Other parts there I saw were the blown flaps fro a Valiant that crashed local is and some flap jacks and U/C wheels. whici I took pics of too.

I still go there now and then but its changed beyond recognition and nothing of the aircraft stuff survives.

Then there was Keevil airfield with the old Staravia storage that I helped clear ups, pics of that too.

if thats the A35 model it was developed from the AW16 and only six built apparently two remained in the UK and four were exported, if it’s the 525 naval variant 75 were built and they were still in service till the late sixties, they had an astonishing accident rate and only three full examples survive the best example being in the US of all places????

Sad news Thunderbird!

All the Phantoms at Stock are long gone due to the scrap and re-melt clause in the original contract

Lots of raf Phantoms getting the chop!

I see plenty of cockpit projects there…..

f4 phantom

also Jaguars soon to be recycled…..

Jaguars

Off to Czech republic now…
migs and such

:p :p Just pleased to help!! :p :p

John.

thanks john superb spiteful stuff (no pun intended)

Landraver

For more history and info try this link:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spiteful

Regards,

John.

Landraver

Found by quick google:-

General characteristics
Crew: One
Length: 32 ft 11 in (10.03 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 13 ft 5 in (4.08 m)
Empty weight: 7,350 lb (3,334 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 9,949 lb (4,513 kg)
Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Griffon 85 V-12 engine, 2,375 hp (1,772 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 484 mph (777 km/h)
Range: 566 miles (908 km)
Service ceiling: 42,000 ft (12,800 m)
Rate of climb: 4,080 ft/min (20.7 m/s)
Armament
4× 20 mm Hispano Mk V cannons

Also there was the development of the JET Spiteful !!!!!.

In late 1943 or early 1944 it was suggested by Joe Smith that Supermarine develop a simple jet fighter based around the Spiteful’s wing, and use a new jet engine that was being proposed by Rolls-Royce which would later become the Nene. This proposal was accepted and a new specification, E.10/44, was issued by the Air Ministry for an experimental aircraft which was initially referred to as the Jet Spiteful; the prototype TS409 first flew on 27 July 1946. The E.10/44 was not ordered by the RAF, as its performance was not substantially better than that of the Meteor and Vampire, but the Admiralty expressed an interest in the aircraft for use as a naval fighter and issued a specification, N.5/45, around it. The aircraft was subsequently named Attacker and had a successful (if short) career with the FAA and the PAF.

Hope all this info helps, in answer to a couple of your questions then YES it was cancelled in favour of the new jets, Meteor and Vampire and YES it would out run a Tucano, 484mph versus 315mph = big difference.

Please remember I am no expert of this type, all info found on public domain websites and are prone to technical inacuracies so if someone knows better then please jump in.

Kndest regards,

John.

thanks for fotos what an aircraft whats the story behind it? i heard it was spitfire design that ended up evolving into an entirly new aircraft is it true it was canncelled in favour of jets? also heard a rumour that one was dismantelled and put into storage at brize norton is this true? would it outrun a tucano? lol

does anyone have any fotos of an aircraft known as a supermarine spiteful? does it exist? (and no i dont mean spitfire)

Isn’t Google a wonderful tool ???