Do you have a picture of that Wessex Boy? We heard many rumours from people that it did, but we were blissfully unaware of it. Our Captain Wing Commander (Rtd) Barry Neil said he had it on the ground!

As for flying her again, it depends. Unfortunatly, although everything works and we have kept corrosion at bay etc we don’t have the piece of paper to say that she can fly. We have had qualified engineers say she is quite fit to fly, all it needs is the same as anything…..money! To be honest it won’t happen again, we need all the money we can get just to keep her going in the condition she is!

I think other people who run aircraft will agree, it is the best way to keep them preserved as constant ground power and running keeps all the moisture away, a ground earth lead also helps enourmously!

Ollie

Sorry bout that,

by fully complete, i meant have been put together!

As i understand however there are plans afoot to replace the engines.

Ollie

Hmm Albert!

Better get ducking! Althoguh 715 at bruntingthorpe is looking much better now and is a credit to the people who look after her, she went a period of time at bruntingthorpe with little maintenance which may have affected some of her systems. 231 However, and i know i am a bit biased, has every system functioning including all of the avionics, radios and radar.

Although saying this it is maybe a bit unfair on bruntingthorpe they do a very good job with the large numbers if arframes they need to look after and after all both victors will never fly again without large amounts of money a la vulcan and keeping them live keeps the corrosion at bay.

Ollie

Hi all,

The husband and wife team were heather and roger brooks, and they used to operate all of the systems on it bar the engines until….Health and Safety….rose its ugly head. Honestly, its pathetic!

Luckily, they moved up north and roger (who is an ex victor crew cheif) is now our crew cheif on XL231.

Ollie