This guy gives Jmmy Page a damn good run for his money……..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUdXFo-KNXM&feature=related

John.

Yes very quick, only a few short months ago I snapped her in 29 Sqd hanger looking ready for flight.

She really should be at Cosford with the other experimental jets and not in the ‘milestones of flight’ hall (that name couldn’t be further from the mark).

John.

Gingie

Thankyou for your explanation in post No.24, I have viewed you other threads on 28DL and found them both very interesting and informative.

My kneejerk reaction to this thread was not aimed at you personally, it is just that Bruntingthorpe is a spiritual home to me and my first thought was about the vandalism that has taken place there on more than one occasion, if people understood what is going on there then they would treat the place with the respect it deserves.

Walking round old wartime airbases is a magical experience, I look forward to seeing more of you and your sons adventures on here.

Kindest,

John.

Folks

Before there is out and out bloodshed please be aware that Gingie (the origionator of this thread) is a member of the 28dayslater site and has posted several ‘urbex’ threads on there.

In his case there is a very sensable aproach to the stuff he has done, he has investigated old wartime airfields and always asked permission from the landowner prior to having a look round.

Is this no different to how any historian would investigated old bomber bases??, we are all driven by curiosity and interest and given the oportunty to look round an old airbase, with permission, before it is lost all together then I feel that the majority of us would jump at the chance.

Gingie appears to be in a very small group of moral people who ask permision proir to entry to old sites, please lets not deter someone (notice his post count hasn’t gone up since this thread started) who is interested in historic aviation by condeming everyone on that forum.

Regards,

John.

Nash

This appears to be a sensible way of showing interest, they were on the airfield with permssion and didn’t break any rules as such, the only problem I can see so far s that one picture has been taken from the top of some steps, a definate H&S issue there.

What p**sed me off once was a UE group actually broke into Bruntinthorpe on the nightime and forced entry to the 747, there was a thread on the 28daylater site including pictures, god knows what else they tred to break into or rip off.

The trouble is these people are thieves basically, they use a thinly vieled excuse of exploration and photography to help document things that are not normally seen by the public, as a ruse to steel anything of saleable value on a well known auction site.

The sooner a few of these idiots meet with the angry end of a rottweiller or doberman the better.

John.

PJ there is a very secure gate with a guard in a control box, if the open day is a ‘pay on the door’ event then you will be stopped by him for payment.

Regards,

John.

Looking good Pete, it’s gonna be a mammoth task painting that one:eek: .

John.

After a dig through my books I am afraid I am unable to find anything firm and in writing about a V.1 on Reads island.

I can however confirm that there were two houses on the island that survived the war and the land was farmed (what for I don’t know), the children would take a boat to the mainland to go to South Ferriby school and would sometimes miss school due to tide times.

The houses have been gone a while now but Reads was still used up till the early eightes for livestock which mainly consisted of Deer.

Reads is now unused and serves as a nature reserve and attracts twitchers.

I would strongly argue the case that if a V.1 did land on Reads then it would more than likely have been destroyed to prevent any danger to people and livestock.

Sorry but thats all I can offer till I meet up with the local oldies that can tell me more.

Regards,

John.