Sadly there are some teachers who struggle with written English! This is just a small part of a piece of homework issued to one of my kids a few years ago. Ok, it was written by an art teacher, not an English teacher, but it was quite shocking nevertheless –
Got quite a surprise recently when we found the place we had booked into for a family occasion was beside a pub used by 303 Squadron personnel while at Northolt! The Orchard in Ruislip. Nice little memorial in the garden and a framed, signed painting indoors.
Hi Tim. Yes but they’re not brilliant – bit of reflection off the glass –
The Kestrel engine is in remarkable condition –
Looks like they have either thinned out the collection, or have moved stuff offsite, the Wessex, Full Canberra fuselage and I’m sure there was a meteor. Has the F111 escape pod been moved inside?
Hi, Portagee. With the ongoing works there was some temporary fencing around but the F-111 pod (still presently outside) can be seen in the photo through the side window of the tower along with the Mystere and Buccaneer cockpit section. The Meteor and Wessex were there too – sorry hadn’t got round to posting those! Also T-33 and Sycamore. Don’t know about the full Canberra. The Loch Doon Spitfire and another JP are off site.
Hopefully the plans for hangarage will include the Draken!
From speaking to a couple of the guys, my understanding is that the smaller items and displays are due to move into the new buildings in the photos. Maybe the F-111 pod will be included in that? The Control Tower will be cleared then restored too. A larger hangar is planned for recently purchased ground and it is this one which will house the complete airframes. I believe the intention is that they will all be under cover.
They just need to be given that hangar in the background of the last pic and all will be well!
That would be great! But it and a few others are still in use by other businesses. In fact we were quite impressed by the number (and condition) of buildings still left on the old airfield site. Many are still occupied. For anyone interested I posted some pics over here – http://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/dumfriesshire-airfields/1064-dumfries?start=20#131521
Not sure if this is of any interest to you AA but this little mention of Lowe-Wylde is from an old local newspaper. Don’t know if he eventually made it across the Forth or not!
There is a 3-blade prop outside the ATC in Dunblane, near Stirling. From memory, the plaque next to it stated it was from a Barracuda that had crashed in the Forth. Seems a bit suspect.
I’ve recently posted some pics of the Dunblane memorial here – http://www.airfieldresearchgroup.org.uk/forum/perthshire-memorials/9235-dunblane-memorial-to-sgt-air-gunner-j-reid-226-sqn
I was also told it was from a Barracuda. I suspect it is the same prop then which was trawled out of the Forth in November 1979 – originally thought to be Blenheim, it was later confirmed as Albacore.
I can’t actually answer your question, Colin, but I obtained this photo, which may be of interest, some years ago. I cannot remember where from so cannot credit it to anyone and will remove it if necessary –
This photo I took in 1975 when RS712 arrived at Strathallan. It still appears to have an unpainted bomb-aimer’s panel at that time. Apologies for the poor quality! –
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