RitchandMaxThanks.
Thanks T-21, i am doing a bit of reaserch for a mate.
Best wishes,
Ritch Blood
RitchandMaxGas Turbine Auster J-1
Hi All
Can anyone expand on the Rover TP90 Gas Turbine engine powered Auster J/1 G-AGVI, mentioned in this old thread?
I have found a referance to the first three test flights being made between 21st and 30th June 1965 from Portsmouth. Does anyone have any more details about this aircraft?
RitchandMaxBear!
Hi Phil
Thanks for that, the reason we are looking for information is that Nev lent it out to someone, and has lost track of it! we know who Nev lent it to, but not what subsequently happened to it. The guy he lent it to has now left the country to live in Portugal I belive.
Nev has lost track of quite a bit of stuff over the years, this week alone I have managed to track down two misiles, a Lightning wind tunnel model and a Bede light aircraft!! and thats just the tip of the iceberg!!!!
And I worry if I cant find a spanner!
Best wishes,
Ritch Blood.
RitchandMaxAuster info
Hi Guys
Thanks for the replys, they are a great help. Rob I have sent a PM.
Best wishes,
Ritch and Max.
RitchandMaxGreat stuff from a great bloke.
Hi Rob
You do indeed have hidden talents! Leave the big stuff (Phantom’s and the like) to Martin and his big brush and roller. I have seen a great deal of work on sale at air shows that doesn’t come near your standard.
First the Viscount, now this, what does Barry put in your tea at the MAM!!! Hay, not only doesn’t Barry have a City and Guilds, I bet he can’t draw like you either!!!!!
To those who don’t actually know Rob, apart from these newly revealed and obvious talents, he is also one of the very best of the nice guys in British aircraft restoration, Keep it up Rob, and how about a small gallery in the Viscount? You could do very well.
Best wishes,
Ritch and Max.
RitchandMaxThanks.
Thanks tasse and David, we will keep our eyes open and ask around, but if anyone can point us at one sometime, we would be very gratefull.
Ritch and Max.
RitchandMaxThought it would be worth asking one more time!
Thought it would be worth asking one more time!
RitchandMaxUpdate to list
Max’s Beagle Pup Cockpit also now added.
Auster J1/N Autocrat G-AJPZ frame (Rlangham)
Auster J/1 ? frame (Ritch & Max)
Auster AOP.9 XK421 frame (Dave T)
Avro Anson C.21 anon’ cockpit (RossMcNeill)
Avro Anson GR1 EG426 – Static Project (Mark P)
Avro Lincoln B2 RF342 – Static Project (Mark P)
Avro Shackleton AEW.2 WL756 nose/cockpit (Camlobe)
Be2c Replica -airworthy restoration (The Blue Max & Low n Slow)
Beagle Pup-100 G-AXNL Cockpit (Ritch & Max)
Beechcraft D.18s G-BKRN -airworthy restoration (philipturland and Texantomcat)
BAC Lightning 53-671/ZF579 (mjr)
Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B XX889 (Buccsociety)
Boeing B-17 Cockpit section-reproduction (B-17man)
Boeing B-17 Radio room-reproduction (B-17man)
Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett Trainer A3-167 Flying Project -(Mark P)
Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett Trainer A3-85 Flying Project (Mark P)
Commonwealth CA-6 Wackett Trainer A3-156 Static Project (Mark P)
Commonwealth CA-27 Sabre, A94-983 (Pete.PS)
Consolidated B-24 Cockpit section-reproduction (B-17man)
Consolidated PBY-5A “A24-387” N68756 Static Project (Mark P)
de Havilland Chipmunk ‘pax WP927 (Dave T)
de Havilland Chipmunk ‘pax WZ869 (Dave T)
de Havilland Chipmunk ‘pax anon’ (Dave T)
de Havilland Chipmunk PAX WG419 (Texantomcat & philipturland)
de Havilland Hornet F.MK.1 nose/cockpit – repro’ (dcollins103)
de Havilland Mosquito B.IV ‘DZ313′ fuselage – repro’ (G Adlam)
de Havilland Vampire FB.5 VZ193 pod (dcollins103)
de Havilland Vampire T.11 XD599 pod (philipturland and Texantomcat)
de Havilland Vampire T.11 XE985 pod (MarkG)
de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH313 (Vampire)
de Havilland Vampire T.11 XH328 pod (Bruce)
de Havilland Vampire T.11 WZ584 (Bruce)
