Fournier Boy…
Like Mark Ray above, I am a less frequent visitor at the MAM these days due to circumstance. But over the years since 1994 when I joined, I never met Brian at all, but I do recall the Typhoon bits on display before being removed to wherever they are now? Sorry I can’t be of any useful help
DC6 Diner is G-SIXC, which incidentally is also facing extinction as the Diner closed down and the airframe is unlikely to survive too…
The Museum simply don’t have the land space for another large aircraft such as this I’m afraid.
I’m having exactly the same problem as Keith… Only started a few days ago as I recall? No matter whether I am logged in or not, and cookies deleted…. It’s a hinderance for sure.
Had to attend myself yesterday – felt obliged as I started there in 1994 😉
The exhibition itself proved to be a very emotional journey for me as a volunteer…. seeing the selection of old faces of people who have either sadly passed away or simply moved on to other things. Fascinating stuff indeed being just one of the many people who give their free time to make the Museum what it is today 🙂 Seeing hitherto unseen photos of myself just illustrated how the years have passed by un-noticed – I had a full head of hair when I started there…lol
I can recommend a visit to see this special exhibition – it’s a feature of the life and times behind a museum which was wonderful to see.
Could this not be the rear turret fairing “doors” as in the Whitley instead? It does look similar to the example at Coventry’s Midland Air Museum from what I can see?
I remember that DC-2 that flew over to the UK in 1998 along with the Constellation if I recall correctly? NC39165 is painted up to represent “PH-AJU” in Royal Dutch Airlines markings (the original being lost in an accident). That’s the one Archer refers to at Lelystad.
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Seat carts can be obtained elsewhere and shouldn’t be an issue….
Flying a Hunter without ‘live’ seats is not really an option as a high performance jet. The escape envelope means bailing out manually is the last option. The CAA insisted that jets like this and the Sea Vixen etc had ‘live’ seats as a result.
Jep Provost and similar lower performance aircraft can be escaped from easier….
I can’t say for certain though – it’s just come up as the closest match so far….. what puzzled me was the more rounded front upper corners in your shots Alan. You say it’s on a farm in Worcestershire – I appreciate the owner might not want it known too much, or they might be unaware that it has the potential to be a rarity too?
I wonder if there are other body conversions of a similar kind for six wheelers as the vehicle type seems to match at least?
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