XS186 at Metheringham

On my one and only visit to the UK, back in 2007, we stumbled upon Metheringham and noticed activity on the JP. That’s a wonderful achievement to arrive at the stage you’re at now! Well done ! It was a very sunny, quiet Sunday afternoon the day we were there and whilst inspecting the museum, became aware of the sound of a multiple Merlin symphony. Went outside and was treated to the surreal sight of the BBMF Lancaster flying directly overhead. A memory which will certainly endure.

But again, take a bow for your persistent efforts 🙂

Wyverfan is correct, the CAA are not interested in a ground running aircraft.

However, to get appropriate aircraft insurance cover (despite it being a ground runner only, the only insurance providers we could find were for full aircraft policies) our SOP’s had to be submitted, and have to be strictly adhered to (with servicing documentation, and our version of Form 700’s maintained), and we must have qualified fire cover, and a turbine engine qualified pilot with hours on type as P1 if the aircraft turns a wheel.

Without the above we would not have been able to get insurance cover, and that would have been the end of it for our agreement with the site owner.

At times the paperwork hurdles have been a bigger than the engineering ones……

There are those on here better qualified to answer that question than me, but i don’t think there is any CAA involvememnt as its not going to actually fly (hopefully). But a large dose of common sense is probably a good idea before deciding , where, when and who is sat at the controls.

Rob

What are the requiremnts to be able to taxi these aircraft? Do the CAA require a pilots or engineering license?
Thanks

Well give them back! 😀

I’ll be keeping an eye on the website, nice to see the history of the jet and amazing to see what state she was in when you rescued her. 😮

I think I took the wings off your machine at Halton 🙂

Thanks guys, for the appreciation and indeed from many of you, the support, whether it has been moral or otherwise that you have provided over the years.

Not everyone will know of the dubious, indeed almost terminal condition XS186 was in when she was rescued. If you have time take a look at our website (still under construction so bear with us!).

http://jetprovostxs186restoration.com

Excellent work! She looks lovely in the ‘old’ colours; a nice change from the red/white we’re used to.

That’s excellent, so great to see something slightly different, in different colours, under her own power and to appreciate the effort involved, a HUGE well done. 🙂

Well done Paul, see you at Bruntingthorpe next year for the fast taxi run!

😮 Oh wow!!!! Didn’t expect to be reading this Paul…. well done indeed on such a momentous occasion after all the hurdles you and the team have overcome!
I will be updating our JP facebook group accordingly of course :diablo:

To restore any aircraft to a point where it can move under its own power must be a fantastic feeling and sense of achievement. Well done all.

Rob

Great news, well done

Hi Paul and Crew

That is brilliant, congratulations from Max and I on a job very well done. We know how hard you guys have worked at this and for how long, so fully appriciate the effort you have all put in and the joy this must bring.

Congratulations…….

steve64 – We have already exceeded our original expectations by some margin in recent years, if you had seen XS186 when she arrived 8 years ago you would not have put a penny on her getting past a cosmeticaly complete static exhibit.

Our goal now is to maintain her in taxiable condition, and to get her under cover…….

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its been a long time since I went to Metheringham. will get there asap

Lovely job!

Well done guys. What’s the future plan?