Well done Albert. Nice piccy. How well does Miss Demeanor stickout in that. Third row back in the middle………..that reminds me..

How can we forget her!! Kemble 2003, very hot day!

No, they should be on a dump—- :dev2: Piston and props for ever 😀

Terrible thought 😡 Piston engines and props do sound good, but noise and heat are far better 😎

At the end of the day, the B.P. P.111 is at a museum and not been scrapped like most aircraft are. Regardless of where or how it’s kept, it is in good hands and the future of the aircraft is looking bright, all be it some distance away. The aircraft will eventually be put inside and until then, we will, and are, keeping close tabs on the condition of the airframe………it will not get in any worse a state than it already is!!

It’s been mentioned before, but it is a crying shame to see the Boulton Paul P.111 condemned to fester outside, when it should by rights be tucked away at Cosford with the research aircraft collection.

Unfortunatly when the Bolton Paul was aquired by us, it was impossible to put her inside. When the Museums main hanger was built provisions were not made to manouvre aircraft in and out of the main doors, they had been designed to small. The museum was then run by a differant group that run it now and to be quite honest we would love to shuffle the aircraft around to put inside the more rare exibits like the Bolton Paul and the Armstrong Whitworth designed aircraft, as this is what we tend to base the museum around along with the Whittle collection! We are currently looking at plans to put the P111 inside and completely restore her again but these things take time. As for the P111 going to Cosford, FORGET IT!! This is a rare subject and because of that, it doesn’t mean it has to go to a big museum. We could say the same about the E28/39. As we are the official Sir Frank Whittle Collction site we should have that airframe, but thats another story!!

I’m glad to see the picture of the NF14 you used WillJ was after I painted it and not what it was like before, as it was a mess! This is actually it’s fourth repaint since we’ve had it. Unfortunatly the previous times it was done, the airframe wasn’t prepared properly and it resulted in it ending up like it got some sort of desease the way the paint was peeling off, but thankfully it has been done properly now so it should last a lot longer.

Does anyone know of any video clips online of her runnning her engines. I came across one recently but the engine run was filmed from inside and only showed a fleeting glimpse of the propellors.

I do know that one of the British airshow DVD’s, either 2002 or 2003 has a fairly long bit on Cov’s Classic Airshow and in the filming of this they include a good bit on the Shackleton which shows it running.

MAM Meteor

WillJ It’s an NF14 At the museum mate and it was me that you were talking to.