Excellent news Anne, for me no place on earth has an atmosphere like Davidstow, be it in thick North Cornish drizzle or a beautiful August sunset.
I will be surprised if the watch office doesn’t now get the same status.
Thanks pagen01. Clearly my lack of knowledge of the cockpit collecting world sticks out like a sore thumb!
Wouldn’t suggest that for a moment AA, but just countering it with how I see things.
I do agree the sale seems a bit ‘loose’ or something, and personally I think it is sad that potential RAF entrants will miss out on experiencing airframes when these things get sold.
I don’t see what is wrong with keeping it in the UK only either, is there any evidence that overseas cockpit sales have exceeded what British buyers pay, bearing in mind that an F.6 cockpit recently went for £10k (not inc auction fees)
Thanks DB, checked afterwards and yes it is an F.1, all be it used for trials.
AA I think in the world of cockpits that most that would consider bidding for this Lightning will kind of ascertain its value from prior knowledge, the item itself, and the pictures.
Lightning cockpits have a high value anyway, but this is off a very rare P1B and early Ligtnings off any sort arn’t that common, especially complete.
It looks fairly complete and of good standard internally, the seat is fitted and looks very complete with its furnishings (attractive and expensive on its own), this will ensure the value remains high.
It certainly looks to be of average external condition at least, if not better.
Couple that with the fact that it is comparatively small and managable, thus transporatble for shows and seating little Jonny in for pics and being able to garage it when home makes it a very attractive proposition to collectors.
Thanks chaps, let me know if you do locate the parts, Bruce the Altimeter I need (Mk20C) is for the same project if you unearth it on the way.
DH112 PM on the way.
The Corsair looks absolutely mean like that, the brace of Hawker Biplanes are at the other end of the spectrum, sheer beauty in a fighting machine.
Fantastic to see all of these aircraft looking so good.:)
Yep John Beattie parachuted to safety from Sea Fury TF956 in June 1989, possibly a rare chance of being lucky enough to have the time to make the flight good for escape, and fortunate enough not for it to be a low-level of high speed accident.
Would be interesting to know about the regulation and thought processes (beyond the basic ‘it’s dud, time to leave’) etc.
Also wondered about bang seats in the same regard.
Yep very sad news another great station gone, and one with nice sizeable runways and fairly recent upgrade.
I was talking with a Hercules crew the other day and they were gutted about leaving Lyneham, apparently the move to Brize will restrict their training flying activity quite a bit.
In the illustration below there is now no RAF airfield south or west of that yellow line, with Cosford, Brize, Benson, & Odiham on the edge of it, and only one of those is a major fixed wing station. Contrasts quite badly with 1940 what!
I’m absolutely convinced that the first shot isn’t at Little Ris.
I can’t provide evidence, but I don’t recall seeing that style of water tower (which was standard of the time) there, think it was a slimmer unique affair.
Yes, and it belongs to the RAF Museum, but it can hardly be described as displayed at a national aero collection. Plus the Shack fits right in with IWM policy.
Sorry for the drift, but the subject did arise!
Good point, but I regard that one as almost a total loss anyway.
For Duxford to want to get rid of such an aircraft from its collection is just very shortsighted.
Even Duxford can’t get anyone to take their MKIII Shack, they’ve been trying since late last year. It’s just too expensive to dismantle and transport. That may well end up as saucepans.
It is absolutely crazy that the IWM want to get rid of the only post-war maritime aircraft in their collection and the only Shackleton displayed in a national collection.
Why do they want rid of it?
It shows how precarious things are that it is possible (though very unlikely i hope) to lose three Shackleton Mk.3s in fairly short order.
Lets hope it dosn’t come to the council decision going against you, it is staggering that this type of planning problem can happen on what was a ramshackle industrial unit adjacent to the country’s second busiest airport.
Can I just clarify though, is this in regard to your new buildings and plans, or for your museum to remain at its current site in any form?
Personally I think the council will see the ‘anti’ letters for what they are, and hopefully will be more swayed by the vistors that turn up and you propsal for nicer buildings.
I would be careful about getting papers involved and what you say on forums though, certainly until the decission has been made one way or the other, and you know what you need to do next.
Isn’t that what some councils are doing? Thought I heard that Birmingham council had layed off a load of staff to outsource its phone/payments work to India?
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