Thanks Tony, that’s been on the boil for months, glad it has come to fruition though. The company have taken advantage of financial incentives from the Welsh government under the business development areas scheme.
We’ve also had an airliner storage and reclamation business (ECube) start earlier in the year.

‘KH’ doesn’t necessaily mean Kelvin & Hughes though, 26BU is for Gannet but doesn’t bear any relationship to the name, well apart from Bl++dy Ugly!
I wonder if the ’24’ bit denotes that it is aviation related (along with 6A) but not actualy an aircraft componant.
The parts list thread is here, but doesn’t seem to cover this ref, http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=105854

I’ll be catching up with DM at the Cobham Hall, so will ask him and check the system they have in store there if at all possible.

Another thought, I wonder if the catapult operator had such instrumentaion?

Lovely looking item Ian, I was initially thinking like TT and wondering if part of mirror landing system, however 6A is normally Aircraft Instruments.
Wondering if it could be rotary main, or a standby for crewman/diver etc?

I remember that, but weren’t the cockpits and major sections still there?

I think my point is that here is an unusual and expensive opportunity to have really nailed the colours or even changed the scheme of ‘558 which has always provoked debate.
I just hope that with the ‘The Spirit of Great Britain’ titling that this isn’t to keep the 2012 Olympic organisers happy rather than the celebration of 60 years of the Vulcan or 30 years since ithe types most renowned actions in the Falklands.

XL426 seems to have been in a darker grey camo when in wraparound, but faded, compare with standard bomber/K.2 scheme here, http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/tankers/pair.htm

As I say, sadly, for now all this is just a paperwork exercise in an attempt to sort the mess out, and at least put some of the myths and stories regarding the whole thing to rest.

Which is definitely worth doing and a step forward:)