RE: EE P.1B XA853

Yak Man , any idea whats lying in the yard these days ???

RE: EE P.1B XA853

Looks like you’ve got everybody stumped on this one Keith ?? , there was a pre-production Lightning in the Marine Salvage yard at Portsmouth about 2-3 years ago , anybody know which one it was ?? , if I remember correctly it was turfed out of a museum to be replaced with a Lightning which was more representable of RAF aircraft .There was a T-33 lying next to it ( ex- Ormonde Baillie ??) anybody know the serial of this ??? , the yard is a toyshop for adults , full of big engines!!!

RE: aircraft wrecks in Scotland

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 04-10-02 AT 06:57 PM (GMT)]I agree completely Merlin , ANY dig should be licenced through the appropriate channel AND should have a home to go to , around 1985 there was a dig to try and recover the remnants of a Mk1 Spitfire from RAF Grangemouth OTU , it crashed about 2 miles from my house and was supposed to have formed a display in our local library , I’ve tried to enquire what happened to the remains and the answer I got that they were kept in a shed by a local individual and given to the scrapman when he moved house .If there are to be digs I would like to see some type of end user form to be filled in to confirm the dig remnants are to be collected and kept safely.

Alastair

Also if I catch anybody with tinsnips and hacksaws at crash sites , I rip the reg plates from their car and cut off all the badges.

RE: aircraft wrecks in Scotland

I’ve been watching this website for a while and have been in contact with Tom Buchan several times , Tommy and Flash make a point of not recovering any parts from the sites – especially where there has been loss of life , Tom is very approachable although he can take a while to respond to Emails as he works offshore .
It would be a shame if individuals used this site as a map for trinket hunting , although I do think that bigger parts shoulb recovered for museum use , the Firefly and Hudson epecially , I think the Whitley group have already removed parts to use in their rebuild.

Alastair

RE: Slipstream!!

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 03-10-02 AT 06:22 PM (GMT)] A few years back I flew through the wake turbulence from a Tornado , i was taking microlight lessons , sitting in the front and too busy watching the ground – the backseater grabbed the bar and smashed it off my helmet frantically pointing in front of me , eventually I spotted a Tornado crossing in front of me at the same height as me travelling North-South as I was heading West about 1k out , the Tornado was out of sight but when we hit its turbulence it was quite violent , we did phone Leuchars to ask if they knew of a Tornado which had not read the area NOTAM’s and did get a reply apologising as it was an Italian exchange pilot exiting the area. 2 weeks later , same place , I spotted a Hercules travelling North and then noticed a Tornado behind it waggling its wings while overtaking , luckily we were on finals and did’nt fly through the wash , interesting though !!

RE: Schneider Trophy.

Hi Ant ,I would much appreciate it if you could find which Aeroplane Monthly it was in , hopefully I will still be able to buy a back issue , we moved house a wee while ago and my kind wife took all my Aeroplane Monthly’s and a good number of my Flypast’s to a recycling skip !!! , were there many flyers at Thorpe Park ??? , thanks
Alastair

RE: Schneider Trophy.

I think I’m right in saying that the Supermarine S65 replica broke up on landing somewhere in the Lake District killing the pilot (Bob Hosie??).Can anybody else add the date and/or exact location.
It would be interesting to think what would be raced in a latter day Schneider Trophy ??? , imagine Strega or Rare Bear on floats!!!

RE: Schneider Trophy.

Hey Uncle Keith , which one are you in the photo !!