The UN could demand that their air force be grounded. Is the Charles De Gaulle back from the Arabian Sea yet? Is the USS Enterprise carrier group still in the Med or has it transited the Canal for the Arabian Sea? Could the Italians, Spaniards and French scare up some CAP fighters/tankers and base them in say Sigonella and run cab ranks over Tripoli?

Whats this someone trying to organise another Bahgdad Airshow ??? a bit dodgy I would think all things considered at the moment to many arab states trying to liberate themselves if europe starts interfereing to much you could end up with them all joining together as brothers against the infidels !!!!

Anyone have any notion what might become of lossie if they did pull the pin on tornado?. Typhoons from a closed leuchars perhaps?.

I would say come a bit further South If I was you about the same level as North Yorkshire !!!!!

Probably impound them on the grounds of illegally entering their airspace with a fighter jet. A nice legal slight of hand to avoid any issues.

Looks like the aviation museum at Taqali will be getting an nice addition to its collection !!!!. Same thing happened with a smugglers DC3 a few years back impounded and transported to the museum.

Hi
I always heard different stories, but all involved it being buried, the photo of the aircraft after engine removal for a rotor blade test rig, shows the aircraft in a sad state, but pretty much intact.
The most likely one I heard was that it is near a stream and westlands don’t want it touched as it was their dumping ground and would cause enviromental issues.
Good luck, I would suggest a google earth search first for likely spots before approaching them.
cheers
jerry

Getting the permission may not be the issue in the end its proving its there to start with to get the permission may be the final hurdle.There does not seem to be much documented about the aircrafts fate !!!!.

Hi
As it is a year on and there is all this interest in the whirlwind…
I thought I would bump this, I still haven’t found out anymore info.
cheers
Jerry

Thanks Jerry for the update I had missed this post first time around

Mike

Fine Tony we will see what we can dig up during this week please PM your contact details as I cant seem to find them I did have them a long time ago.

Woul dbe willing to swap for the info you have then it is a mutual share of information .

The first part was an attempt at humour, whilst raising awareness of the recently launched 2011 event – hence the original smiley!

The second part was a serious attempt to suggest to you an opportunity of perhaps meeting like minded individuals who have pursued similar rebuilds to what is being discussed for the Whirlwind. They then displayed their efforts at the event e.g. the excellent Hornet rebuild by one of the forumites. Others have just brought plans or set up PCs showing CAD drawings to illustrate their project! 🙂

Sounds good sadly I shall be out of the country for two weeks around that time and wont be able to make it down from North Yorkshire unless things change in the mean time,

why not break it down into sections.we will build the structure and you guys supply the contents ?.

I think that we should all info share also.What we plan to do is put a copy of all the stuff we gather from whatever source and put it onto a disc then share copies of it free of charge to major contributors.Also to give those same contributors the opportunity if they wish to say only have a cockpit section that we would make for a donation plus materials costs a kit of parts for the cockpit section structure.This would be limited to just a few obviously because of the time and effort invovlved.We would hope that you guys in return would be willing to share what you have on the aircraft.As my dad used to say many heads are better than one.

So there you are Old Spitty does your lot want a Whirlwind cockpit section ?.And help support the build of a full one ?.