I’ve heard that rumour somewhere. I think its 240 Stirlings all wrapped in duck-fat and clingfilm.

Moggy

……sssshhh, or everyone will want one! 😀

Although I suppose it would save them digging up the fuselage that was used to culvert the taxiway at Winthorpe!! 😉

Meteor VT229 was placed on loan with Newark Air Museum and it departed early one Sunday morning from Duxford in April 1983. An enjoyable ride along the A1 followed with an excited lorry driver being told by the Police escort to drive over all the traffic cones in the contraflow section near Alconbury! 😀

It departed Newark in late 1991 for Florida as indicated by Mike J.

😮 .. watch out for those blacked out Range Rovers!! 😉

Back in October I participated in Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire’s (AHL) Cold War Tour and I learnt a lot about Bloodhound Operations in the county. One of the speakers / guides was Bill Taylor and he provided some great background information about each Bloodhound era.

The tour included a visit to Dunholme Lodge, when some of the Fire Control Buildings are still in existence. The tour also took in parts of Faldingworth and certainly where we visited there was no Bloodhound in evidence (I know this was referenced in the other thread) – whether there is anything located in the ‘other’ part of Faldingworth that you’re not supposed to talk about I’m not sure?

The ‘Bloodhound Radar Cabins’ at Newark also featured in the AHL Cold War Focus Day and again I gained some fresh insight into their functionality and importance; quite a fascinating subject! 🙂

I almost forgot – there is a good Bloodhound restoration project currently underway at the Thorpe Camp museum, which I was able to photograph back in the summer.

The importance of rail transport in warfare should not be overlooked – I once saw a TV documentary about AJP Taylor’s 1968 book “War by Timetable” – his basic premise concerned the key part that railway timetables played in starting World War I.

I seem to recall that in 1914 the Germans tried to stop their mobilisation but they couldn’t because there were more than 10,000 trains on the move and it was too difficult to stop them.

🙂 Good spot, covered here last Thursday http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1965134&postcount=9 😉

Made in Lancashire though!

‘Mine’ wasn’t the other week!! :confused:

The regional press aren’t having a great few days then http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/piece-flying-history-restored-team-historic-air/story-17636582-detail/story.html 😮