Mark12
January 17, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Stirling – Mickle Fell

I spotted this in the August 1971 ‘Control Column’ magazine, whilst searching for something else.

It might be of interest in the current climate.

Mark

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By: DocStirling - 17th January 2008 at 18:12

Thanks Mark – we seem to be on a bit of a roll with the old Stirling at the moment 🙂

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By: Cees Broere - 17th January 2008 at 18:05

It is, together with the fuselage centre section, didn’t there was a large wingsection at the crash site as well. Mark recently posted some pics of the items in storage.

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By: Peter - 17th January 2008 at 18:02

I thought the tail section was still in storage somewhere?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 17th January 2008 at 16:54

Ahh Control Column, guaranteed to get my pulse racing almost as fast as the Readers Wives pages of Fiesta!

That article reminds us all just how substantial some of the sections were. The entire rear fuselage can be seen in one of the photos. I know it was salvaged, then disposed of by RAFM – but what a great exhibit it would make in any museum today.

And I wonder what happened to the Battle wings – same eventual fate?:(