Flt Lt Stoton’s mishap!

Flt Lt Stoton stands in front of the remains of the Python 1 engine and Props that became detached after a turbine failure sheared through the airfame. The aircraft was re-built after this incident, could this be the airframe in the compound?

Is this the TF2

The Truth about this Dig

Hi everyone,
Firstly I have to lay claim to the article placed in the Portsmouth papers on Friday 2nd of December. This project has been on-going for a number of years now and the time seemed right to go public for further information. Several of the people posting against this thread know of me and the project in general. I have found it quite strange that I wasn’t named before this post. I have a personal interest in the Wyvern and some years ago was in talks with a representative of a well known film company regarding a possible dig. This involved various TV companies including the BBC Channel’s 4 and 5 Discovery Channel and National Geographic. All movement stopped as a project because of the downturn in the financial world. Money for new projects dried up so the whole thing was put on Ice for a while. It has been placed in The News now because circumstances have changed and the TV people are once again asking us as a group to proceed further. That first move is to get public interest and hopefully further information. I would like to thank Peter Arnold for his permission to use his photographs in the paper article as the News failed to give him due credit.
As and when I have further news on this article I will of course post it here on the forum.
Ollie

MARTSU MOVE

A couple of yesteryear photographs of a MARTSU move. The trailer is an Elizabeth not a Mary by the way.

Sad Day

Sad news to see that Fred has passed away, he was helping me with a project concerning the Wyvern. Always ready with help in any way he will be sadly missed by all who knew him and more who wish they had.

I’ve helped a friend of mine run an old Rover turbine a few times, EX-RN IIRC designed for firefighting duties ? , crank it up, add the hose, hang said hose over the side into water and fight fire with gallons of sea water.

Loud and fun and not that expensive to run either…..

The Rover gas turbine was in fact used as a ‘two man Portable ‘ fire pump but as anyone who has operated this beast will know they were anything but. It may be of interest but the Rover gas turbine was used on the Navy’s 50 Ton Wellington class BH7 hovercraft as an APU and for electrical generation. They carried two for this purpose. The main engine was a marine Proteus.