Yes, I think you’ve nailed ’em – XV103, ZA142 & the cockpit of ZA144 🙂

Except………………….

Sorry to reply after so long, but if you do google into St Athan, then you will find a 4th VC10. if you follow the line of the North-South runway further North, you will find the St Athan Picketson site where Crash and Smash are located, you will see that they have the remains of ZA144 (incidentally this is now on the south of the airfield!)

That is definately XV103 being dismantled, as I was there at the time.

If the engineless airframe at the VC10 hanger is ZA142, then that makes the mystery cockpit ZD235 (or vice-versa) which was scrapped around the same time.

I would guess that the google picture was taken about 2002 as the DARA super hanger, Personnel services flight, and the all weather pitches are not built, and the sports stadium is still there!

That’s pretty conclusive then, superb illustration of how close they are.
I really wish I had paid more attention to the old airfields when I worked at Cardington (virtually gone) and my 8 years at Henlow (lots of the older buildings now gone).

Cheers for the link Noel, just about to sort it myself!

Not sure where I got the information from to be honest, it may have been Action Stations, but living in Bedfordshire it was well known about.

There seems to be a little disparity between whether the runway was to run to Twinwood Farm, which is clearly not aligned with Thurleigh’s main, or Little Staughton.

I had heard that the dip in the road was an underpass for the proposed taxi-way to a maintenence area at Twinwood Farm, my picture doesn’t really show too well how the country road suddenly changes course and dips quite sharply.

And it’s in Sleaford, she wants it moved to larger premises so the tail can be mated and the construction of the wings can start. It is indeed painted as P7350 and the report said it was being built to flyable standard!

Newarks Rattler P3

The Rattler is in the workshop next to the Vulcan. It is not normally accessible to the general public unless they are on guided tours such as the enthusiast days, however when the weather is good you can often see it from the open doors.
A picture of the Newark example here: Luscombe P3 Rattler
A report from the enthusiast day here: Newark Enthusiasts Day Report

G-APYD Comet 4B ex Dan Air I believe!

The Argosy is not huge, bit larger than a Varsity I would guess, the Belfast is getting inside Cosford too!

Nice pictures Dan, good to see the Victor loking so well, and nice to see the comet out and about.