Please excuse this being my first post on this forum, I’ve been a long time lurker and a regular poster over at AiX.

I have been trying to talk with the landowner and / or the tenant farmer of the former RAF Harrington, Northamptonshire. Some of you will know that the Thor missile remains at this site have been awarded Grade II listing, however this does nothing to prevent further decay. The landowner is obliged to keep them in their current state and prevent continued attrition but if they don’t there is little that can be done until it’s too late.

After two years of trying and getting no response, I have decided to mount a facebook campaign and get as many ‘likes’ as I can to demonstrate that there is significant desire amongst the public at large to preserve the site for future generations. Once we have ‘critical mass’ (pun sort of intended) I can then go to the local press and give them a story, all adding to the pressure on the landowner to just talk!

I have the support of the local museum, the parish and district councils, local residents, published authors and of course English Heritage, so hopefully this will eventually be taken seriously.

https://www.facebook.com/HarringtonThorMissile

I’d appreciate it if you’d click the link, give it a like if you want to and show your support and concern for this site.

Apologies if this post contravenes forum rules, let me know and I’ll remedy / remove; I only have the best intentions.

Thank you.

HI
can I make a suggestion please ?, have you tried driving to the farmer / owners house and having a chat ?, I can’t help feeling if you go down this route however noble it might be you still at the end of the day need to speak to the owner !

No Vulcan or 617SQN Tornado ?
with the Lancaster that trio would be a excellent salute to 617 Sqn :angel:

Marmite:cool:

Hmm Vulcan sponsored by Marmite Black & Yellow !!

good idea Bomberboy 😉

Last year i was fortunate to be at Beachy Head when the Vulcan displayed. This has gone down in my top 5 of most memorable aircraft displays since i started attending shows at Weston Park in the 1970’s. Anyway I’ve looked on Eastbourne’s web site to see if there would be a repeat performance this year and unfortunately there currently is not.

Looking at the web site further i noticed the contact page so i filled in my details and asked what was the chance of getting 558 back and did not really expect a response. To my surprise i received two emails back within 12 hours of me sending my question which i applaud. Basically the response stated that until 558 was confirmed as a flyer this year they would not be looking but if she did fly and the budget or a sponsor could be found they would look again, so not a no and not a yes.

If you want to see 558 at Beachy Head this year i think that anyone who wants to should email Eastbourne and express their positive opinion, go on you know you want to.

It might be better to send money to the Vulcan Boys, get the Vulcan ready THEN email Eastbourne don’t you think ?
No Flyee no Displayee
😉

not recently

Taffy’s account of the flight makes fascinating reading. Has Taffy ever visited Duxford and been reunited with XM135?

Alan,
I spoke to Taffy at one of the lyneham old boys get togethers 99? , he went to duxford in the 90’s IRC to see a brass plate with his details fitted to the cockpit ?

RAF C130 smoking in the 1960’s & 1970’s

British C-130’s used to have ashtrays and no smoking signs!

If you wanted a smoke on a herc you went up to the flightdeck and sat on the bed for a good puff. there was no smoking in the cargo hold :rolleyes:

Thanks for that – a quick look at the RAFM Navigator site reveals a couple of upper mainplanes and a propeller. – perhaps in addition to the example at the MAM. In the “buried treasure” thread on here a couple of weeks ago there was also reference to some fuselages dumped in a sandpit behind a pub in (IIRC) Sawston, Cambs.

The Science Museum has an AW Jaguar engine – although it apprears to have been partly sectioned for display.

One further query – in the good old days of the RAFM when the galleries were open there used to be some wings in a glass case near to the VC gallery. Can anybody remember what they were from?

They were the Bristol Bulldog wings