I wonder if there is some confusion over which aircraft was moved by the Chinook, the details below imply that it was the Javelin

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C9GkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=meteor+ws788+and+chinook&source=bl&ots=JqBC3ThrAP&sig=qkHpr7B3eALgKzLZjolUa-cqyu4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjen-L4k9fKAhUE9h4KHRoECkkQ6AEILDAC#v=onepage&q=meteor%20ws788%20and%20chinook&f=false

and the BoB airframes relocated

Can we have the Hurricane P2617 back at Usworth from where it operated with 607 Squadron in 1940.

We would look after it 😀

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=2431

Four Canberra cockpits

, without any major attractions this year, I reckon attendee numbers will be down anyway.

I presume you are referring to the Vulcan or two Lancaster’s, neither of which graced the Sunderland Airshow which still has crowds in excess of 200,000 over the two days

I was the VC-10 manpower planning manager on the Super VC-10 project

The VC-10 recovery from Abingdon was not as simple as gear down flaps down and off you go.

The aircraft had been sat outside for best part of 10 years and used for spares.

They were surveyed and rebuilt over a period of several months to have basic systems for hydraulics and pneumatics for a one off flight under MOD control

The recovery operation for the 5 aircraft took almost 12 months and many thousand man hours and was over 30 years ago when the rules were somewhat different

In the current risk adverse environment I doubt it would be sanctioned today.

Incidentally the alternative of dismantle, road to Filton and re-assemble was also considered but not proceeded with as the aircraft would have needed to be stress jacked to remove the wings

One off flight for XM655 sanctioned by the CAA as likely at winning the Eurolottery on the UK Lotto together

It’s not LongHorsley but it is in Northumberland.

Less than 10 miles apart, maybe Acklington is where it was heading for

In my opinion, the RAF Museum was in a no win situation with regards to the Copping P40 from when it was discovered.

They could have simply expressed no interest in the aircraft as they were already financially committed with other projects.

They were not to know or could have predicted the Arab Spring and its consequences.

We would all be applauding their actions if the aircraft had arrived in the UK as planned but plans can go wrong and I think as a community we have become a little carried away with the perceived value of unrestored incomplete Spitfires.

Let us not forget that some bold and expensive decisions were taken under the previous director

These include the purchase of the Bristol Brigand, the move by road of the Nimrod and VC-10 to Cosford and the Dornier recovery all of which I believe the previous administration would have not contemplated

Not all deals go as planned, are we any nearer seeing the arrival of the Havoc which I believe was part of the previous Spitfire swap ?

Time to move on

Have a look on forces reunited as he is listed along with all of his postings fr.om 1960 to 1996