The ex-TCA aircraft in Victoria, B.C. is housed inside a hangar. It is part of the collection of the local museum at YYJ. I toured it last year and was amazed how they had restored the interior and cockpit for viewing.

Prior to VR796 flying to Vancouver for storage in the future, it has to supposedly complete 5 hours of airtime before they let it into YVR airspace. Hmmmmm… Most of the flight training out of Victoria airport takes place over the east coast of Vancouver Island – up here in my neck of the woods. Maybe I’ll be in for a bit of a show these next few weeks. Some of the old vets that live around me would be tickled to watch her fly overhead. The old guy next door used to watch new Mosquitos do their flight testing out of Malton Airport in Ontario during the war. Maybe I’ll get to have my wish to see her fly after all.

We’re into the second week of June – anyone know if this machine has done her first flight yet?

From my Airfix days, don’t I recall the Buccaneer having a spilt tailcone dive/speed brake?

Moggy

I was told during my training on the BAE-146, that the speed brake design was taken directly from the Buccaneer.

Any updates on this?

Here’s an attempt to bring this thread back to the front page where people can post updates as they receive information. The planned test flight has now been re-scheduled for a few weeks down the road.

What time was it when they finally brought it out for taxiing? I was in the hangar watching them doing their checks – hoping to see this old girl take to the air. I finally had to break away and head home. Maybe the weather will cooperate and they can get it done today.

My next door neighbour was a machinist working on the Iroquois program. He has a few fan blades from the beast in his collection of bits. He too still feels a sense of anger at the program cancellation all these years later. He was there that ominous day….