Unbelievable !! , all those historical treasures gone .

Down in the Clyde Valley
, Crossford – Chrisford

Originally posted by Bograt
She wasn’t the ‘original’ G-ATBF, so probably not XB733 either. ageorge – that’s a very generous offer; do keep your ear to the ground, there are sometimes old fighters looking for a home (like the Vixen recently) and if it would keep an old jet from being scrapped, I’m all for it. Stuff like Vampires especially do not like being outside.

You’ve boosted my confidence a bit Bograt , I did look into buying a static Hunter last year but the cost of hiring the jigs and trestles just to remove the wings was too much for my meagre budget . I would be interested in obtaining a Vampire “pod” as I have access to a lorry with a HIAB , so transporting that wouldn’t be a problem , my barn is wind and water tight and I also have an open outside shelter that my tractors could be moved to. And then I could try scouting around looking for tailbooms , wings etc . My father-in-law is a carpenter to trade and he has had a look at the wooden skin and structure of a Vampire and reckons he could belp out . Only a dream right now but I can only live in hope that some one has a damaged/restorable pod I could work on , at least I could give it a decent home under cover .

Originally posted by Joe Petroni
I think the F104 is still about somewhere in storage in Lincolnshire somewhere.

I did a search on Google and aparentley XB 733 crashed when being delivered to the Italian Air Force, which can’t be correct.

Anyway here is a picture of the aircraft assembled for the Duxford auction. It had a really high reserve, so I cannot belive the owners scrapped the aircraft when it didn’t sell.

I can’t believe somebody would scrap one of these !!!! , I have plenty of room next to a big barn and would love something like this to keep me busy !!! , I keep hearing about derelict airframes lying here and there , if somebody could help me transport one I could give it a decent home ( even if it means lobbing my tractors outside to keep the rain off it !!! ) , I tried to buy a Bristol Sycamore which was fairly local to me and the owner scrapped it rather than sell it to me !!!

Originally posted by dhfan
Staff car looks like a Hillman at a glance. I’ll dig a couple of books out.

Thanks Ken , could you do me a favour ( again ) I’ve lost that addy for the chap who was selling books could you send it to
[email]ageorge@haemonetics.com[/email]
I thought the chap was selling second-hand books – I got the Atkins RAF Ground Equipment book for £8 and it’s brand new !! – excellent listing – highly recommended !!!.
I would be very interested to find out about the Staff car and any other cars the RAF may have used in wartime , I can’t afford an Aeroplane but I wouldn’t mind restoring a car .

Originally posted by mike currill
Well said mate you and I think alike on that one. If God intended us to be european he woul not have put the English channel where it is

I completely agree , I’m British first , Scottish 2nd and European NEVER !!

Originally posted by Joe Petroni
And here’s the Engineers Station, which appears to be modeled on a Victorian Signal Box!

Joe , I visited Newark in 1988 and they had all of the intakes and exhausts covered on the Starboard inner , when I asked I was told that they occasionally ran it up to provide power to some of the aircraft systems , do they still run it up ??

British 1st and Scottish 2nd ( and proud of it !! )