Attached are a couple of slide scans that my old man took. He’s an ex nimrod man!

I’ve got some more somewhere of XV228 with day glow nose and tail markings after a small misshap and resulted in her going for a little swim! I’ll see if I can dig them out!

Don’t know about E-**Y, but I did speak with the current owner back in the summer and even wrote to them. They were very helpful but IMHO their five figure price tag was a bit ‘over the top!’

Then you did a lot better than I did! NO ONE would return my calls… E-mails were eventually replied to… note I say replied to and not answered. I just found them very hard to deal with. I had a plan that would not only help secure the aircraft, but would also help improve the site… Not interested!

As for the 5 figure sum… ye, way over the top. It’s a shame because she’s a nice aircraft and worthy of a secure future!

I really dont see what the council can do here. I would be very surprised if they had any power to force it’s removal off site. It has been there for so long that its not contravening any planning law and it’s on private land… I dont think that there is much that the council can do about it (and to be honest, I’m quite pleased about that!!!)

In regards to the Auster

I remember seeing some cowlings etc for sale a few week’s ago on Ebay from an Auster.

Were these from the Lasham example? 😎

No… The Lasham auster was an AOP9. The ones of e-bay were of an AOP6 / Gipsy major auster!

Too English…

I think I’d have thought about that before I’d commissioned a full size Lancaster to by built. It just sounds like an excuse to me.

Good news indeed. The AOP9 has also found an appropriate home with another 6 of the breed already resident!

Martin

Thats great news… Can you tell us, what sort of condition is she in? Are you able to post some photos of her next time you ‘down the field’?

Like Bruce said…….