de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22 XG692 pod (XG692)
de Haviland Sea Vixen FAW2 XN650 nose/cockpit (HMS Vulture)
Douglas C-47A Skytrain / Dakota 111 FL517 nose/cockpit (c-47 Skytrain)
English Electric Canberra PR.7 WH773 (BexWH773)
English Electric Canberra PR.9 XH175 nose/cockpit (RossMcNeill)
English Electric Canberra T4 WT486 nose/cockpit (sniperUK/2241sq ATC)
English Electric Lightning F.1 XM144 nose/cockpit (XM172)
English Electric Lightning F.1A XM172 full airframe (XM172)
English Electric Lightning F.2 XN769 nose/cockpit (rmc)
English Electric Lightning T.5 XS420 full airframe (XM172)
English Electric Lightning T.5 XS458 full airframe (rmc)
English Electric Lightning F6 XS932 nose/cockpit (XM172)
English Electric Lightning F6 XS922 nose/cockpit (XM172)
English Electric/BAC Lightning F.3 XP706 (Scott C)
Enstrom 280C Shark G-BXEE full airframe (now with main rotors!) (iws)
Fairey Firefly cockpit project (HMS Vulture)
Folland Gnat ‘XM692’ cockpit (Dave T)
Gloster Meteor NF.14 WS807 (Buccaneer Society/Jet Age Museum)
Handley Page Halifax B Mk III cockpit reproduction (Cees Broere)
Hawker Harrier T4 anon’ nose/cockpit (XM172)
Hawker Hurricane P3554 ‘Jessamy’ (Rocketeer)
Hawker Hurricane MKII project (G Adlam)
Hawker Hunter F1 WT648 nose/cockpit (Rocketeer)
Hawker Hunter F2 WN890 nose/cockpit (Rocketeer)
Hawker Hunter F5 WN957 nose/cockpit (XG692)
Hawker Hunter F6 XG290 nose/cockpit (Rocketeer)
Hawker Hunter T7 XL591 (mjr)
Hawker Hunter FGA.78 QA12 nose/cockpit (MarkG)
Hawker Sea Hawk F1 WF145 nose/cockpit (HMS Vulture)
Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV838 nose/cockpit (wv838)
Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6 XE339 fuselage only (wv838)
Hunting Jet Provost T.3 XN549 nose/cockpit (avroxix)
Miles M-65 Mk 3A Gemini G-AKEK (galdri)
Miles Messenger M.2a G-AKIN -airworthy (texantomcat)
North American AT-6-D-1-NT Texan airworthy restoration G-TOMC (Texantomcat and philipturland)
North American F86D 51-6151 (Lindy’s Lad)
Piper PA22 Colt – airworthy. (Moggy)
VS Seafire Cockpit Project (Rocketeer)
Slingsby Grasshopper TX/1 WZ820 -airworthy (Texantomcat & philipturland)
Supermarine Spitfire IX (Stuart Gowans)
Supermarine Spitfire nose/cockpit (Rocketeer)
Supermarine Swift F7 XF113 nose/cockpit (BDAC)
Supermarine Spitfire MkVcTrop cockpit section(Qldspitty)
Supermarine Spitfire MkVcTrop Reproduction(Qldspitty)
Supermarine Spitfire MkVIII taxiing replica with a meteor engine (G Adlam).
Vickers Viscount V.708 F-BGNR (Phantom Phixer & RobMac)
RitchandMaxAuster dimension
Lindy’s Lad,
I have sent a PM.
Thanks,
Ritch Blood.
RitchandMaxAuster G-AJIF
Thanks wieeso and RamboII, the plot thickens!
RitchandMaxSea Vixen at Bruntingthorpe
Just for the record, the Sea Vixen at Bruntingthorpe is a privately owned airframe, it does have both engines still installed, but one of them is in poor condition with possible bearing problems. It has had its engines run in recent years, but has many problems to be sorted out, and is most unlikely to run in public in the future. This is not just an opinion; I am a close friend of the owner, and a member of the group that operates this airframe.
With most ex naval airframes, corrosion is the big problem for obvious reasons, but most pre 1960’s aircraft did not have the luxury of the exotic corrosion resistant metals we now take for granted. The corrosion problems on 558 are an example, and she was a very good clean airframe.
Also, remember that corrosion is not just in the airframe, engines and especially electrical equipment are also very vulnerable.
Also, 558 was a very well documented airframe, with all records intact and up to date. The CAA require proof on paper of such things as airframe hours, landing cycles, pressure cycles, engine hours, major component life histories etc, etc, the list is endless, and very few, if any old aircraft have this paperwork in place, this alone will permanently ground many.
