I also remember the rasp/ripple Bucc, laying on the ground in Hanningfield Metal’s , this one had been converted to take the Tornado radar and radome, and looked a bit ungainly; it had also had a fire in the front cockpit floor area, but was otherwise ok, they offered (the cockpit) at an almost giveaway price, but in the end there were no takers, and was I believe scrapped.

It was scrapped Stuart, Glenn Cattermole managed to get a few items for XT284 from it, which included Canopy Rails, Canopy complete with bullet hole and few other bits and pieces.
Searching my records, I find that the cockpit of 272 was offered for £1500.

Have had my head buried in an AP101B-1202-10A1, trying to work out requirements for XX889.

Anyone out there have a servicing details parts manual or any tech gen on air start units that fit on 200 series avon’s so we can strip and inspect before going for a ground run on vixen xj494

You should be able to get this info from PK.

Thank you very much for your kind words, myself and Mrs Buccsociety, had a great day, even though I managed the line “I take thee Jacqui to be my AWFUL wedded wife!!!!” LMAO :D:eek:

See you all soon.

The Bucc incident which Pagen01 refers to, is that of XW543. To put the record straight, 543 was being flown by W/C Dave Bolsover, when it developed a total hydraulics failure, with SM being the closest airfield for emergency diversion, W/C Bolsover, expertly brought the Bucc in for a text book gear up landing.

Here is a pic of her after she had been stripped of all useful spares.

Yes chaps, its Leeming, XV867 suffered a hydraulics failure in 1993, she was later cut up on site, with the nose section going to Ken Ward and the rest of it to Calvert’s of Thirsk.

867’s nose section can now be found at the Highland Aircraft Museum.

Anyone got a spare £99K:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAe-Jetstream-41-Nose-section-Cockpit_W0QQitemZ200279230743QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CPV_Aviation_SM?hash=item200279230743&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318