Lucky so and sos!
You ought to have a museum update thread on here (apologies if you have!) so that interested parties can see if you have any events like this coming up, I’m sure some would pay to see and hear a Buccaneer S.1 running!:)

well perhaps we can tag it on here. with all the engineering work we do, its hard to find time to maintain such a thread, but well try between Pete and myself. That is one very lucky bunch of apprentices, I can tell you. 923 is almost triple any of their ages. The run wasnt public Pagen, it was specifically for the Branson apprentice’s turbine course.

.GAMs role for the education and training for these youngsters is really important. Many of the guys had seen a jet run, but this was a real treat for them, to see something with no computers or fancy digital control, and understand how it works at a basic level. There’s no substitute for this sort of thing. They certainly asked a lot of questions about the engineering behind the S1, a pleasure to have them around..

oh stop it you three, you’ll makes us all blush. (yes foul mouthed engineers do blush sometimes):rolleyes:

Yes, a couple of them will most likely be public runs, it will all depend on funds being available to cover off the days. Avgas is hugely expensive, and its getting more and more difficult to sustain such runs, without putting the entry prices up. If you ask £15-20 for such events, people complain because an air show ticket might only be £5 more, but the reality is, it costs that much to cover it. She shack costs about £500 for a 10 minute run, and we have to cover that cost off, plus insurance. So long as we get around 50-70 odd people at the runs we can. Without appearing to be a doom monger, All I would say about all of these such runs, jets and props alike, is: when you see them advertised on this forum, go and see them while you can, because 3-4 years from now, there will be very few runs happening anywhere. almost none of the groups bar one or two, make any profit from these runs, infact barely cover the operating costs. With fuel, insurance, and consumable prices rocketing each year, such public runs are becoming exceptionally difficult.

it appears there is no movement Peter. 🙁 . A familliar story I’m afraid blue_2. what are you playing with?:)

Nash, post a picture of the ones youre talking about, presumably the top cowling catches? we’re in the process of replacing all of em on 982. i dont know how many we have , so no promises. but if they are the same ones, and we have enough we might be able to spare some..

binbrook74 on this forum used to own it, im sure he can tell you plenty

no1 engine hydraulic pump access panel. portside.