I visited my first cockpitfest on Sunday 19th june,and wish to pass on my congratulations to the organisers and staff as it was a superb day,enjoyed by my wife and I,very pleased to have been able to put faces to names, many of whom are on this forum.the friendly atmosphere adds to the whole day,thanks must obviously go to all the owners who bring their pride and joys from far and wide,and so willingly allow others to enjoy too.roll on 2012,I will be there! Great to see the Vulcan with power on too,well done!!

Valiant wz373

Evening chaps,beautiful pictures of the graceful Valiant,I have the ejector seat pan and backrest from Wz373 unfortunately it’s not in particularly good complete condition.it is the 2nd pilots seat and IIRC wz373 is the aircraft in the well known Vulcan Victor and Valiant formation photograph.

If I remember correctly the Cyprus phantom was stripped and either was going to a diving school,or actually was in the drink many fathoms down,poor old girl.I think I read this in Wrecks and Relics 21st edition?

Hi chaps,I only wish I did not live 171 miles from Brunty,its been a while since i had my paws on classic jets,other than my own collection of aircraft components,just thought i would wish yourself ,stacey24b and all the others who make Bruntingthorpe so special with living and breathing aircraft the very best for 2011 and many years to come,i always follow ‘Bruntingthorpe’s latest’ thread with great interest and admiration, best regards,Keith.

Hi kat_hamps,i am working on this too,i will try to do my best for you,the reason being I am reasonably confident I have read this account too,and i remember it being quite moving and upsetting (can’t imagine what it was like for the chap concerned),I have been looking through my library but dont know where to start,do you have the title of the book where the account came from?

best wishes,

keith (xv473).

Imagine my surprise jonny when i saw those items as i am the former owner of the items that you require identification of! it would have been between 1994 and 1998 when i sold them to you along with other pieces (gazelle panel with army on it and and a spitfire print at least) assuming they were not sold on again.A young chap from the Cramlington/Blyth/Ashington area (I think!) answered an ad in the classifieds and came to my parents house in Birtley.
The aircraft control systems are from an F86D sabre,ex Royal Danish Air Force,the throttle control handle is from i am fairly certain a BP balliol or could be possibly Fairy firefly,the instrument panel is indeed JP actually XM426.this a/c nose was at 1151 sqn ATC (wallsend) when i was young,my gran lived close to it ,i visited the JP often she was in bad state,then one day she was gone!the panel was on the ground and became my first piece of aircraft.Lastly the gun turret controls ,lovely piece ,i certainly regret letting that one go i can tell you!
Its great to know they are still around,best regards!