As I understand it, XR220 at Cosford is complete apart from engines, unless anything went missing in storage.
XR222 at Duxford was never completed by BAC but various missing bits have been found/made over the years. How much is still missing I don’t know.
However, since they’re owned by the IWM and the RAF Museum, nothing’s going to happen.

When the project was cancelled, XR219 had flown and 3 others were finished and about to fly. Apart from XR220, they were all shot to bits at Shoeburyness.

Kev, you were there the other day. Am I right in thinking that one of XR220’s engines is sitting beside it?

Sauron, you have an extremely selective memory.

DR-DOS was vastly superior to MS-DOS, but Microsoft’s “dubious” business practices killed it.
Such as charging for a licence for every PC a company made, whatever operating system was installed, announcing MS-DOS 5 before they’d even thought about writing it because DR was so much better, spreading lies and misinformation about DR, deliberately nobbling Windows 3.1 so it wouldn’t work with DR DOS…
They sent BeOS broke a couple of years back by forbidding a dual boot system which had been agreed with a couple of manufacturers.
It was IBM’s stupidity that gave Microsoft it’s original licence to print money when they thought they’d only sell a couple of thousand PCs, world-wide.
Microsoft have nothing to worry about now, most people buy the best justice they can, Gates and Co bought the entire US government.

Kev, since it’s in RAF colours, presumably it’s a Devon.
DH civil airliners, except the Comet 🙂 were named after birds.

Vulcan looks slightly better than last time I was there, Octoberish I think. Bit missing at the base of the fin then.

Not that it would happen, but it’s probably theoretically possible to fly XR220. Engines would be handy, of course, but it was actually airworthy and about to fly when the whole project was cancelled. Might need a bit of a service after nearly 40 years.

I’d forgotten just how big TSR2 was as well. I’ve seen them both, XR222 many times and XR220 only once before October but I still stood there gaping in amazement.

Originally posted by ageorge
I have a 600cc side valve JAP engine from a Howard Gem Rotovator that I rebuilt recently ??? , I wonder if its the same type of engine ?? ( a real bugger to start , if it kicks back on you the starting handle breaks your thumb )

If it does that you’re not holding the handle correctly. It’s suggested you have thumb and fingers on the same side to prevent physical damage.
Don’t do as I do, do as I say. 🙂
Haven’t used a starting handle in years but fairly confident I would remember the advice just after breaking my thumb.

I have a book entitled “RAF Ground Equipment since ???” or similar. Written by ex-RAF ground crew chap, ? ? Atkins. Not the most riveting read ever, but it was cheap. Try to read more than a few pages at a time and it’s a superb cure for insomnia.
Any questions re ground equipment the answers may be in there.

Grinning buffoon, photographed by t’other half.
I thought she was supposed to love me!

First time I’ve ever looked at this forum, not my main interest.

Generally, I’ve got a lot of time for Horizon but I watched the programme and it seemed to not really give final answers.
They started several lines of investigation, isinuating, or at least inferring, various design/material errors. Didn’t really clear the design after effectively saying it was flown wrong.

Did I hear right that ALL aircraft manufacturers now say don’t use rudder to correct in-flight attitudes?

Any drivers, airframe got any comments to make?
I gather it’s only large aircraft it applies to.

Haven’t read any Sven Hassel for years although there’s quite a few in boxes upstairs somewhere. Explains why they seemed to be written by two (or more) different people. I always assumed it was a different translator.

John Harris is very good.

Clive Cussler I agree. Great escapism. Look forward to new ones appearing.

Douglas Reeman’s good if you like naval stories but despite the number he’s written, he’s only got a couple of plots.

My main interest is WW2 and aerial conflict. The few novels I’ve read on the subject are invariably crap.