Great photos.

A few more photos from last Sunday’s work. As Blue_2 says, me and Ian were buried deep in Lindy changing a DF unit over.

Lindy’s bomb bay looking forward, full of fuel tanks and a HDU.

The aerial’s dome. This is the small round bump on top of the fuselage just at the back of the wings.

The old and new units out.

Putting the new unit in (photo by IanF).

Finally, I don’t suppose anyone can help. Andre tested some spare gyroscope units for the artificial horizon. They don’t seem to be fully working. Does anyone know anyone who might be able to advise on servicing them, or even to service them?

The gyro units on the desk.

Should be straight and level

Take a look at our latest entry on the Victor XL231 thread, there’s some shots of our starboard lamp on there.

And a link to that;

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?78402-Victor-XL231-And-Nimrod-XV250-Work-Diary/page46

Personally I’d like to see the approach Cosford used to have with the Axis machines, or Bruntingthorpe – keep them ‘live’ but don’t fly them ( intentionally :rolleyes: )

I know this has been covered a lot in the past, but just to add to the above point.
Even ground running an aircraft has some (very small compared to flying) risks. Parts wear out and require replacing, making the “artefact” slightly less original over time.

Not a problem for something relatively common (like Buccs, Vulcans and Victors, slight bias I know), but it’s nice to have a few purely static examples kept safe and turned off with no danger of engine fires, FOD damage or blown electrics. Not all of course, a static example will never impress people the way a living, breathing aircraft will.

There are harnesses and back padding beneath the pilots’ seats, though I’m not sure where you’d stick your legs with your back against that. It can’t have been very comfy.

Saying that, I very much doubt he’d have been allowed on, unless he’s a member TVOC ground crew and they were landing away from base.

Interesting, thanks for those Peter.

Does anyone know if that 319 shot was taken soon after her repaint into grey undersides and the TFR added but before the ECM had been added, or was the ECM temporarily removed during her time with the OCU?