Strange places……….!

The Shackleton (Pelican16 – 1716) that crashed is still there, well some of it!
About three years ago some of the crew re-visited it and found that it had been stripped from the cockpit rearwards.
During Gatwick Aviation Musems open weekend recently we were delighted to meet a couple of guys working on the Mk3 (XF708) at Duxford. It seems that they took it upon themselves to start cleaning the inside etc. They have had some support from the management and have got the de-humidifiers going. We obviously offered our support in their efforts, lets hope others do also!

Great that someone’s doing something to give this bedraggled veteran a bit of TLC. Well done those guys!

The first time I was in England, back in 1980 I remember seeing a two seat Silver Vampire, apparently just sitting in someone’s yard, while a buddy and I were hitch hiking from London to Edinburough. It was in Scotland I think. I’d love to know if that bird is still around and what the story was behind it.

I know I’m not providing much to go on, but there can’t be that many Vampires in people’s yards 🙂

Dan

Confirmed!! I finally caught up with it in April. I was suprised to find it looking so good. Glad it is though. It’s a T7 which is quite a rare mark these days (although no doubt somebody will prove me wrong).
If my memory is correct it has wing tanks on it, not many preserved Meteors do (although, yet again, somebody is bound to prove me wrong)
Sadly, all my local Rover garage has outside it is new Rovers!!

Willow

Link to thread with piccies: http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?t=24568

Bucc XW530 at The Buccaneer Service Station, Elgin, Scotland, enjoy Andrew. This shot was taken very recently by Blackburn Buccaneer Society member, Derek Cowan and as such, the image is his copyright. Nice bike, Derek!! 😀

[QUOTE=Peter Mills]The Shackleton (Pelican16 – 1716) that crashed is still there, well some of it!

thanks for that, i watched the discovery wings program it showed them revisiting but can’t remembering it mentioning what had happenned to it.

There used to be a Hunter on top of a building on the A40 near Hangar Lane. The building was owned by a removals and storage company. The Hunter only made an appearence during the summer months though.

Yep – theres still at Meteor at a garage in hastings – been there years now but they really look after it

Confirmed!! I finally caught up with it in April. I was suprised to find it looking so good. Glad it is though. It’s a T7 which is quite a rare mark these days (although no doubt somebody will prove me wrong).
If my memory is correct it has wing tanks on it, not many preserved Meteors do (although, yet again, somebody is bound to prove me wrong)
Sadly, all my local Rover garage has outside it is new Rovers!!

Willow

The Shackleton (Pelican16 – 1716) that crashed is still there, well some of it!
About three years ago some of the crew re-visited it and found that it had been stripped from the cockpit rearwards.
During Gatwick Aviation Musems open weekend recently we were delighted to meet a couple of guys working on the Mk3 (XF708) at Duxford. It seems that they took it upon themselves to start cleaning the inside etc. They have had some support from the management and have got the de-humidifiers going. We obviously offered our support in their efforts, lets hope others do also!

Der any pics of that Bucc, ones i got are quite old

i don’t doubt for a second that preserving the rare ones is the better choice, shacks may not be rare yet but they will be surely, that wasn’t my point anyway.the point was the paint scheme.

coincidently , exactly how many shacks are there left now?

i know of air atlantiques two………. coventry and the U.S
that coke one…….
what happenned to that South African one that crashed ?

addwebber – They swapped it for the Viking that was on the roof of the garage. The Shackleton Mr.3 isn’t incredibly rare in S.A whereas the Viking is unique ! It’s a matter of saving the valuable stuff.

Well, at least its not mouldering away in Cyprus-or Duxford for that matter!

how could they do that to that poor shack ?

ought to be a law against that

Theres a Bucc at a filling station in Elgin-Gulf War veteran too.

Yep – theres still at Meteor at a garage in hastings – been there years now but they really look after it

the lancaster was sitting on its wheels beside a garage but was destroyed in a ground runnning fire the serial was KB885

The B-17 has left the roof of the garage

and at one time a P40 in the US, which is now flying again.

Isn’t (or wasn’t) there a Lancaster on top of a garage in Canada?

And also a B17 on a garage in the USA?

A Shack that really drives you to drink!