….only £200 for me and the wife…bargain!! What’s the age limit for the ‘Young Flyers Club’? :rolleyes: Can’t imagine a queue at the gate at this price! Wouldn’t it have worked out more profitable to charge £20-30 and encourage a lot more to attend?

Probably a Super Aero 45, with two 105 hp Walter Minor 4-cylinder inverted in-line engines.

Actually Peter, you were right first time – it’s an Aero 45, OK-KGF. Here is a photo taken on a ‘non Stag weekend’!! 😉

From the Russian press:

28 July was a black day for many enthusiasts of aviation. On this day
at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, dismantling of the Tu-114 aircraft
monument began. In other words, the aircraft simply was sawed into
scrap metal. The long-range airliner stood on a pedestal opposite the
passenger terminal for almost 30 years and became the residency card of
Domodedovo.
Originally it was planned that theTu-114 would be displaced into
another region, situated not far from the terminal, since the aircraft
was not entered in the plan of the development of the airport. During
May of this year the representative of East Line, the controlling
company of Domodedovo, stated that the aircraft monument would not be
dismantled.

They were to only move it into another place, where it not would
prevent the building of a new parking lot and expansion of the
passenger terminal. However, unfortunately, this proved to be not so,
and the aircraft went under the knife. It is not thus far clear,
whether the Domodedovo Airport will remain without an aviation monument
symbol. It is possible that East Line will decide to place another
airliner at the entrance to the airport, but it will not be a Tu-114.

Now only three of the type remain preserved. The first stands in the
Moscow Monino Museum while another rests in the Ulyanov Aviation
Museum. The third Tu-114 is preserved in the Ukraine. It is planned
that in the near future it will supplement the exposure of the Kiev
State Museum of Aviation. Avia News hopes to obtain commentaries from
East Line relative to dismantling the Tu-114 on Monday.

Several Tu-114s were sawed up in several cities in the country after
the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
But not long ago at the Moscow Vnukovo Airport, they sawed the first
Soviet passenger jet airliner, a Tu-104 with the identification number USSR-L5412. And although the representatives of the airport declared that the aircraft would be restored, they sent the aircraft to the scrap metal heap. Another Tu-104 was placed on the same pedestal at this Moscow Airport, which had been located at the Vnukovo aircraft maintenance plant. They painted it, after appropriating the number of that earlier scrapped
Tu-104, and located it at the entrance to Vnukovo

I was there on Sunday and must say I was quite disappointed that there were only three military helicopters there and the only foreign military one being a German Army Bo.105. I was very surprised that neither the RAF nor Royal Navy could bring a Merlin in and that there was not one single Royal Navy helicopter on the ground! I spoke to the Puma crew asking why they didn’t bring their 90th Anniversary special scheme machine and was told the Flight Commander decided to take it to the Leuchars show, so that was understandable. Indeed some countries are ‘at war’, but usually Belgium, Netherlands and Italy send something! Alas not this year! I believe the latter are having a hard time meeting budget restrictions, hence Italy’s lack of attendance at RIAT, so this wasn’t exactly unexpected!

how does albert think it will get back to taxi position ? as to do this would cost what 1/2 a million as it would have to be almost in a flying state who will pay this who will rebuild it and who will operate it

stupid comments and ideas like this and send it to s.a will only help to scare any interested sponsors away if they have any i hear felicity is on the case from paris or wherever she is hiding sorry holidaying

Rude comments towards those of us that are trying to speculate on a positive way out of this mess do not help! The project has failed because of the cost to get it flying, but when the aircraft was grounded, it was in airworthy condition and haven’t the engines been overhauled? The Victor manages to make regular taxi runs, so has the Vulcan’s disassembly ruled that out?

That’s the last time I send you some pleasurable photos, encouraging to share that pleasure Steve! When you say ‘Enjoy’, the sender may well have pre-judged what he is sending and hopes the receiver will also receive pleasure from the said photos and share that judgement! Is asking someone to share that pleasure by saying ‘Enjoy’ so bad? 🙁

Philip,

You’ve got it in ONE!

Any one notice that the two DC6s were at Dunsfold as shown on last nights Top gear. Thought one was up for sale?

Yes, I noticed! I think there were there for some film work.