I popped in to Brooklands this morning to see a couple of friends and was confronted with this :
(apologies for the quality, only had the cameraphone with me)
No idea what they are going to do with the old girl, or even if there’s any more of the airframe to follow.
By: Andywis - 4th February 2011 at 14:14
More Brooklands Photo’s
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By: Andywis - 4th February 2011 at 13:11
Swift at Brooklands
Hi, All
There are now two references on this Forum page re the Swift at Brooklands:
This below is from what I put on the other thread on the (ex) Millom Collection…
Although the Swift fuselage now resides at Brooklands, it still remains the property of Unimetals Industries Ltd – it is on loan to the Museum.
The Museum has no current plans to do any work on the aircraft, other than to keep it weatherproof whilst it is outdoors, until such times as it can be put under cover.
The important thing was to ensure the survival of this unique piece of British aviation history, (especially with it’s connections with Brooklands – Mike Lithgow eventually becoming one of the Weybridge/Wisley Test-Pilots) and save it from being scrapped/cut-up/lost forever…
AndyWis
By: Pullman99 - 4th February 2011 at 12:56
So that’s where it’s gone. Well done to Brooklands. At least it’s a bit nearer to Southampton than Millom!
By: dsinnett - 4th February 2011 at 12:48
do you know wHich one it is ?
I have only ever seen three of the beasts one at Flint Technical Colledge,One in the scrap yard in Clayton and one in I cant remember the museum.It does not seem to resemble any of them?.The One at Flint as I recall was the Nev Duke world record holder,I think the one at Clayton also had a claim to fame and I think the third was just a survivor.
If you went to Clayton, you’d have seen two. One by the gate and one to the right as you entered the main yard. See the photos here http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=36444&page=22 and on the following page
By: lotus72 - 4th February 2011 at 10:59
Yes, apologies, I should have stated that it is indeed WK198.
By: Phantom Phil - 4th February 2011 at 07:36
I can confirm that the wings were scrapped and also that 198 also had her upper wing mounts cut off… I guess the only option would be to create some sort of frame to attach to the origional mounts and then build replica plywood wings around them.
Swift F.4 wings were also unique to type.
By: Sky High - 4th February 2011 at 07:35
” ……as I recall was the Nev Duke world record holder,…..” Mike Lithgow was the Swift record holder and Duke the Hunter…..could it have been a better plane or was its moderate success inevitable. I would like to see one “in the flesh” again after so many years.
By: DaveF68 - 4th February 2011 at 00:27
SWift Survivors and thier whereabouts:
By: John Aeroclub - 3rd February 2011 at 22:56
The Swift wings are unique to type. The straight wing Attacker was the progenitor of the Swift via the swept 510, 528 and 535 but technically totally different.
John
By: Firebex - 3rd February 2011 at 22:48
As a matter of interest I used to see the Flint one resplendent with its dragon on the nose engine running on a fairly regular basis until they did something with it and it would not play afterwards.But I think the Gannet from there went the same way after a while.But I digress (sorry).
Arent the wings on the swift almost similar to one of the other types.I seem to recall reading somewhere it used wings for or of something else.Attacker seems to stick in my mind but I am probably completely wrong (its an age thing).
By: Firebex - 3rd February 2011 at 22:43
thats not Mrs Morans Swift is it?
if it is, then thats all there is of the aircraft, when she was at NEAM we often wondered what she would of been like with wings etc, but i believe they were scrapped
Sounds about par for the course scrapping the wings if it is the ex Clayton one so saying it looks three million percent better than it did proping up one side of the gateway many years ago.
By: WebPilot - 3rd February 2011 at 22:39
The Lithgow Swift, WK198 previously at NEAM.
By: Scott Marlee - 3rd February 2011 at 22:38
thats not Mrs Morans Swift is it?
if it is, then thats all there is of the aircraft, when she was at NEAM we often wondered what she would of been like with wings etc, but i believe they were scrapped
By: Firebex - 3rd February 2011 at 22:35
do you know wHich one it is ?
I have only ever seen three of the beasts one at Flint Technical Colledge,One in the scrap yard in Clayton and one in I cant remember the museum.It does not seem to resemble any of them?.The One at Flint as I recall was the Nev Duke world record holder,I think the one at Clayton also had a claim to fame and I think the third was just a survivor.
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