I bet Tangmere’s got a copy….

Back on topic then, there are no Wyvern bits left, because of the failings of human kind.

I thought that the Wright’s held a patent that effectively covered all methods employed to change direction in an aeroplane, and it was this all ecompassing patent , that Glenn Curtis breached, causing the well documented court case between them.

On another note, it was mentioned in a recent thread, that I was in fact present at the Wright’s first flight, and so I find myself in the enviable position of being able to authenticate this plate…..

for the Wright financial incentive, ofcourse!

Hanningfield offered it to us, The BBS, for £1500, if it had been offered at £500, we would have taken it!!
We never followed up on their offer, should have done really, but at least she help with parts for another project before meeting the crusher.

To be honest that is often the way, people ask way too much for something from the outset and it puts everyone off, only to sell it (or scrap it) for a fraction of the value; forgot to mention that I aquired the intakes from this A/C, and they are fitted to one of those two at Welshpool.

F-4J(UK) Phantom ZE352 spent some time at Foulness during 2000 moving to the scrappy at Stock in Feb 2001.
The now-preserved cockpit section of this jet bears a 1-metre dia hole blasted in the stbd intake duct about 2m from the inlet, obviously a hit from an explosive cannon shell of unknown (at least to me) calibre.
I had believed that it was a chance hit by a strafing aircraft but was put right on this by a chap I met who has spent years at such establishments helping test various weapons on various airframes and objects.
He says that it was probably set up on a rig to test the effect of an impact at exactly that point. Thankfully they only did the one shot.
Is it likely that any test footage would have survived from this test? also, does anyone have any pictures of Phantom airframes being delivered, resting at or leaving the site around 2000-2001?
It was in company with ZE350 and both aircraft were shorn of their complete tail assemblies and wings.

Anon.

XW541 also had a “walkthrough” fuselage as a result of one of these controlled explosions, I also remember the rasp/ripple Bucc, laying on the ground in Hanningfield Metal’s , this one had been converted to take the Tornado radar and radome, and looked a bit ungainly; it had also had a fire in the front cockpit floor area, but was otherwise ok, they offered (the cockpit) at an almost giveaway price, but in the end there were no takers, and was I believe scrapped.

Just thought I’d mention what an excellent job you are doing; clearly a lot of thought gone into the design/build, (especially the wings) I look forward to further updates.

A variation on a theme.

Why didn’t Supermarine make the whole of the Spitfire from the same metal as the data plate?

However mangled and rotten the entire airframe is, (or even lost at sea without a trace) the data plate miraculously survives each time, and in the case of the latter, it floats ashore , presumably fitted with its own bouyancy aid….