Where have all the scrap yards gone and Painball parks etc

flowers

i guess tony you were loking for that ilusive Hurricane that was there, shame old peter Arnold, Bought near enough everything, well anthing ww2 apart from that Prop boss from a hurri , i was in there searching for stuff for the canadian halifax, I even got quite a few visits from Karl Kjasgaard,hunting with me for bits, I took him to a multitude of places, looking for halibag bits,
I wish i had bought one of those canopys though, there was a pile of tidy ones,problem was i had to wait for the phone at home to get the Order from the canadian lot to bid on certain parts, and sadly they left it too late, by the time they phoned me, (no mobile back then),I got there in a rush and just missed it, I remember p,arnold grinning ear to ear as he had the “Worlds”
collection of spitfire undercarraige legs, Kygass primers,turret rings all sorts of goodies, Shame they scrapped the wings etc of WV838, Roy could do with tha stuff now,
is there Any Scrappies left, does hanningfords still get stuff?
or what about some of the museums ,gotta be honest some aircraft are in a right state, now i am not having a go, i know its hard and expensive to
try and look after a gaggle of aircraft at a museum , when they are outside for 20 + years, but some of the repairs, I saw a meteor once having patches of Sheet fibreglass plastered all over it, and it looked a right bodge job,
i remember thinking “ouch” what happens when a museum aircraft becomes
a dangerous liability , (IE its falling apart) I am sure there is a few aircraft like this in the country, I remember when the welsh museum closed, I really wanted the Mystere, that was abandoned there, but they were something to do with the USAF, and they were witnessed by them being scrapped,
🙁

Nice aircraft, cockpit very poor, the Scrappies thought they would get a mint for it at the auction…unsold….a few years before, I found the stick/yoke off it in the yard…

wd965

😀 yep, i believe thats the one, sat under a pile of iron,and a ****** to get too,
i got the top of the smased ejector seat with the “danger” plate, and couple of other bits a pieces, but i was allways told she had something to do with the lodon-christchuch new zealand run,
but never found anything to proove this ??
as or exeptions, well we all want one of those dont we:D

That depends on who you know, not what you know, a close friend of mine was gifted a Hunter nose in the last year, all he had to do was move it. If memory serves me right, it cost a total of £50.00 cash, a packet of Rothmans Royals and two pints of German Pilsner!!

Yeh, but i take Mr Webb’s acquistion to be an exception rather than the rule :rolleyes:

Did you see one of the Air Race Canberras there? Just the cockpit smashed to bits. I forget her number off hand but I was told she was something to do with the record breakers in the day…..

I still have the the build plate from WD965. Was that the one ? The rest was barely recogniseable as a Canberra. UK Serials
has this to say….

WD965 Canberra B2 d/d 04/02/1952, sold as scrap 07/09/1970 at No.15 MU Wroughton, to G H Flower & Son

Flowers yard

Did you see one of the Air Race Canberras there? Just the cockpit smashed to bits. I forget her number off hand but I was told she was something to do with the record breakers in the day.I got a large piece of skinning with stenciling on it from her when they finally broke her up, poor thing was busted open like a tin can 🙁

when i was alot younger, i used to climb all over WV838, I was allways in that scrap yard, i had the stick from wv838, (which i gave Roy when i found out he was restoring her)
she was in 5 parts, Tail, middle ,cockpit near the fence, and wings
all the undercarraige in as well, it was just the cockpit that was gutted,
those were the days 🙂

Flowers at Chippenham, I remember seeing that poor old bird there, Roy has done a sterling job on her.

wv838

When I was a lot younger,I used to climb all over WV838! I was always in that scrap yard. I had the stick from wv838 (which i gave Roy when i found out he was restoring her).
She was in 5 parts,tail,middle,cockpit near the fence and wings,all the undercarriage in as well It was just the cockpit that was gutted,those were the days. 🙂

ive never realised the 2 sea hawk hulks at yoevilton were scrapped a year ago, (although i believe the cockpits were saved,)

Both alive and well!

XE339 was split between two owners – one person wanted the cockpit and Roy wanted the rest for WV838, whilst WV903 is in storage with unsuprisingly forum member WV903!

The only bits that were lost were the wings which were scrapped by the Royal Navy prior to them being sold.

Jon

I gotta say Bucc,he is one lucky b******, It’s also how you look at it. My mate who restores planes to fly,thinks its a bit of fun, BUT SPEND HUNDREDS OF POUNDS EVEN THOUSANDS ON A PIECE OF SCRAP that will never fly. He just can’t get over that. He can’t understand those who love aircraft,don’t necessarily want to fly in them. It’s horses for courses,one mans poo, is another mans gold so to speak

Yep just like Tim Hake all those years ago, got that Canberra from the Castle cary ATC for £50. The C/O thought it was a health hazard and dangerous, so he bit Tim’s hand off. And then there’s the recently scrapped cockpit of a Canberra in Kilmarnock by
the ATC.

