£350,000…I have an image of a Vulcan & Sea Vixen flying past in formation both wearing Red Bull colours. Funnily enough, I reckon it would look quite good….

Due the fact that the majority of us are scattered around the British isles, not to mention the rest of the globe, would not a regional forum “get together” be a more practical solution. A lot of us can’t spare a day to travel from the distant corners of the country which is probably why it usually all falls apart. Not an ideal solution, but there you go.

Try googling Archerfield Quarry. This was a “hole” in Aus that got filled up with a/c trash and was partly drained in 1992. Things were just getting interesting when the powers that be stopped it. Some people in power just don’t want you to get your hands on some of the stuff.

Wasn’t there an attempt at this with a JU52 in Kent 20 odd years ago ?

Also, what happened to the Dakota club that used to advertise in the magazines along these lines in 1999? I had a look at their c47 at the Redhill aerojumble that year.

There is/was a large bomb on display amongst other wizz bang things outside a large munitions depot in Gosport. I’m not sure of it’s identity as I’m usually trying to avoid the other traffic whilst driving past. I shall endeavour to find out more.

“Tow it” was a figure of speach, I imagine from previous discussions that a considerable amount of dismantling of the a/c and roadside furniture would be required to get it from it’s current resting place to the oggin. I was just exploring all avenues of possible fates other than a good trampling over by a JCB. I imagine that a considerable amount of detoxification of the airframe, i.e. removal of all noxious fluids & other enviromentally unfriendly materials would be required before bestowing such a fate on it.

Some more pics of the Connie & others from Feb last year can be found here.
http://www.pistonenvy.com/photography/aircraft/aircraft.html