Welcome to your new home.

Welcome to your new home!!!

Time to tell!

OK, time to tell, it’s Gloster Meteor T7, WL405. My mate Martin’s new toy. All being well, she will be installed at her new home in the early afternoon on Wednesday.

Not only a new airframe at the Cold War Jets Collection, but also a new owner to the site, we look forward to sharing many a cup of tea and a good few biscuits with you in the future Martin, and maybe even doing a bit of work on the aircraft!!

Welcome aboard and according to sagindragin’s post, you are now officialy a “Missfit”!! now what will nursey say!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, no!

No!
It’s not my airplane, but I am sure the new owner will let you all know when he is ready. Anyway, it’s not often I know something before the rest of you guys, so I am going to enjoy the moment!!!!

Hi Iank
I understand where you are coming from, but personaly, I belive a HLF grant is a double edged sword, due to the conditions that are inevitably attached.
Re Bruntingthorpe, the support we are getting from David is as strong as ever, yes we were inundated with cars for a couple of months over the winter, but numbers have now dropped dramaticaly, as Dave told us they would, and the runway, taxiways and the museum pan are all now clear and available to use.
TVOC have in all honesty not done a thing for any of us other users of Bruntingthorpe. Indeed, they have often made our lives hard. I would also like to point out that the good Doctor has never tried to build any contacts with any of us, indeed, I know for sure that he dosn’t even know who any of us are. I have had several situations where he has seen us around at both Bruntingthorpe and at other events, and has completly ignored us.
I actualy approached TVOC offering to use our aircraft to help them to fund raise, they didn’t even bother to get back to me!!
The best hope now for 558, assuming she will not get the funding to fly, is to get her back into the hands of the volunteers, who realy love and care about her. They will at the very least make sure she is loved in her old age!!

That’s her.

It’s the ex Olympic 747 that is still at Brunty, she has the ASDA stickers on one side only, the stbd side is still as per the photo in the link.

Thanks again.

Hi Matt
I am still waiting to here from D.W. before we do anything other than tape her up. And I honestly think we should wait till after the inevitable high winds that the next couple of months will bring. And possibly till she is towed outof the mud. She is weakened enough, and we can only make that worse when we start removing skin.
Re rivets, they are all dome heads in this area, not sure of the original American spec, but I don’t think anyone will notice if they are slightly different!!
I will let you know when and if I hear from D.W. he owns her so it’s his call.
Thanks again for being so helpfull.
Best wishes,
Ritch Blood.

It’s behind the Jag!

The damaged area is behind the Jaguar!
Anyway, after playing with those rough boys over on the Lightnings, it will do you good to be introduced to something much more civilised!! We might even let you sit in our Jet Provost if you are good! (or Jet Bathtub as one guy called it last Saturday, thats the sort of people that the Lightnings attract!!).
Seriously though, we were the guys trying to get everyone to park in some sort of order (fat bloke, yellow jacket, grey hair and worried look on his face).