Having lived in Grantham myself shortly after the pictures were taken, I am still trying to figure out whether the trucks are going North or South! Maggie Thatcher was still at school there then, by the way.
Serious thread drift here!
Since I got up early this morning to try to photograph the Hunter doing a flyby at Säve, I will translate the Swedish Bloodhound web site text, but will start a new thread for it. The Hunter should arrive about 12 Swedish time.
The first job we had to do when 112 Sqn was formed at Woodhall Spa was to lay the ducting for the missile launcher cabling – hot and dirty work, but everyone chipped in. Then we had to erect and test the T87s, which took several months!
With luck I’ll be able to borrow my daughter-in-law’s car!
It would be nice to see a Viggen away from it’s natural habitat.
Incidentally, I have a Swedish Viggen DVD (58 minutes) called “JA37 Viggen på F4 Frosön” that I might be persuaded to lend to a Forum member in the UK if they are sufficiently interested – please PM me if you would like to borrow it, for the cost of postage from here (about GBP 5 I would guess).
Härmed min fråga på SFF-sejten (jag är medlem, men hade inte tänkt på att fråga där!)
Hej!
Jag har hört att en Lansen ska ankommer till Säve imorgon för att deponeras i Aeroseum. Eftersom jag skulle gärna fotografera ankomsten, är det någon som kan säger vilken tid hon kommer?
More Viggen pix here:
Hi TwinOtter – no, I will be off to Washington, Cleveland and Reno at the end of August for 3 weeks, and probably next visit my family around Christmas – but almost always visit the Newark Museum when I am there.
Viggen from beneath
Taken at the Såtenäs air show (RSwAF 80th birthday) a few weeks ago . . .
http://www.bhmk2.net/index.htm
is a link to the Bloodhound missile web site, but it is incomplete. However the title photo shows the darker green of the launcher. I think the launcher I photographed at Linköping has faded to a lighter green – Swedish sunshine is very strong, even though we only get it for a month or two!
Although it is a Swedish missile on the launcher, as far as I remember the black and white colour scheme was the same in the UK. Some RAF Squadrons put their crests on the missiles, I believe, although I personally never saw one with that embellishment.
At Aberporth we were shooting them into Cardigan Bay, so they were not given any fancy paintwork!
As far as I remember, from over 35 years ago, the Bloodhound white was almost glossy, and the green was also an almost glossy colour, the same as they painted on our Houchin diesel generators and the T87 radars – there is someone else on this Forum who I think has a much better memory than me! You could search for our earlier Bloodhound thread for some photos of the T87 in the same green colour, I think. There is also a Bloodhound web site.
The prototype Viggens are all parked outside the museum, and here are some pix.
Gothenburg floating dock
This is the view I get about 100 yards away from my apartment . . .
Someone’s been nibbling away at this helicopter during the last 3 years since I was there!
Quite right, too, Moggy, credit where it’s due!
Hi gordo!
Spelling corrections here:
The two production test aircraft (201 and 202) were different in many ways from their four predecessors, necessitating repeating certain work to obtain certification. It was really these two aircraft that did the bulk of the flying that allowed the final certification of Concorde for airline service. However, even though called production aircraft, they never went into service because the final version, as specified by the airlines, was different yet again, although not in a way that affected handling or performance certification.
To protect their investment and keep prying eyes off what was very quickly becoming an eyesore, British Airways constructed a special hangar for G-BBDG. The “202 hangar” as it is affectionately known, was completed in early 1988. The aircraft (minus tail fin) was moved inside in May 1988.
As the aircraft was structurally sound, British Airways investigated, in the early 90’s, the possibility of refitting for airline service. This would allow the airline to keep a fleet of six or seven serviceable aircraft during engineering checks. The plan was found to be too costly and was rejected, although the study proved that if one of the seven BA aircraft suffered serious damage, parts from the damaged (and written-off) aircraft could be fitted to 202 and the airframe used to bring the fleet back up to strength, but there were doubts on certification, due to the fuselage skin being slightly thinner.
Ah, but it’s 10:36 pm here in Sweden!
Probably a Super Aero 45, with two 105 hp Walter Minor 4-cylinder inverted in-line engines.