On Saturday the 12th of Feb Buccaneer XN923 at Gatwick Aviation Museum ran the starboard Gyron Junior at a break in proceedings in the 175th meeting of the BAPC. She ran without any problems and delighted all of those who witnessed the event. A little while later the run was repeated, this time only a short run with a different crew member at the controls this time to re-acquaint him with the aircraft. He had previously run the aircraft but not for some time.
The port engine was not run due to a numbers of problems. (Not least a crack in the compressor casing). We do have another Gyron Junior that we received last year, it looks to be an excellent candidate for a swap with the current port engine. Hopefully we will exchange the engine this year, this will give us an S1 with both engines serviceable.
By: RPSmith - 13th February 2011 at 17:35
Was great to see (or rather hear) on Saturday. Many thanks for the effort put in by the volunteers. An enjoyable day.
Roger Smith.
By: Peter - 13th February 2011 at 15:24
Just saw it Adrian, fantastic!
By: adrian yeager - 13th February 2011 at 15:13
if you go on to the buccaneer society forum there is a video of the bucc running posted by plazz
By: Peter - 13th February 2011 at 15:01
Excellent news! Would be great to see video of this Bucanneer running as I have never heard a Gyron run before.
By: Wyvernfan - 13th February 2011 at 14:26
Fantastic!!! 🙂
By: hunterxf382 - 13th February 2011 at 11:53
Nice to see…. is this the only running Gyron powered aircraft then? Can’t think of anything else of the top of my head?
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