I appreciate entirely what you are saying and i also understand what you are saying, but im sure everyone on this forum agrees that something must be done, the beautiful aircraft cant be left to rot whatever the circumstances, they are important parts of our aviation history and should be treated as such. i only hope that something can be done for at least some of them :(, even if it is only making sure that they are clean and as presentable as possible, instead of beig derelict hulks that people scavenge from.

Gloom On The Horizon

Thanks, i shall let you know what happens

Just called the chap that owns them, i asked if there was any work i could do to tidy up the compound, “No we don’t do that anymore” was the answer i got. I asked if he was sure that there was nothing i could do to help out and again came the same answer. What is someone to do when fronted with this? an enthusiast, willing for nothing, to go and care for these beautiful aircraft and at least increase their lifespan for a few more years, is snubbed then and there without even being given a chance to explain his intentions. Is there anymore one can do? Please, if anyone has suggestions, get in contact, because i don’t want to just give up at the first hurdle 🙂

She is really going to fly? someone from the CAA is actually going to come and inspect her for her certificate of airworthiness? whoever signs her off is going to have to have some b*lls, if the worst happened, whoever signed it off will get all the blame wont he/she? whoever inspects it had better sign her off, she needs to be in the air, not sat on the ground with clipped wings, Magnificent job!

I appreciate what you are saying, and by no means do i have the funds or skills to restore any of these aircraft to flying condition, but if you take the hunters at Kemble for an example, or an aircraft which has essentially been built from a few rusty formers that have been found in a lake, all i was saying that anything is possible with enough care and time. I know that the Shackleton, Canberra and the Whirlwind are apparently owned by the current landowner, The rest with the exception of the meteor belong to a different chap and the meteor belongs to another. i know in my heart that these aircraft will almost certainly never fly again, but i suppose you never know 🙁 even if the museum isnt open to the public wouldnt it be a good idea to tidy the place up so people dont get the idea that the aircraft are abandoned? I suppose the only thing you can do is hope 🙂

Does anyone here know the owners of these aircraft? i would gladly spend every free weekend i have tidying up the compound like mowing the lawn, cleaning the aircraft etc (i only live 10 minutes away). i love aircraft, in fact my father and his close friends was involved with the last airworthy whirlwind H.A.R 10. “G-BVGE”. I just think that it is such a shame that these aircraft don’t seem to be loved by anyone :(. Although it is the owners right to do what they wish with their property, while they are still in one piece, surely letting a few enthusiastic people clean them and tidy up the place wouldn’t be so bad. Please correct me if Im wrong 🙂