E-427

Hi David
She is in private hands, on private property and not visible to the public, or from a road / path etc. And like many of the airframes we sell, she is an enthusiasts “plaything” as my wife would say!. Big boys toys!!!
The good news is, she is not either in a lake or at a paintball site.

Bruntingthorpe Hunter.

Hi David
May I ask why you wan’t to know? I am part of Nev Martin’s, Phoenix Aviation Group, who sold this aircraft. The new owner is a very private person, so I am reluctant to go “public” on this thread.
P.S. No it wasn’t us who dropped it and Kna*****d it!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT, I know a man who did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

News papers in the area.

Hi Annek
The two local newspapers to contact would be the Loughborough Echo and the Leicester Mercury, both still exist and have offices in the named towns.
Just a thought, there is an Army base at Woodhouse Eaves, it was called Garrats Hay, but has recently been re named and become an Army college. could the helicopter have been visiting there? the crash site is about 1 1/2 – 2 miles west of the base.
Keep digging.
Ritch Blood.

Hi All
It’s actualy “Beacon Hill, Woodhouse Eaves”, Leicestershire.
If you find Woodhouse Eaves on Google earth, follow Beacon Road west from the village, it climbs past and to the south of Beacon Hill, which is a public country park. You will come to a cross roads with Benscliffe Road.
The crash happened to the south of Beacon road and the east of Benscliffe road, at the highest point, which is a ridge which runs approx NNW / SSE from Beacon Hill. You will be able to make out a carpark at the western end of Beacon Hill, the crash occurred a few hundred yards SSE of this across the other side of Beacon Road.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Ritch Blood.

Hunting’s

Hi Guy’s
pagen01, I think mackerel has answered the question, Hunting’s would only have come on board had the order been won. I also seem to remember seeing the NDN Firecracker at Farnbourough, but my memory isnt what it was, and there have been many airframes under the old bridge since then!
At the time, there seemed to be a drop off in third party maintenance, so Fields (Hunting’s) eventualy won and settled on the Jetstream 31/32 completion center contract, but that’s another story!!!
Ritch.

Hi Guys

for undisputed craftmanship, Dave Collin’s Hornet cockpit recreation.
for total dedication, in all weathers, for year after year, the LPG QRA shed.
for just beeing brave enough to see it through, no matter what, Martin Garrat and his now Coventry based Viscount.

Runners up would be,
The Vulcan, a fantastic achivement, and a display of what can be done, both from an engineering but mostly from a funding point of view.
Barry James’s appirance on the Antiques Road Show! I wouldnt have missed it for the world.
But lastly, every single person who has turned up at anytime durring the last 12 months in attrocious weather, and done there bit, no matter how small, where would we be without you all.

Ritch and Max.