ATL-98 Carvair, aparently I was broken up in 1970! 😀

Another aircraft that needs to be on our radar is the Comet at Lyneham. It was discussed on here some years ago, but a plan to save it has yet to find its feet.

Bruce

But how difficult would it be to dismantle a comet?? Has it been done before??

Richy.

Stirling

Hi all,

This is just to back up what Jaguar12 has posted. The Mickle Fell Stirling was substantially a pile of twisted metal with a few pieces of sheet ally. We recovered a flap section along with various fuel tank covers. We also recovered an U/C leg with the oleos still attached, that was a major task as it was half burried in the bog, I should know I suffered a few broken fingers in the process !!:o
I have mentioned this in the past on this forum, the reason why we recovered the bulk of the remains from this Stirling was that the land owner had the intention of removing the ‘scrap’ due to visitors disturbing the shooting season. The lads who form The Stirling Project do a Bl@@dy good job and I sincerely hope that the Stirling Project has not been tarred with the same brush as some of those unscrupulous people who do ‘collect’ artifacts for their own collection, never to see the light of day again. (I would be bias tho, I am part of the project 😀 )

Richy.

Judging by the amount of corrosion in the cockpit area I doubt if even cockpit project would have been viable.

Richy.

Mark,

Don’t give up your day job !!!! 😀

Hi,

It looks to me like it’s the lower half of a Stirling main U/C oleo.

Richy.

Hi Cliff,

I went to their old yard a few years back, but didn’t realise they had shut the yard down !!! I found out from a local that the land that the site occupies along with countless acres around it is going to be turned into a housing estate. So more than likely what ever is left there either has been scrapped or it won’t be long !!

Regards

Richy.

Would that be you John L ??????