Does anyone know what the asking price is?

It’s a shame to see the window-less canopy like that, the inside must be a shambles by now. And with T.7 seats and stick tops at a premium I’d be surprised if either of those were still in it too.

Any interior pics?

I’m after a rear fuselage and tail to replace those scrapped from mine some years back. I wonder if the owner will part it out?

Anon.

Hi Mike,
I recall the cockpit being pretty comprehensively stripped out when I saw it recently.

Also don’t get your hopes up about the rear fuselage condition, as when this aircraft was last assembled over at North Weald in the early 90’s, there was already corrosion on its undersides.

It does frustrate me every time I see an airframe like this, that appears to be stuck in limbo.

The RAF Museum’s conservation centre at Cosford is open to the public again this week
Whilst the obvious draw is the Do17 fuselage the other projects are slowly progressing.
Here are a few photos to give you a flavour of the event.
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The Hampden has grown a set of tailfeathers.
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The passion of this young lady to restore the Hampden pilot’s seat was a pleasure to listen to.
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The Hampden’s cockpit section has a long way to go.
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The Wellington mainplanes have been cleaned, repaired and painted.

It’s wonderful to see some new tail feathers on the Hampden.
Are these new build, or restored originals. I only ask as I don’t recall seeing them during my visit in 2013.

I wonder what timescale it will be completed in, and are there any major missing parts still?

Pure aeronautical magic! 🙂

Do17 wreckage from France:

“The wreckage is now being transported to the RAF Museum’s conservation facility at Cosford, where the Goodwins Dornier is being conserved. Many of the parts recovered from the beach at Berck are missing from the Goodwins Dornier, so they will contribute to what will eventually be a very impressive and important exhibition on the aircraft”

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs/news/2014/10/27/aviation-archaeology-france

This is interesting. So does this mean along with the technical drawings I recall that have been provided by (EADS?) to the Rafm, and these extra parts, is a complete rebuild being considered?

Just a question.

It is interesting to note that by 1959 the DH Hornet and Sea Hornets had already disappeared! They have been gone a long time now.

Hi Beermat,

I’ll reply on behalf of John, who usually updates our dedicated thread. Yes the Stirling Project still continues to grow…slowly, and we are making progress. It is being done by a working group of 4 regular, and a few more part-timers (myself included)

The full and realistic outcome of this would be a section of forward fuselage highlighted in the attached cutaway. This would incorporate the already restored nose turret, bomb bay, bomb aimer, navigator, flight deck, coupe canopy and flight engineer/radio operator positions.

It’s not decided yet if it will go back as far as the wing spar, or just to the radio operators station, but even this section is comparable to the size of a double-decker bus!

We are now at the stage where much of the detail work on the flight deck is nearing completion, so thoughts have been turned to making the bomb bay structure. This forms a keel to the fuselage, onto which the sides and flight deck attach to. Some steel girders have been aquired to form the fuselage jig, and final refinements are due to be made to the CAD fuselage model that have given 3D “life” to the 2D drawings already prepared.

To mention an earlier posting, I have loved seeing the Vulcan continue to fly. It is probably the most impressive thing you will see in the air. Also as an active member of the Stirling project, comparing the potential funds available to one with the other just isn’t realistic. A static repro Stirling will never have the “box office” draw to Joe public like the Vulcan has.

A possible misread of a post – IIRC there was an earlier post (that I cannot now see) that suggested a photo opportunity of the Defiant with the Dornier at Cosford, might be a good idea before the Defiant headed south

Yes, having re-read it, I have edited my comment. I can’t imagine the RAFM would put the Dornier on loan having taken so much time to raise and preserve it.