Erm………… :p

I’ll take that as a “NO” then. :diablo:

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What aircraft are being scrapped at the moment, i guess that makes it easier to aqquire cockpit sections? What cockpits are the easiest to cut your teeth on before moving onto bigger projects?

Sea Harriers and Jaguars.

Maybe you can ask your parents for the £3000+ your gonna need ?

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………Strangely enough all of our oxford wrecks are missing the right hand side panels…?!

Peter,

Just for info’ the Oxford’s brought back to the UK where also missing their panels…….

(Photo source Mark Evans/MWM)
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Nice to see the picture – I didn’t take many in those days much to my regret!

Dave,

The notes on that photo say it was taken at Cranfield July ’93, and here’s a pic’ of the other side… still at Cranfield but in Sept’94.

I seem to recall that the grey rear end i have is from this aircraft, as someone let me have these photo’s.

rear fuselage.. as in no cockpit?

NO !! As in L@@K at the photo’s already posted (tut).

The Chipmunk for sale is a full (18ft+) fuselage. I haven’t posted photo’s of it, as all & sundry will be aware of which one it is and it may be sold ~before~ you can do anything about it.

But ~you~ said you only had 14ft in the garage, and as i said, i have a spare (shorter) rear end.

Oh well, you can only lead a horse to water i suppose. :rolleyes:

14ft would go into my garage!

Or you could have my (already cut) rear fuselage i have in storage for just such an occasion, thus making it approx’ 14ft, for a nominal pile of gold nuggets.

I also have the rear piece from another (see photo). Not sure why, but one idea could be to make it hinge sideways like a Buccanear or Tornado nosecone, to save space.

Sell off the old (complete) rear fuselage as the tailwheel bulkhead could be valueable, or use it as collateral for trades to fit the cockpit out.

While measuring, dont forget to ask the wife and your financial advisor (in most cases, the same person) 😀

Of Obi Wan Taylor take heed young Jedi. Speaks wisely he does.

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Indeed, the path to the dark side (2+ tons of Lightning or similar) is strong, especially when the force (said HIAB) has to cope with Canberra as well 😮

LankyTim…. if ‘JetProvost’ turns down the Chipmunk (fuselage of) offer, would you be interested ?

Or how about saving the Shackleton cockpit down in St Austell ? I dont think anybody would wince if you cut it down to floor level and maybe in front of the windscreen for a trailer mounted exhibit ?

I think a guy in the USA was featured in Flypast circa 1997’ish with a similar Privateer cockpit as a travelling B-24 display.

(photo credits: muggins and HMS Vulture)