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May 8, 2013 at 8:45 am in reply to: Forum Virtual Art Gallery #999203

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Thanks Tim! 🙂

I think you may have witnessed the beginnings… she had a few of her first attempts with her in the cafe on the last Coventry night run event.

April 15, 2013 at 6:10 pm in reply to: Forum Virtual Art Gallery #935678

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A couple of years ago my sister started doing aviation art… and I think she’s starting to get rather good.

Here’s a few of the ones done recently:

April 10, 2013 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Avro 730 supersonic bomber #938931

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Youre not thinking of engine runs on that day too are you? now the temperature is picking up i might be swayed to pop along!

Not yet, the next date will be put up on WR963’s thread in due course. I’ll post an update on there shortly.

The opportunity to copy the Ashton material might be appreciated down these parts! 😉

Newark was the first thought in my head when I saw them, seeing as that’s where the Ashton is!

April 10, 2013 at 8:43 am in reply to: Avro 730 supersonic bomber #939227

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So far we’ve only gone through 4 folders out of 20; in 1 cabinet out of 16 so there may be more Avro 730 stuff come to light (and 707C, Tudor, Ashton, Vulcan and Argosy…). We’re going to start filtering the non Shackleton drawings out.

Until they’re back at Woodford, the only way to see them is to pop over to see us at Coventry. We’ll be having the drawing cabinets open next on the 20th Apr.

April 8, 2013 at 11:20 am in reply to: Avro 730 supersonic bomber #940619

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(Holy zombie thread resurrection Batman! :eek:)

Hi all,

This weekend we opened the first of the drawing cabinets from Avro/BAe to start cataloguing the Shackleton drawings. Mixed in are several other types drawings- a few of which are Avro 730.

I’ll admit – until I looked I had no idea what it was. I wondered if anyone had any more information on this aircraft; as to whether anything was built. We have found references to an ‘Echo Model’ as well as a couple of studies, mock up and genuine type drawings.

Kind regards,

Rich

March 27, 2013 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #949956

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Hi chaps, apologies for neglecting this thread a bit, my day job got in the way of my aviation activities a little. Normal service will resume shortly.

Robert; hindenburg;

We can always use Shackleton parts. The cover is as pagen01 mentions the one that covers the aileron control lock, and would replace the rather scruffy item on WR963 if its available.

The sonobuoy control unit I will have to check. The MR2’s carried these (and we’ve started collecting some MR2 interior kit) but not the AEW2. The only pictures I have are very vague, I will have to check the MR2 AP’s before I can say if its definitely a Shackleton item.

Nostalgair;

Sorry, once a month only for runs due to fuel costs, so the next one will be in April, probably towards the end of the month. Reason? As well as fitting in with our schedule, we’re also looking at taxying WR963.

With this in mind we’ve been enquiring about the brief use of a hangar again to get the mainwheels swapped; a job we had hoped to do a while ago which was put on hold due to unforseen circumstances.

March 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm in reply to: General Discussion #242714

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Its faint radio transmissions. One chap in my village used to hear voices, and it turned out something in his house (I think it was heating pipes/radiator) was picking up radio waves.

Turn our Shackleton’s intercom on, with all the radio’s off, and plug in single headset. There are voices… and on a Saturday around midday its a football match every time. Its not a ghost though, its just some part of the wiring is the perfect antennae length.

March 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm in reply to: Ghosts in the machine #1842091

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Its faint radio transmissions. One chap in my village used to hear voices, and it turned out something in his house (I think it was heating pipes/radiator) was picking up radio waves.

Turn our Shackleton’s intercom on, with all the radio’s off, and plug in single headset. There are voices… and on a Saturday around midday its a football match every time. Its not a ghost though, its just some part of the wiring is the perfect antennae length.

March 27, 2013 at 12:59 pm in reply to: Are British Aerospace still destroying historical artifacts ? #950570

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Most of the contract when SPT bought the Shackleton drawings from BAE covered liability, and the transfer of the design rights too as part of that. If we supply drawings to anyone from our archive, the copies have to be red stamped with a disclaimer.

As for BAE destroying things, I had heard there was an issue a few years ago regarding damage to some drawings, but lately I’m led to believe things are treated with the care they deserve.

March 22, 2013 at 11:05 am in reply to: List of surviving manufacturing drawings ? #955290

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Type: AVRO SHACKLETON GR1, MR1, MR2, AEW2, MR3, MR3 (SA), T4.

Completeness: 95%+ (unsure whether all the later AEW2 Bitteswell drawings are in there)

Location: Coventry.

March 18, 2013 at 3:06 pm in reply to: Airbase Museum moving to Newquay:BBC #958654

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We (SPT) are only caretaking XV232.

I will say that based on what I have been told, I firmly believe the Nimrod will be staying at Coventry. Time will tell in the end I suppose, but we’ll continue our involvement with the Nimrod until we are instructed by Air Atlantique (not CAF..) to cease any work.

Kind regards,

Rich

March 12, 2013 at 10:06 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #963822

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8674planes –

probably, but SAAF 1722 needs spares more than we do at the moment. Thats assuming the aircraft (1720) is being broken for scrap, and not going elsewhere.

timuss –

Yes, SAAF 1722 was airworthy until 2008. There are a few issues stopping her flying one of which is a shortage of qualified crew.

me109g4 –

video is taken most times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHIbxV5UGHM

WP840 –

not really, the engines have a different reduction gearing set-up involving one propeller shaft running inside the other in opposiite directions. You can convert a Griffon 58 to single prop but I don’t think its ever been done the other way.

Regards,

Rich

March 12, 2013 at 4:26 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #964367

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Well, after all the good news, I come here with sad news… from our friends in South Africa.

SAAF Shackleton 1720 at Ysterplaat is at present being dismantled and cut up in order to be removed from her present location, where she stood as a gate guard for approximately 28 years. The reason given is that in being exposed to the elements, she has corroded to such an extent that she posed a safety hazard.

No further news on whether its the end for this aircraft, but it doesn’t sound too positive.

Regards,

Rich

March 9, 2013 at 5:21 pm in reply to: Avro Shackleton WR963 Project Thread #968376

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Taken earlier today by one of our visitors. Full ‘growl’.

😀

March 4, 2013 at 2:02 pm in reply to: Airbase Museum moving to Newquay:BBC #975629

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If what I heard on Saturday was correct, it was supposed to be Jet Provost going south today, with Anson/Rapide and Dakota G-AMRA shortly after.
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