OK,I didn’t know Roy Coates was telling me when he bought his Seahawk
it cost him around £300 and he was spitting chickens at that price.And I know it was 3 years ago, but i was offered a single seat Venom,pod, with canopy and some bits a pieces in it for £600 but i had just lost my job(redundunt) so I couldn’t have it.A the same time, I was offered a complete Mig21 cockpit from Poland for £1000, but I had to collect it in person (in Poland) and yet as I say, I had just been made redundant. I had been looking for months and as the calls came in, I go and loose my job, just bad luck i suppose. I would kill for that chance again! I tell you,the Mig had ALL of its clock in it and had just been cut, £1000.I hate to think what that is worth now,that’s inflation for you eh, Haha.

A Hunter cockpit for £550…:eek: Your aving a larf mate !!

Most pit’s are approx £1K upwards irrespective of condition.

That depends on who you know, not what you know, a close friend of mine was gifted a Hunter nose in the last year, all he had to do was move it. If memory serves me right, it cost a total of £50.00 cash, a packet of Rothmans Royals and two pints of German Pilsner!!

Wasn’t Stavertons Canberra cockpit up for grabs lately?

Staverton is the current home of a dismantled but complete TT.18, it was sold fairly recently to a Dutch owner as a complete aircraft.
It is due to move from Stav in the near future.

A Hunter cockpit for £550…:eek: Your aving a larf mate !!

Most pit’s are approx £1K upwards irrespective of condition.

Hmm, I suspect Everett will want more that a £1000! I have heard that £1500 could possibly secure a Jag cockpit though.

Blow me, I thought that site had ceased operating, not a bad price for a Canberra.

Also Merkle, be under no illusion, moving (possible crane and transportation hire) costs, storage costs and restoration costs can be expensive. When it comes to storage even a small project can suddenly become relatively large.

If transport/crane is required we have now settled on John Robsons Ltd who specialises in aircraft/component moves and is very competitively priced.

We usually use “Lucifer” which is a 560hp Volvo STGO-3 26 ton tractor unit mounted with a 55 ton capacity, 50 foot reach hiab and flat bed trailer, this rig removes the need for a crane in most cases and thus works out a much cheaper method, other trailers/trucks are available to suit the application.

If anyone has a need to use them please contact us for their details.

Actions photos can be found here

What about this…….
SEPECAT JAGUAR GR3.A • FOR SALE • Sepecat Jaguar Twin Engined Jet Fighter. Year of Construction: 1976. TTSN: 5064 Hours. Aircraft is complete with both engines (Rolls Royce Adour 104 Afterburning Turbofans). Asking price: £Offers. • Contact James S. Everett – EVERETT AERO located Sproughton, IP England • Telephone: 0044 1473 747685 • Fax: 00 44 1473 748951 • Posted April 4, 2008 • Show all Ads posted by this Advertiser • Recommend This Ad to a Friend • Email Advertiser • Save to Watchlist • Report This Ad • View Larger Pictures

Or this……….

BAE SEA HARRIER JUMP JET • FOR SALE • Year of Construction: 1997. Total Flight Time: 1290 hours. Last Flown: 2005. This aircraft is the Royal Navy version of the Harrier Jump Jet & is in a complete flyable condition. The only items removed are the guns & radar. Asking price: £P.O.A • Contact James S. Everett – EVERETT AERO located Sproughton, IP England • Telephone: 0044 1473 747685 • Fax: 00 44 1473 748951 • Posted April 4, 2008 • Show all Ads posted by this Advertiser • Recommend This Ad to a Friend • Email Advertiser • Save to Watchlist • Report This Ad • View Larger Pictures

Blow me, I thought that site had ceased operating, not a bad price for a Canberra.

Also Merkle, be under no illusion, moving (possible crane and transportation hire) costs, storage costs and restoration costs can be expensive. When it comes to storage even a small project can suddenly become relatively large.

http://www.internationalcockpitclub.org.uk/sales.php

Quote – “Canberra PR7 cockpit project with many parts asking price £950”

See just got to know where to look 😉

Also wasnt a Hunter cockpit offered for sale on the forum recently? – sure I saw a thread anyway!

Jon

Who’s Stavertons Cockpit? (Staverton in Glos) or Mr Staverton?
I didn’t realise there was one.Whats the gen on it?Do you know any more ??

Although I suppose I should hold my horses for a smaller type, as if I can get it in my mums double garage, then I have my compressor all the air tools,sand blaster and tools galore and I can pop in and out as I please. An hour every night after work etc.Just ease of work that’s all and its dry and NO I don’t live at mum’s but close by and it would get me away from the trouble and strife for a few hours 😀