TSR2 photos
What about a pile of scrapped fuselages in Birmingham ???
i took some at the time but only black/white.
ZRX61….That H-21 in Arizona seems to have a non standard main undercarriage and a vertical exhaust pipe….self driving or towed ??
i recall there were a number of H-21s in the yards in thst area but most if not all now gone.
Thanks ericmunk…I realise my enquiry is a long shot but just hopeful….
Viscount….here’s a new challenge. Did Slingsby Tutor MK.8 BGA1759/RAFGSA 178 have an earlier identity with an RAF serial number,possibly in the VM600 series?
I know it originated as a Tutor T.7 Cadet MK.1 with the RAF prior to transfer in September 1955 to the RAF GSA when it was converted to a T.8 It’s later history is known and it is now displayed at Weston-super-Mare in the local Airfield history exhibition….but just have that serial puzzle…
Thanks Sabrejet. The museum moves to winter opening hours 1st November…10.00-16.30 Weds-Sunday’s…..meanwhilevframe of new building nearly completed so after thst comes the cladding but the collection still needs more funds to finish the job. Please pass the word(& bucket) around and donate…..
Texan tomcat….Come to this thread a bit late but definitely Belvedere …27J matches.
The Helicopter museum at Weston super Mare will find them a home in XG 452 …email Helicollections @btconnect.com please.
Just to add to the planning debate. It can be argued that only the developed area of Wellesbourne is brown field.Any undeveloped areas of grassland could still be held to be greenfield,especially if They have been mown/baled for hay over the years….and there is a parliamentary group trying to argue the green field status at present.
Aahh…Gladman…know them well .Thry work on a no win no fee basis,employ young cheap undergraduates to make their planning arguments…refuse to properly consult with locals..”This is what we are going to do …like it or lump it”…and interpret the planning laws to suit their arguments ,but they can be beaten…they don’t always win,even when they do come back after a planning refusal.
The Council can compulsory purchase the airfield but they would have to pay a fair price based on an independent valuation.That value would be based on the current planning permissions ,not on the owners hope value ,but could take some time to settle. If the owners challenge it they could in the meantime close the existing businesses down and demolish buildings. However a bigger threat is the government pressure on councils to build more houses,and the council may weaken if it can’t meet the government targets elsewhere.
Bit of a thread drift but one of the BIH W30s is at The Helicopter Museum,the other was swapped for the Series 200 prototype. The Museum also has the Seroes 100 and Series 300 prototypes and one exUS registered example in the playground. Other ex US aircraft which came to the museum were sold on for simulators and oil rig training.
…Meanwhile back to the Puma…..
Well done Newark….be interested to see how much you paid for it. The Helicopter Museum put in a halfhearted bid,based on a bit more than scrap value but with a complete Super Puma in the collection already, decided there were higher priorities,like a new hangar and visitor services building to house the current growing collection! If the rumoured defence cuts go through there may be more Pumas available soon!
OK…enough.Youve forced me to dig out my old log book ,whenI took my one and only flight in a brand new Beverley doing training at Abingdon in 1956, with us excited cadets in the tail boom passenger cabin.After 30 minutes the pilot landed and pulled onto the apron…stopped a while and then took off again and proceeded to climb to height and then stall it before recovering.After doing this a couple or three times he returned to the airfield and was somewhat surprised when a bunch of very green cadets exited down the ladder from the tail boom. He thought we’d all got out at the previous landing! I survived unscathed but those who didn’t had the job of cleaning and disenfecting what had been a pristine passenger cabin….ahh..happy days..no wonder I switched to helicopters!
Would also be interested to know if this exists…used to be based with RAF Locking.
First…apologies for the spell check errors!
This was the same project as described by tecaeromex. Intora bought the rights and airframes from Liteco,who in turn had worked with the original US company. Post Intora,which folded in 2003, the directors split up with some of the assets moving to Switzerland and Swisscopter. These are believed to now be back in the USA with Swisscopter Americas in Tucson. It is suspected two-three of the single seat Dragonflys were built…at least two were test flown with US registrations ,whilst three Atlas airframes were registered in France to Liteco,although only one or at best two were flown. The museum has inherited parts of 01 and the airfame of 03 plus a complete Dragonfly.
Try the Helicopter Museum at [email]Helicollections@btconnect.com[/email] if they can’t help I probably have another copy somewhere.
No….I wouldn’t travel 400 miles either.This is a first attempt but has a couple of dozen stalls from what I saw during set up yesterday. Some interesting bargains tho for those who want items for their man/woman cave and live in the Bristol area.