Terrific pictures! Looks like a Nimrod in the background there. Can you get a close-up of it?

It’s part of the viewing park along with the Trident, RJX, Concorde and DC-10 forward fuselage. Fence spoils close up views of the Nimrod somewhat.

Whilst it’s not strictly historic I suppose, the last CL-44 is still parked up there.

Agree about the 3X gun. Not cheap but you can vary the output as opposed to the constant out put of an air hammer. You can get 10X guns but they’re the riveting equivalent of Dirty Harry’s gun. No use on light ally.

This is what we used to use for ‘skinning up’ the aircraft.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chicago-Pneumatic-Rivet-Gun-3X-Hammer-Snaps-Aircraft-Tools-/200885641974?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec5b7a2f6

Correction: the complete fuselage is at Brooklands and has now been restored. It houses a new exhibition about the VC10.

Photos and story here: http://www.vc10.net/History/Individual/GARVM.html

Slight thread drift but here’s a couple of pics of the mentioned Brooklands examples;

Vickers VC-10 structural test shell by flat cap, on Flickr

Vickers VC-10 by flat cap, on Flickr

JXLI is a mock up. I think it may contain some original parts though.

Point 1: You use the term ‘engineers’…. quite often you’ll find its monkeys which work in a factory, ie. Mexican wiring looms in A380’s causing problems…. Engineers are the ones who are correcting the faults…. :.

As an ex-worker in an aircraft factory, that’s pretty derogatory. A lot of ex colleagues have gone on to be licenced engineers.

It is definitely ex Woodford and was at prestwick before Perth. It could be fully powered up and was a complete cockpit when it left Prestwick. There was an ATP as well.

Is there no opportunity to develop a solution with the midland air museum? I seem to remember there being a hard standing entrance from the live side to the museum. Perhaps the Shackleton could be parked there?