Most of the parts shown in the auction catalogue are imported and from Canadian Ansons, which is why they are mainly yellow.
There are probably some Aggie Paggie parts there as it was Richard Parr/Retro Aviation that acquired this aircraft from the Hooton Park Trust a few years back and from whom I later acquired the cockpit.
All of the flying surfaces from Aggie Paggie were in this building at one time but now appear to have gone, along with a refurbished Anson fuselage frame. The original fuselage frame from Aggie Paggie (or what was left of it) was cut up to retrieve the cockpit, the centre area having almost crumbled away. I saved the rear section/fin as well and this is in store but the original fuselage, as a complete unit, is now history – and scrap.
The main reason why Aggie Paggie was never restored was because, after much deliberation and assessment by the Museum of Science and Industry, it was deemed too far gone. Any restoration would have required a new fuselage frame and much more besides thereby rendering any resultant restoration fundamentally non-original. Repairs were out of the question as the frame was irreparable due to the almost complete disintegration of what was left.
For graphic evidence of this just have a look at photos of the cockpit during and after recovery earlier in this thread. Aggie Paggie was in so-called preservationists hands for over forty years and ended up like it did so any further opportunity of it being restored using the original parts has long expired.
Anon.
Thanks for the update Mike, what fought my eye was the two wings in the background of items 49 and 50 which have a G reg and possibly the rest of her reg. It would make a lot of sense after reading your reply that these could be hers. Love your cockpit restoration by the way, fabulous.
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