So to be honest, I think it is unfortunately, very unlikely that we will ever see such as a Javelin fly again, Corrosion, paperwork and lack of spares not to mention funds will see to that.
RitchandMaxWhat does aircraft preservation mean to you?
What does aircraft preservation mean to you?
On a Saturday at Bruntingthorpe, it means hard work, getting freezing cold and wet, or sunburned (sometimes all in one day!). It means going home smelling of aviation fuel and Hydraulic oil, but most of all it means spending time with a bunch of the best friends a man could ever have, laughing and joking over hot cups of tea.
On a weekend in June, it means dragging my son’s cockpit and instrument panel collection to Newark, seeing and sharing all the other cockpitfesters wonderful and skilful work. Marvelling at how some even managed to get these wonderful pieces of history to the event, but the very best bit, sharing a weekend amongst friends, sitting with a can of cold beer and a bag of hot fish and chips, in the shade of the Vulcan, watching the sun go down and talking about aircraft.
On a cold winters Saturday, sitting in a portacabin at the MAM, and doing one of the BAPC volunteer courses, and seeing the look on my sons face when he got his City and Guilds certificate through the post a few weeks later, and during the breaks, wondering around with a cup of tea, talking to friends, seeing the progress being made since our last visit, and admiring there hard work and dedication.
Aircraft preservation can be almost anything you want it to be, it’s your choice, but do what feels comfortable to you, don’t think you need to be an trained engineer or ex RAF, there is always something for everyone to do, if they want to, enjoy it, and make the best friends you could possibly ever have, and help preserve the past for the future. We do.
RitchandMaxRe Another type of preservation.
Re PETER’s posting “Another type of preservation not yet mentioned is the preservation of veterans stories and personal accounts”
Earlier this year we had the privalage to help out at the 2007 “Project Propeler” event held at Bruntingthorpe, if you don’t know what this brilliant organisation does, take a look at there web site.
It has to be the single most enjoyable and humbling day I have ever spent around aircraft. At one point during the day we had opened up the Supper Guppy to give shelter from the heavy rain, I was talking to a small group of men, and I asked them each, what had they done durring the war? The first guy had flown Hurricans in the Battle of Britain, got to close to France, then shot down, made his way home again, and got shot down over France a second time and made a POW. The second guy had flown Sunderland’s, the third Lancaster’s, but the forth guy told me he felt a bit of a fraud even being there, he had flown gliders into Burma. All three of the others without hesitation pulled him up, they told him he was there hero! he did it without an engine!!
What a fantastic day, and they are always after volunteers to help at events, try it, you won’t be disopointed!!!
RitchandMaxRespect!
Hi Bruggen 130
I do respect your point of view, but unfortunatly, you have shown little respect for ours. Maybe you should try to be just a little more sensitive to other peoples hard work and dedication (and belive me, in a Bruntingthorpe wind in winter, that is real dedication!).
I belive others on this forum will have noted that you started this with your offensive remarks.
Time for bed,
Goodnight!
RitchandMaxPhil (Bruggen 130)
At least read my post through before you reply in this way, and get your facts right.
I say in my first posting, and I quote, “Second, you may well have dug deep into your own pocket to help 558, good on you, so have most of us in one way or another, but our sad little 20 second runs at open days, have helped to keep a focus on Bruntingthorpe, have brought in a wider public, who have then been made more aware of the Vulcan, simply by being at the airfield for a show”.
I will be first in line to see her fly if I possibly can, and I most certainly don’t “knock the 558 guys for trying to get a vulcan flying saying it’s a waste of money”. Indeed I count many of them amongst my friends and give support to there efforts when and where I can.
My real point is this, just because you personaly don’t belive in what we do, don’t knock us for it. You may inadvertantly do harm to the future of aircraft preservation simply by taking the wind out of the sails of the youngsters we so desperatly try to encourage.
I will also add that the Vulcan guys themselves try very hard to encurage these same youngsters, my son would have done his school work expirience at the Vulcan hangar last summer, if it hadn’t been for a problem with an insurance company, Rusty bent over backwards at the time to try and sort it out, and we thank her for that. Also, many of the visitors to the Vulcan also venture out to see the rest of the collection, Dennis can often be seen with a group around the airfield, we all try to work together when we can.
If an aircraft can fly, it should, if it can’t, but it can still make the right noises (and smoke!) and smells, it should, and when the time comes to retire them to static display, do we love them any less? NO.
Just out of interest Bruggen 130, will you still love 558 when she is either a ground runner or a static? I hope so, we will.
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