I am pretty sure I saw this at Hendon about 15-20 years ago. This was before the mezzanie gallery closed. Very much overlooked in the corner was a cabinet that cointained this and the 1930’s South Africa air race trophy/replica? There were also various medals from the era including from the Schnieder trophy. I thought at the time that it should not be hiding in the corner.
Reports elsewhere that the Guppy is sadly no more as from yesterday.
Rob
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I would just love to see a 2021 airshow! The new Microsoft flight sim is amazing, but you need a decient PC. i have a I7-2600, GTX1650 graphics card , SSD, and 16gb RAM and it runs well on that.
It is very sad as it is unique in the UK, and has strong UK links. Trouble is all aircraft of this size kept for many years in the open will end up as pots and pans in years to come unless they go inside. With Bruntingthorpe changing it sadly shows that nowhere is safe and once you move an aircraft of this size somewhere it is staying there.
Some of that is schocking. Neptune I can understand as it had a short lived RAF career and the example at Cosford is not relevant to the RAF (same as the catalina). The Meteor fits perfectly at Cosford, as does Avro 707C WZ744, strange one. The P1052 I assume is at Yeovilton and will be a straight transfer to the FAAM? The Jetstream is a puzzle, a 100% RAF type with a longish service. Vimy is also crazy, although a replica it is 50+ years old and should be back at Hendon. Perhaps the lunatics has finally taken over the RAFM?
Your aircraft ID looks right, it is not G-ABCI as there is a Photo in A.J. Jacksons British civil aircraft book. What is the connection with the photo? Any idea who the people are and where it might have been taken. That might help tracing it through the previous registered owners? BOJ was owned by owners in Coventry and Birmingham.
Yes terminal 1 at Heathrow, many happy memories.
100% Blackbushe. There were several filmed there in the 50’s but I am not aware of this one.
Must have been somebody high up pet project that was allowed to run beyond control. Were they not going to heavily mod the aircraft including a glass cockpit? maybe if they had just rebuilt it to original spec they would have been more sucessful?
I had a similar question for modeling purposes as I wanted to do a model of the first aircraft to land at one of my local airports in July 1942. I came to the conclusion that many aircraft were still in the half and half yellow/ camo but the majourity had been repained to all camoflarge upper surfaces. I guess this was done at majour servicing? There are exceptions and there were even some in all yellow by the end of the war. I have seen a photo of BB666 in hastily applied civil marks and although it is B&W it is probably all yellow.
Being realistic that would see the Victor, Comet, 747, Nimrod, Shackleton, VC10 and Guppy scrapped. They are just not easily/at all to be moved by road. The Buccs’, Lightings, and canberra are more likely to be able to be moved with the others, but where?? St Athan seems to be building a good collection but how many more could they take? Crazy thing is there is so much room at Brunty that the aircraft probably only take up 10% of the room. Ok close the runway and park cars on it but don’t close the place to aircraft completely.
Photos online of the ‘super hangar’ with panels missing from one end, not good.
There was lots of talk when it was last moved that the airframe was not in great condition and may not take another move? The RAFM should be stepping in here IMHO. Oh for the days when the RAF used to dismantle aircraft like this as an exercise before the bean counters stepped in. Personally gutted is it does turn into tin cans as I have not seen it yet and it was part of this summers coming tour of ‘up north’!
Beverley and Hunter going to auction. I don’t think this will end well, but hope I am very wrong.