Sure it wasn’t 69-0363?

Found this photo of it at right time / location?

http://sharpshooter-maj.com/html/deploy82.htm (Scroll down a bit)

or this:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA—Air/McDonnell-Douglas-RF-4C/0833330/M/

😮 I’m admitting defeat on this one…. thanks for the correction about that Google reference pic – I’ve checked OS and yep this hangar view was there alright…..

Got to say I was rather hooked on finding out where the main query pic was taken – this amateur detective stuff is far more interesting than I thought…. 😀

😀 Beat me to it…… lol

I found this link:

http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/and.html which has a photo whilst the hangars were under construction but looks very likely given the subsequent history of the place?

I still stand by what I said in my first response – and am genuinely surprised that Key themselves haven’t pulled this thread given the potential libel nature of the comments made by Mr Hellman.
When you have the likes of Tim Manna having to respond to the implications, you know that those that really matter are sitting up and taking notice of the potential damage this could cause.

I have my doubts about the integrity of Mr Hellman (alias of someone with a lot more info than they’re letting on) – and I wholeheartedly back Tim’s comments in the latest reply sent.

Instead of blathering on and on about it on a public forum – why don’t you try contacting the officials themselves to get the official reply you are so keen on hearing?

Sorry to sound so harsh, but you register and start posting on here and rub fellow forum members up the wrong way from the word go???? Not the best way to get answers on here I’m afraid…. :mad::mad:

I hope it does survive….. it might have had unusual mods but still makes an interesting adaptation for show. Unless someone is really keen on restoring it back to FGA 9 standard…. which won’t be easy judging from this recent picture found on the web:

http://airfields.fotopic.net/p60339223.html 😮

Back in the ’60s I, as a member of a team from 71MU, was sent to make a number of Meteors ‘unuseable’ before the scrap merchants moved in.

Just out of curiosity – what did you have to do to them to make them unuseable? I’m sure there’ll be some of us cringe when we find out how they ended their useful lives, but it’s happened a long time ago….

…………. anyway, back to the Spitfire.

I watched it on iPlayer last night, and was impressed. James May is one of those presenters that, when he’s on his own – is quite fascinating to watch. You can tell he really is interested in the subject, and portrays it in an intelligent way. Having watched some of his previous series, I can’t wait to see what he does in future episodes. When they ‘rolled out’ that Spit, it was a fascinating reaction from James (lump in throat / overwhelmed) which probably echoes his previous teaching career when you feel proud of your students when you see their end result. That was the subtle satisfaction that you’ve managed to show these kids that it was the taking part that mattered, producing something they could be proud of. It could have been anything, the result was the important thing. How cool is this going to be for them to be able to show everyone ‘their’ Spitfire at Cosford…?
Wish I’d had the same opportunity as a kid (well even now…. :rolleyes:)

This is the sort of programming that the BBC is just brilliant at.