We had a talk last year at RAeS Birmingham Wolverhampton & Cosford from Sqn Ldr Art Stacey, Retd, who I believe now runs the Goldfish club. He is of course a member as a result of the Nimrod Moray Firth incident. I would imagine he could be helpful if you can track him down. Excellent talk, by the way.

I think somebody has one in a (non-modern) Morgan 3-wheeler.

I think there was also a conversion in the late 1960’s/early 70’s that used Darts. I’m relying on a memory of a photo in a mag nearly 50 years ago, and can’t remember if it was a prototype or actually made it to service. And to get my pedant’s award, wasn’t the early conversion BEA not BOAC?

As an aside, I once flew Air Atlantique from Coventry into RIAT on a DC3. Highly enjoyable, you could see what was going on below. And it wasn’t slow at all. One of the 2CVs that passed only managed it going downhill. Mind you, it would have been a better flight if gin and tonics had been served on the return.

HP81 – I think you have accidentally posted a still from “Trainspotting” in the last picture.

I hope it isn’t bad etiquette to praise the Heritage Centre on this forum? I visited today and found it a fascinating place, full of stories, fascinating exhibits, XM603 which looks stunning after being brought back from the brink, and XM602’s cockpit which is a magical (if scary) place to sit. G-AGPG is lovely too, another back from the brink, or in her case, beyond it. The team running it are without exception knowledgable and welcoming. I don’t know how the conversion from fire station to museum was done, it seems like a new building. Thank you Avro heritage team.

Although it’s a PR piece, I found this quote interesting. 21st century technology to solve a restoration problem.

http://www.renishaw.com/en/additive-manufacturing-revives-hawker-typhoon-aircraft–39772

During September 1993 I was on a motoring holiday in Eastern Europe when a MiG 21 came into view, apparently in the middle of the road. I asked my friend if she minded if we stopped and the reply was “Oh wow, yes please” at which point I realised she was the woman of my dreams. Anyway, it turned out to be a private museum near Presov in Eastern Slovakia which had numerous MiGs and Sukhois, and a few Tatra cars and lorries, plus a load more stuff. It had been closed to the public for health and safety reasons as far as we could gather from the man behind the fence. I suspect the whole area met the smelter within a year or so.

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