Gannet on floats.

Flood said….

” There is mention in the article of the MoD desperately searching for Gannets in 1982 for use in the South Atlantic. Without wanting to get into the possibilities of a Gannet flying off a ‘Harrier-carrier’ (which it couldn’t, what with a whopping great ramp at the front, even if there was enough wind down the deck and how was it going to land anyway? No need for arrester wires on HMS Invincible or Hermes! Ahem.) or the much discussion that took place at the time about renovating one of the retired or scrapped carriers (and that was a laugh too – HMS Ark Royal was way beyond help by then and HMS Bulwark apparently was so riddled with rust you could push your finger through the metal work), the article mentions The Sunday Telegraph did its own search and found ‘a brand new Gannet, still in its packing case, through a military dealer’ as well as loads of Mamba engines.
Have to say this is the first time I’d heard of this. Has anyone else heard this one before? What became of this Gannet – does it still exist in its packing case, stored away until the next time we have flat topped carriers and it can go back to work? Or has it been scrapped? “

I was going to keep this for a new post, but as it is sort to alluded to above, are there any photos of the Gannet that was put on floats? 😉

Don’t you just hate it when you see an apparently abandoned aircraft rotting away on a strip.

Leaving the aircraft there for five years whilst you look for an engine should eb safe, but you could also see how the guy might justify ‘recycling’ an apparently abandoned aircraft.

Anybody know the story behind the mouldering Mooney at Bourn?

Moggy

Take a piece and you will soon find out the story if you get caught! 😀

When did you take that photo Newforest?

And the answer is that the photo was taken, 1st September, 2002. Is that you on the flightline? 😀

I think we should see what we are talking about! 😀

I don’t believe this Flea flew after W.W.ll.

Well I’m impressed.
We’ve finally got a real Shuttleworth expert writing on this site.
Something we’ve really not had before.
I await further insider information.
Andy

The insider information is that this Flea does not belong to Shuttleworth. It was discovered above a fish and chip shop in Southampton by the Southampton Hall of Aviation, now Solent Sky and due to lack of room to display, was lent to Shuttleworth way back. Due to loss of paperwork or provenance as it may be called, the Museum was unable to obtain the return of the Flea when the new Museum opened and Shuttleworth retained another exhibit. :p

Jag anyone?
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Or a Cessna 406?
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