Scrapyard Photos; Any More?

Exhuming this thread – ( I am not sorry )

the end of a Varsity – WL678 (found on airlinehobby.com)

Martin

Try Portsmouth Marine Salvage, Farlington, Portsmouth for more recent stuff. They had a large number of Speys there for some time (mid 90’s). Also Avons & a few Olympus. Not sure what is there now. One of the early EE Lightnings types (P1B ?) was there for a while.

thanks HMS Vulture

Pleased to hear that most of her useful bits were donated for a good cause…

HP57… Yes that does look strangley familiar. plenty of sister aircraft there as well…..

The famous Griffons of recent memory were elsewhere in Portsmouth, not Harry Pounds, as were the Lightnings. But there did used to be Anson T21 VS562 on a low loader, a Jet Provost, a Hunter in FRADU colours, and a Sea Venom wing. A photographer who went there for another reason told me he caught a glimpse of ‘some jets’ in a warehouse, but he was only allowed to photograph the things he’d gone there for (although he could have been winding me up…).
Harry Pounds scrapyard has long been a place known for its WWII tanks (the Churchill Crocodile and the Sherman at the D-Day Museum in Southsea both came from there) and it used to literally have piles of landing craft and naval gun turrets, as well as old ships, boats, submarines, etc. But its days are numbered: I believe the site is due for developement (whether under a compulsary purchase order or not I don’t know) since it is the first thing visitors see as they arrive in the city by motorway.

Flood

Fly Navy

No pics on here from Pounds Yard in Portsmouth? There used to be piles of aircraft in that place at one time & I seem to recall someone tellling me they were seafires?It’s also the place where The Who filmed part of Tommy back in the 70’s, you could see heaps of those sea mines from HMS Excellent (Whale Island).

ZRX61,

You do not mention the year, but Seafires would be most unlikely. Fireflies would be a more probable candidate, both with Rolls Royce Griffon, low wing, single engine, Navy etc.

Mark

There’s a scrap yard near here that has a drop tank mounted on a pole by the gate & just up the road a bit from my house is a complete(?) R4360 QEC from “something large”. It’s actually sitting right next to the road. I’ll nip out there & get a pic when i have a few mins spare 🙂
There’s also a pile of S2 bits at another scrap yard about 6 miles away over near Edwards AFB, it also contains what I think are Carobou control surfaces (& a pile of ’60’s Ford Mustangs.) They don’t even have a phone out there…

No pics on here from Pounds Yard in Portsmouth? There used to be piles of aircraft in that place at one time & I seem to recall someone tellling me they were seafires?
It’s also the place where The Who filmed part of Tommy back in the 70’s, you could see heaps of those sea mines from HMS Excellent (Whale Island).

I got these today from Karl Kjarsgaard (also to be seen in the pics, and who of course was instrumental in raising Halifax NA337).

Photo’s taken in 2004. Strange that even today these historic aircraft are left to rot. Peter knows where 😉

Cheers

Cees

All the seats, columns, pedels& panels were removed for the restoration of the St mawgan gate gurdian.

shackelton

Was anything salvaged from the shack? It looks like the instrument panel or part of was still fitted..!

Shackleton St Austell

Ten thousand rivets falling apart in loose formation… 🙁

Shackleton St Austell

The photos were taken in 1994 and I believe it was disposed of a few years ago and therefore technically ‘Scrapped’.

Brian

that wasnt scrapped, it was used as the mock up of the new nimrod at warton.

Wimnod

Not sure if this qualifies as scrapyard!

Hello Ray,
that’s possible, the planes stayed for quite a long time before being scrapped.
best regards,
Olivier

Hi Neil,
“somewhere in France’ in the late 70’s…” brings a lot of good memories…
The Breguet was at Toussus le Noble Airfield, registered F-BASX, it was rotting along the Constellation L749, 6V-AAR, ex. F-BAZL.
I regret that I never took any pictures of those planes, anyway, I still have a propeller tip and an engine data plate of the constellation.
You will find more pictures of these very particular planes on “airliners.net”
Best regards,
Olivier

I’m pretty sure I saw these as a kid on holiday (’71 or ’75). My Dad wouldn’t stop the car…

Oh and guess the age of Mark12……… 😮

Cees

Re-enactor. 😉

Oh and guess the age of Mark12……… 😮

Cees

Cees,

I fear – not.

Taken by me at International Alloys, Aylesbury, late 1950’s. 🙂

Mark

Mark,

Could you tell I was desperately looking for scrapyard piccies?

😀 😀 😀

Cheers

Cees

How about this one?

Taken in 1957 at Lindholme. Any further information on these Lincolns.

Cheers

Cees

Cees,

I fear – not.

Taken by me at International Alloys, Aylesbury, late 1950’s. 🙂

Mark