Brilliant its so sixties, had to laugh at the snipet of the film showing the No2 engine going back in, shows how easy it was prior to RR adding an extra stage and not lengthing the engine bay, it then became a shoe horn job, see below
No 2 engine going back in 904 in 2004

Thanks 🙂

yes – I remember the day well – It was very cold but when she taxied onto the hard standing and shut down everyone swarmed under her – and suddenly everyone was warm!

Ive got some great photos I took but can’t scan at the moment – pants!

320psi – did you fly in from cov on the dak? – I had forgot about the visiting dak – was it a planned trip or adhoc so to speak?

Hi, yeh great day, two of us LPG guys were invited to join the Walton family and a few other invited guests on the Dak the day before 558’s arrival, it was all very last minute.
We got to Brunt early, towed both of ours over to the pan where 558 was due to park then uncovered them.
The Dak arrived soon afterwards, we boarded and flew over to Waddington to watch 558’s start up and departure then few back to Brunt just before 558’s arrival.
One thing that sticks in my mind was the total lack of crowd control, like you say people swamed underneath as she shut down the crew were not best pleased, but what could a hand full of us do to stop all those people.
One guy brunt his hand on the one of the jet pipes after touching it 😮 😮
I have loads of Piccies from that very memorable day 😀 😀

After all the dust had settled and all had gone we got shots of the crew and got signed Sqd prints then we went down the pub with some of them for a beer, great stuff.

Hi again all, Ive been doing some digging and come up with a few more shots

XH568 sometime around 1994, with XH588 in the background

WK163 Landing at Bruntingthorpe at the end of its delivery flight

WT333 taxies in after final flight on the same day

WT333 and WK163 parked up in 1995

And WK163 just after repaint and nose change

Cheers 🙂

Just to add to this thread, WT333 guys are doing great things, they have just fitted new brake units on both sides and run her regually, we have just gone in with them on a large quantity of fuel to fill our two Lightnings and WT333.

I got these shots on Saturday 15th October 2005, the lads were putting the finishing touches on the new leg that they had installed over the previous 3 weekends and also the new set of brake units all round.
Ready for a fast taxy soon, maybe our QRA open day in July 🙂

As for XH568 here’s a shot of mine from Nov 1993 when she arrived about an hour after Victor XM715, a great day and one that very few people witnessed 🙂

Cheers all
Andy B (LPG)

It’s nice to know this will help prolong the aircrafts life, but my word it looks horrendous!

I never said I liked it, I think it looks awful, but its not mine, I didnt pay for it and like has been said above it will give it a few more years, and not end up as tin cans.