I understand that LCC withdrew from that Scampton development project many years ago, which at one point did actually show a Vulcan facility on the overall site plan.
In more recent times some interest has been tabled by a couple of ‘developers’, who have proposed similar schemes; the word locally is that these have attracted mixed views on their proposals.
“Shackleton Anniversary event update 10th September 2022
A fresh Aeroboot/Aerojumble update from Newark:
“Details about how to request a seller’s booking form for the Autumn Outdoor Aeroboot / Aerojumble are now on the museum website!
http://newarkairmuseum.org/Museum-Events
In person aviation trading!”
From AHUK in September 2020:
https://aviationheritageuk.org/urgent-action-needed-to-save-unique-blac…
I think that’s a fake site Mark – if you look on their contact page it has a Stockport address but an international phone number; very odd!
The real BAPC change a while ago to Aviation Heritage UK as detailed in here https://aviationheritageuk.org/about/
I fully appreciate that – the website provides a good insight into the lack of movement on the project, since it was ‘saved’ and it serves to highlight how challenging any attempt now is going to be; indeed how challenging it was always going to be.
Who will co-ordinate it; who will provide the urgently need undercover storage; who will fund it; etc. etc.?
Details of another website featuring the current Beverley project has just been forward over to me!
It might be worth asking whether or not they’ve been able to sell the engines that have reportedly been removed already.
They used to be called BAPC and have been inexistence for 40 plus years!
George H – perhaps you could make that parts suggestion to this organisation: https://aviationheritageuk.org/
You can get an interesting perspective about XB259 from this website
I don’t think so, it’s a good job it wasn’t his previous Maxi, which was a horrible sand/tan colour, which would have really blended in with XL149.
For context, the photograph was taken around the time that Newark Air Museum saved Shackleton WR977 from the scrapman, also at the same RAF Finningley location!
The attached photo from the Newark Air Museum was taken in 1977 when the museum (in my personal view) sensibly declined the chance of trying to rescue XL149 at the unofficial Reserve Store at RAF Finningley – it gives you an idea of the aircraft size!
All that was saved is the cockpit, which is now on show in Doncaster.
The photo was scanned up in January 2020, when everyone was trying to ‘give’ the Fort Paull aircraft to Newark – again sense prevailed and the museum declined the chance of pursuing the aircraft.
My understanding (happy to be corrected) is that it was cut to move it Fort Paull; the subsequent lack of original structural integrity is one of the reasons why its fate is so uncertain.
Building on dhfan’s comments, who would pay for any undercover storage, or indeed which location has the space to provide any outdoor storage?
WJ244 my post above: “No one ever asks the people that really count, they just assume that their idea(s) will be met with open arms and bottomless pockets!”, wasn’t aimed at you specifically, but the wider ‘aviation’ community.
On behalf of Newark Air Museum I have personally responded to six exasperated emails, where I had to explain why NAM couldn’t consider taking the For Paull, Beverley.
One emailer in particular sticks in my mind as they became quite angry during the communications, which were littered with wild assumptions, and quite frankly a basic lack of understanding.
Just looking after the cockpit from XB261 presents logistical challenges, as it occupies a fair amount of floor space