Anyone know who the back seaters were for the delivery flight to Sunderland? I know Sqn Ldrs Reeve and McDougall were in the front, but I’m trying to confirm the names of the back seaters, and see if there is a hand over photo somewhere. (NEAM is shut and I can’t get there until the weekend…..)
Thanks in advance
By: Sven - 16th September 2011 at 22:28
Not according to its current engineer-at-large 😀
We’ve not yet surveyed the fuel tanks, or worked out how we would do it. It is a long term dream to bring her back to life, but not without a full assessment of her condition first. We wouldn’t think of starting anything without making sure everything is as safe as possible, but she’s just an aeroplane, she can be fixed. Look at XW544 down at Bruntingthorpe. She spent a while sat on her belly in a scrap yard, now, after years of careful work, she’s blasting down the runway at near takeoff speed.
Her previous runs were before my time, so I’m not exactly sure what happened, but she’s still here.
As Peter says, the four (or five when Spock comes back) of us have got enough on our hands with the repaint and corrosion treatment for now.
By: JT442 - 16th September 2011 at 21:17
Not according to its current engineer-at-large 😀
By: Peter - 16th September 2011 at 21:03
Sorry about the thread creep here but is that it then.? is she destined to remain dead?
By: JT442 - 16th September 2011 at 20:34
… erm, the fact that the fuel tank was a plastic drum……….. not big or clever… However, it served a purpose. I heard the rumour that a certain large Japanese Car maker complained about the possible risk of large scale firey death too….
By: Mahone - 16th September 2011 at 12:23
On at least one occasion when I visited NEAM I’m sure she had at least some electrical power on… must have been early 90’s: Nav lights, beacon, I think maybe cockpit lights too?
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