I personaly would love the Lincoln to stay. But as it has lain out in the open, un loved for about twenty years, I say good on the Aussies! I do hope they turn her into a long nose version, that might eaven persuade me to go there!!

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Good grief another question about Farnborough, that makes three in the past week!.
I tried to contact a friend of mine who WILL know about this aircraft, but as of last week he was away on holiday!.I will leave him a message and get back to you on this!.
All I know is that I worked there for seven years, twenty seven years ago and it wasn’t there then!
The only comets that were there in my time were the Ex Air france fuselage that is at the mosquito museum and two MK4’s, both now scrapped.
Certainly an interesting photo.

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I was at Farnborough during the eighties. One of the engine fitters there was the late Tom Eagle. He was involved with this aircraft. It never had a RAF serial as it was on loan from the USAF. The aircraft came compleate with a USAF ground and aircrew. Now the exact details of what it was used for were never mentioned, although Tom did say they were dropping very heavy loads out of it beneath special parachutes. He told a story of them dropping a HUGE earth mover out of it over Lasham and the chute failed!. When it hit the ground it burried it’s self so deep that they just filled the whole in rather than try to dig it out!.
Now there is an R.A.E Farnborugh expert about, who is trying to compile details of all the experimental flying carried out there. He is after me for some details of a trial I was involved with in the Isle of skye. (That should flush him out!) He might be on this forum!!!! So I’m sure he will add some thing to this.

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The term “Tailfin”! The Fin is only ever on the tail. Anything else that sticks up, down or sideways on an aircraft to keep it pointed in the right direction is called something else.

The term “Wing flaps”

The term “Back wings”

The story that a 747 flew with one of it’s engins fan secured with seat belts is another!

People who move near an airport and complain about the noise.

Reality T.V. programs that show airlines and airports that fail to mention that there are people who fix the aeroplanes.

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Getting back to the fire, not only were a whole bunch of the ugly things destroyed but the sole Lockspieser (scuse the spelling) LD-4 was lost.
The LD-4 was a third scale prototype of a cheap to produce cargo aircraft. It re defined the term ugly !!!!
I think that the designer was the test pilot David Lockspieser(??)
I Know that one of you clever chaps will post a picture and correct my spelling!!

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The air con units are all servicable during the winter and all the de icing rig are fine during the summer, NEVER the other way round!!!!!

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A team of B.A. engineers were seen performing maintenance on G-BOAC at Manchester last week. Perhaps there are moves a foot!!!!

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