Skybolt Restored

Martin,

Good to hear that you are enjoying G-TURN and I hope that she will serve you well, I will pass on the news to a good friend who happens to be the person who built her.

Thanks B-R.

This is the first pics i see of the damage after the accident.
Only read the report (found it online) and saw what work Matthew Boddington has done to repair here.
She flyes nice, but is a litle heavy on the left wing.
Still need to sort that out. Are at the moment building a new hangar for here, so theres has not bean much time to fly this year, only 20 h or so…:rolleyes:
Find out moore at http://www.vertigoaviation.se/fke%2Dalbum/

Best regards
/Martin

Hey Martin, thanks for posting. Good to hear about the move, I trust it has a good owner who will fly the ‘Bolt regularly and have plenty of fun in it? 😉

I have dug out the photos I referred to last year.

This one was taken ferrying the Blue Robin to Turweston on 21st March, 2002, taken in AKKI’s hangar click link for photo

Here it is 18 months later on the 24th August 2003 following the accident sharing a shed with a Rans S7 and Peter Holloway’s former Messenger (blue nose on left). Note the dust from next door :rolleyes: click link for photo

Here you can clearly see the damage to the starboard wingtip. Also note the registration and King’s Cup AIr Race number on the Messenger’s wing. click link for photo

All photos 1.2MB.

Registration change? But it starts with SE-X… 😀

G-TURN

Has got a new home in Sweden, she will move on to become SE-XHL.
Its realy sad to let go of the -TURN registration.

Regards
/Martin (her new owner)

Congrats to that lovely & beautiful a/c! A friend of mine also owns a skybolt – G BGRT – based in LOIJ.

in times where aviaition is overhelmed by regulations it is good to know that there are still some enthusiasts living their dreams…

my regards to the owner of that plane

ment to attatch this pic

G-Turn is now finished and has been flown by owner, awaiting return to Turweston

The wingtip is a Chipmunk. Also sharing the hanger at the time was a P51 and another Chipmunk.

The field has more than a half dozen Stearmans, a rare Stearman “Senior Speedmail” mail plane, A Beech Staggerwing, a Howard DGA, A T-6, various Cubs & Super Cubs, a Helio Courier on floats…and spending the winter in a warm hangar…a genuine 1918 Curtiss Canuck (Canadian Jenny). They’re planning a antiuque fly-in later…I’ll try to post some photos

Nice… Some real aeroplanes…
Look forward to seeing the pictures.

Good company for G-TURN there – A Pitts, Jungmann and Stearman…. (The wing tip elludes me!!!)

G-TURN, last month

I thought I would post my website URL to give folk a chance to see our fine Skybolt.
Cheers,
Trapper 69
www.tempest.ndo.co.uk
😎

Is the Skybolt US or UK based?

It’s based here in Washington state.
I’m happy to have found a group of old airplane buffs.
What’s been especially nice is that hey’re all great people, helping each other with projects and generally sharing their time and toys.

The field has more than a half dozen Stearmans, a rare Stearman “Senior Speedmail” mail plane, A Beech Staggerwing, a Howard DGA, A T-6, various Cubs & Super Cubs, a Helio Courier on floats…and spending the winter in a warm hangar…a genuine 1918 Curtiss Canuck (Canadian Jenny). They’re planning a antiuque fly-in later…I’ll try to post some photos.

G-TURN is a fantastic machine and was the first of a number of aircraft built / rebuilt by a very talented engineer and warbird owner.
G-TURN was last spotted in one piece at Sywell on 15th March.

Very nice looking machine. I had a good gawp at TURN when dropping off the BlueRobin for a 50hr check at Akki, Turweston during my PPL. Stroll on 18 months later and it’s languishing down the back of beyond (same airfield) next the joiner’s shed clearly pranged, covered in dust and guano languishing next to an even sadder looking Miles Messie (ex-HP).

Think G-TURN is close to being fixed now if she’s not already up and about.
Can’t remember where she’s being fixed but I recall seeing a picture somewhere..

Was G-TURN ever restored following its prang a few years back?

That’s the thing with restorations sometimes isn’t it – you only see what’s on the outside… Never the full extent inside. If the exterior is anything to go by from the pictures the inside will be outstanding too.

If you ever get to see Zlin G-EJGO check out the quality of the work inside the cockpit too… It went back to a place next to the Zlin works and was refurbished…

Is the Skybolt US or UK based?

What a lovely looking aircraft.
Do you have any before pictures?
Thanks
OAW

Sadly no. Suffice to say it was a pretty sorry mess. Long out of annual and looking forlorn. New paint is only the most visable change….the mechanical, fuel and electircal systems..were also improved.
Should be a lot of fun.

I have to agree. On a facility-cost basis, it competes well with our three other local airfields (Sywell, Wellesbourne and Turweston).

Based there since 1997 as the Leicestershire Aero Club is excellent. The aerodrome has a multiplicity of both hard and grass runways with good hangarage. My first visit to Leicester was in 1963 and I was CFI there from 1980 to 1984. Lots of happy memories and good friends.
Cheers,
Trapper 69
PS – Malcolm’s nosh is another great attraction – his soups sublime and curries cracking…..!!!