There is a video of 575 at the last scramble at finningley in 1981. its on a video called finningley finale. I have it but havent got means of transferring it.

Yet another Andy here. but the only offical Andy of the meteor team… well as you have seen we have made quite a bit of progress since the lady got a roof over her head. Yes we do have a lot of fun and to be honest long may it continue. Bad news is that belly tank didnt fit my Meriva….. oooh ******!!!

Just a couple from a couple of weeks ago.

as you can see a lot of the corrosion from the undersides of the wing has been sorted.
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As we were sorting out the rear engine bay panels you can see how corroded the screws were. but with the magic spray we managed to get the screws out after almost 30 years + oof being in there.

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Graham got the screws on the top of the fairing. as im not that good on a ladder…
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After lunch we had a look at our new gantry (we hope) of course Graham had to try out his fidel Castro impression.
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Slim pickens you have yourself some competition. !!!!!!
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]252007[/ATTACH] of course she looks better at night.

Hi I hope you all have had a good Christmas.

Well one of our Christmas presents came on christmas eve thanks to M A P Photograhy in lincoln. As you may know we have been trying to find out what the nose art was on her when she was part of 1 ANS and was given a nick name of “Dixey” which we have now found out is a cartoon cat much like topcat with a terry thomas style mustache. Will post some pics tomorrow.

Just like to wish all of you a very happy and peaceful New Year and thank you all for your support. We have come a long way in a year and next year is going to be exciting i hope.

Think I best keep off that stuff. Still got green paint on my hand.

Today the coldest place in the uk was Sennybridge at -9 brrr and here is a couple of pics of our trip up there
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This is the team minus me.. well i couldnt be in two places at once…

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We did mention it was a little shot up. When i showed a pic to one of my ex army friends he said.. ” oh that big hole in the tank… i did that” Im still his friend nonetheless just a little more cautious …

Shes been done up again since i last saw her. and now has 27sqn on both sides now. however she looks even better at night…[ATTACH=CONFIG]233929[/ATTACH]

Yes certainly in the Malta area. They think they have located the wreckage of the Sea Gladiator, Charity. and the Blenheim will be raised too i am led to believe too.

Just got home after an epic couple of days with the Victor team.. Took loads of photos but i am a little tired to put loads on here but here is a couple for you.

IMG_4523 by A D Abbott, on Flickr

victor 1 by A D Abbott, on Flickr

and a nimrod one

IMG_4469 by A D Abbott, on Flickr