Totally agree, that is the problem with saying ‘never’ you can never go back on that word, similar with the word ‘unique’ a very difficult word to use correctly!
This is a ‘wake’ post, so I guess temporary diversions are acceptable (in the interest of history of course.)
i saved this piece for prosperity
Could be PROSPERITY or POSTERITY?:D
where is she?
Bournemouth, UK, for some time now.
Thanks for a great thread Chox, ‘chock full’ of information!:D
The Swiss are a little late in the game here, a British man, Adrian Nicholas achieved this feat in 2000!
Hi Forum,
Just been Mooching around in the garage, and found a piece of airframe skinning, that i took from the scrap Canberra Cockpit that was crushed at flowers Yard Chippenham, about 10 years ago,
So, you are living in the garage now?:D
N161NG was also ex American Airlines, but must have had a more chequered career as N5027 (AA), N909CH, N102ME, N765B and HZ-GRP!
Not much speculation lately!
The facts are that N164W left Bournemouth on 29/3 to return to the U.S. so what work was done in the ten weeks it was resident?
Interesting is that Northrup Grumman have three 1-11 test bed aircraft, N164W (090), N162W (087) and N161NG (067).
Anyone want to mention Le Bourget? Quite a few airframes were lost in that fire.
Pretty sure that Le Bourget had a huge fire mid nineties
Already did!:)
What did you think the ZRX represented? 😎 😀
Not being a two wheeler, any more, I assumed it was an aircraft registration!:D
As a last resort, maybe.
Scrapped then?
Don’t think you normally clean a plane prior to scrapping?:confused: 😀
How would you move it without compromising the structure (or flying it)? My memory of the Belfast is that its a bit big.
Told you it was going to move today, it did, didn’t say it was going to fly!
The preliminary AAIB report has now been published
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resources/S2-2008%20VP-BGE.pdf
Martyn
Little to learn from the prelim. report apart from discounting any bird strike theories. Demonstrates the unreliabilty of general public witnesses.