Yep! I thought it was just the fuselage in “Deep Storage” Does anything actually emerge from deep storage or is it a euphemism for ‘on the way to the fire dump’

Deep storage generally means just that – look at the Ventura which was acquired in 1984

Some pics in this thread:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?40768-RAF-Museum-Cosford-Hidden-Treasures

Whilst the IM story is an April Fool, I beleive there is a seed of truth in Israel trying to purchase P-47s

Witham SV have an interesting item on their on-line auction:

http://whitelabel.globalauctionplatform.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/wca/catalogue-id-witham1-10000/lot-0ff08343-f897-441c-b018-a46b01029843?clienturl=wca

They are the underfuselage AMRAAM pylons from the Sea Harrier FA2

RFA Regent apparently carried both RE and RG

I don’t think Lion ever was aloocated a deck letter, as she didn’t have a flight deck

Hopefully the secret bits that have been removed will be separately preserved so they can be re-united at some future date.

Regards

Be surprised if it does – much of it is American owned and relates to the F-35

I understand that it has gone to Cosford

Apparently been destined for there for a while, but there were issues with the cockpit fittings being still classified. Presumably this has been removed/resolved.

There was a whole unit dedicated to this, using set designers from the film industry.

If it’s like the last similar MoD ‘Dominie’ disposal the price will be too rich for any UK museums!

Have any of the Dominies reflown?

This line is interesting:

There is an extensive list of restricted and required for future use items that will have to be removed from the aircraft after their last RAF flight, which will make future use as flying aircraft unlikely. Any such use would require extensive work and approval by the appropriate authorities

That said, I can see them going for spares recovery