Reading the advert again suggests that it was found in Essex, moved to Norfolk (where presumably it can be collected) and that the location of where found will be given to the purchaser.

I think that very unlikely, a friend of mine had his whole house turned over, fire places ripped out, and vehicles stolen (one of which was on a trickle charger, still plugged in!) and the local police didn’t even want to come out to have a look….still a good thing that it was returned though.

“another forum member was there a bit earlier so may post some of those photos”.

That’ll be me then! Anyone know what the simulator is?

I would think that lopping off the cockpit, would be more labour intensive than cutting through the wings, and that transport for the cockpit would still require an HGV vehicle; if you let the scrapman cut the cockpit off, he will let it fall on the floor, and then sell you what remains.
If it were me, I’d look at saving the whole airframe, as transport costs wouldn’t be that much more; hauliers tend to charge for the lorry, irrespective of the load carried.

I seem to remember the “official” reason for abandoning the restoration was excessive corrosion around the screen area, but there must have been issues with regards to the servicing and availability for the after-burning Avon.

Yes I thought that Mike, the production date on the credits was 2007 I think but, that didn’t tally with the ages of the former aircrew; one thing stood out (apart from the $1000- per month wage for a pilot) was the conversion of the Liberator “commando” to a single fin A/C I wondered why that was done, was it supposedly better handling characteristics or an attempt to camouflage the A/C given the role it played.

It was the irony in the journalist’s wording, more than anything.

>>>>>Nice oval glass gunsight<<<<<

Very nice indeed, bit pricey though, and not strictly BoB era either with /41 on the sight body