While on the subject of Meteor T7s, is the one that used to sit dismantled in the open over on the North side at Duxford still there?

Meteor T7 still in bits and very green, North side , Duxford on Sunday 11th Nov

What a pity the LVG is now silenced for ever – how well it would have fitted with the three new arrivals!

Adrian

The decision to ground the LVG was a hard one, but the lack of progress in placing the LVG on display is even harder to understand. If the RAF Museum had no plans other than storage then why ‘reclaim’ it from a collection that gave it the care and attention it deserved, whilst allowing public access.

A Great Show today…

Couple of things i noticed, what happend with the Skyraider skipping his display and landing, then the fire truck attending it?

Also Did anyone else notice the Spitfire dip his wing on Balbo take off? Was close to the deck..

There was a strong smell of fuel after the Skyraider had safely shut down, I saw the fire truck maybe they just washed down a small fuel spill.

The Spifire take off (sorry dont know which one) was interesting from my view point pilot seem the lift the tail too quick then throttled back and vered of line, probably had to over correct for the windly conditions.

For what its worth in my opinion the Duxford site has many museum collections some under the the IWM umbrella, some not. As we all know the IWM holds not just aircraft, but also the tanks, guns and millions of other artifacts and documents, these all need caring for, its just that the aircraft take more time and money, and as this is “The Aviation Forum” they are of more interest to most of us. I once read that the IWM remit was to document the conflicts in which the British armed forces were involved and that this it was to also include its adversaries. This remit is at odds with both the AAM collection and the DAS owned airlines, some of which are in the “Airspace” hangar. If the time has come to have a cull of some aircraft let us hope it makes way for alternative types not currently on display.

Quote “The aircraft on the list i put are all owned by the IWM or under loan and can be returned, The gent who told me about this said that the IWM have a changed collecting policy and only want foreign aircraft that were operated from the UK or operated by the UK in war, which the Avenger & Mitchell were “

Agree that if airframes have to be removed from AAM then Avenger and Mitchell, both displayed in US Navy marking are the best to move. But surely both types could be repainted to represent their use by British forces during WW2. If a Phantom had to go then once again the US Navy F-4J must be the choice.

Good luck with Phase II of the opperation – the rebuild !!
Just out of interest is G-BEJD complete, ie not missing panels, windows or other small internal bits and bobs ? Apart from the previously mentioned cockpit panels. The reason I ask is a recent posting on another Forum
http://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=9749
shows the poor state of the the two ex Australian 748’s at Southend, now in private ownership they may become a source of spares if as indicated the owner only wishes to display one aircraft.

It was stored for a few years at Portsmouth, as sad as it is to see it being scrapped, in reality it probably was the best thing for it.

Would agree that Invicible had probably served as a spares source for Ark and Illustrious for some time