Spooky boss, Robbo, and Hatton. My sister in law told me that ex bomber (Lancs)pilot John Chatterton was the pilot and I can well believe otherwise she,my brother and their kids would never have gotten a ride, I believe it costs a quid or two. I also know Jacko was the city of Lincoln pilot for many years, should we ask the Panton Bros. Now to this pull through stunt, you only need to turn an engine over if it is a radial or an upside down motor, It is done to make sure oil has not drained into the bottom cylinders which could cause a hydraulic lock and do a heap of damage when starting and there is no earthly reason to even touch the prop on a merlin. The Mid upper ? well I must confess I never knew Just Jane was not completly authentic, Having flown many times in Lancs (from East Kirkby by the way) I can see from your photographs that the interior is not original though I doubt if a fairing would obstruct the view much, Any way your comments are appreciated,thats what this site is all about. Now can any of you give me any info on the Jordan trainer.

sorry grounded if it sounded like I was questioning your sisters word, its just a surprise to me. Did she actually say John Chatterton was the pilot or did she say he got her the ride? If she said the former than it interesting to note that two generations of the same family were piloting the lanc at the same period of time.

best regards, steve

My brother and his family got a ride in Just Jane before Xmas because they worked for the pilot who was a lawyer in Horncastle. The pilot a mr Chatterton has since passed away, he was an ex bomber pilot with much experience with Lancasters so I would think the organisers are not about to risk their valuable aeroplane at the hands of a novice.

erm…im confused. I dont think the elder Chatterton (John) was a taxi pilot of Just Jane, was he? I may be wrong but ive never heard of him doing runs. It is his son and ex BBMF lanc pilot, MIKE Chatterton who is involved and is more than able to perform the runs (he was the pilot on my taxi run day). Jacko Jackson is also ex Battle of Britain flight.

best regards, steve

Has worked stopped on the hampden since the death of the man who was responsible for it. I know that its been renamed in his honour but ive not noted any visible change or progress. Im sorry I cant remember the chaps name, Brian ………?

yes, many years ago now. Its just that ive not noted any visible progress since then but of course lots could have been done that isnt readily visible. It always seems like a very dusty unvisited place in the workshop, im glad that work is been done on it so the late restorers efforts will be realised.

Ok, I’ve just been thinking ( yeah I know I shouldn’t 🙂 )

As a salesman I’ve got quiet a few years experiance in the world of marketing products and services. When you’re selling or marketing a product in my experiance the two most vitale things are ;

1). The customer must trust you.

2). The customer must have confidence in you.

If you have these it doesn’t matter if you are charging more for the same product as Joe Bloggs down the round people will buy from you as they feel more comfortable. The VTTS campaign has not made any attempt to satisfy these two critera, but it has managed to get two large aerospace companies to come out of there comfort zone and back the project. VTTSCM has on this forum I believe said that there are plenty of industry supporters out there who want to use the aircraft for advertising and sponsorship after wheels off. Could I perhaps be jumping to the wrong conclusion if I was to say that the reason the HLF and some major companies have got behind the project is because a deal has perhaps already been struck with a large organisation to fund the aircraft’s operation after it takes to the sky? And the reason this has not been announced is because perhaps they want to paint it in that compaines colours? The net upshot of this being that if they announce the deal that the aircraft will be funded by a large organisation and flown in there colours the donations would stop overnight?

Just a thought but I think it might explain alot?

an interesting thought, but I thought the HLF were backing the project because of it’s education value, this wouldnt be served by a Vulcan in a predominantly non service scheme. Maybe smaller logos though.

In my humble opinion, if it is painted in bright pink, I dont care if the alternative is a grounded vulcan. We’ve done the topic of paint schemes on aircraft to death though so………… 🙂

Sounds like they had 20/20 vision to me!!

whys that then ? 🙂

youre probably correct as that bit of plywood taped to the back looks about the same size n shape of hole that you peered through!! 😀

Neil.

if it is it will look much better in the hanger than where it was. I shall look forward to seeing it next saturday, that is unless it is going somewhere else.

didnt this section used to be with syam at firbeck?

Couldn’t have been a Chav – a Lanc prop wouldn’t have fit in a Nova.

Sherlo^^^^^^JC

🙂 haha

mm could be.. although the inside display looked like just a cockpit rather than any ‘structure’.. hmm we’ll have to investigate this on Saturday then!

Neil.

I think that hut was wide enough to fit that section in and you did have to view it in a night time pose so id wager it’s the same one, look forward to your findings.