Pretty much the first time I’ve been able to respond to this thread, life has become exceedingly busy at the moment!!!
Ollie, their are no plans whatsoever to fly 889, our plan is to get her up to a state where most of her systems are live again, that includes engines, which she does not have at the moment but we have a couple held on our behalf.
Pete, the paint is of the permanent variety, talks are already underway about repainting her in a scheme she wore when she was first taken on charge.
Scimitar, the bomb door is currently open, but we aim to remove it during the Winter so we can gain unrestricted access to the myriad of pipes, hoses & wiring looms that can be found in this area, my team are going to love me for this one!! :dev2: :dev2:
Thanks go out to those that have supported us through this difficult stage in retrieving 889 from Stav.
One image for those that have not seen 889 on the hard standing.
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XN928 Buccaneer S1 Nose to Manston
Hope this helps. Feel free for any corrections/amendments
928 is resident with a private owner in Gravesend, Kent.
As for the Vulcan nose section, she is quite rightly, at Gloucester Airport, but the weather is already starting to take its toll on the paint work and their are large areas where it has bubbled up and starting to come away from the metal 🙁
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