Oops! I see the post has been edited. Well done that man! Lesson there for us all then : brain in gear before opening mouth and inserting Fuel c0ck – chain driven or not. 😮

is it stll available?!!

If you PM me pagen01, I’ll send you the contact details for the owner.;)

Wonder why her prop was removed and dumped in front of her?

….or the cockpits’ glazing smashed, or the wheel doors removed,or the aileron linkages severed? Don’t think the owner had anything to do with any of this : as I indicated, there’s no security round the aircraft, any opportunist scrappy and his mate could have a go at removing the prop with a sledgehammer and a crowbar or two. Pity the sods weren’t pinned to the deck under it in the attempt. 😡

This is Gannet T.5. XG882 but is as you will probably know, a composite of XA463 and XG889, formerly gate guard at Lossiemouth (771/LM). These shots were taken some years ago at Errol airfield, located between Dundee and Perth. The airfield is host to fairly large ‘boot sales’ and stalls weekends and whilst viewing the aircraft in its unsecure and uncovered location was a source of great pleasure to such as me and no doubt would be to you,my fellow forumites, there is the element who derive their jollies by wanton vandalism and destruction. I haven’t seen it of late, I must admit, but as you can see it was in much better condition then , albeit with some weathering of paint on the spinners, and I would not be in a hurry to see it again in its present state. 😡

This could rumble on and on Bager1968…. but if you look closely at the Panther shot you could be forgiven for thinking the bats had been accentuated and drawn over rather crudely to make them stand out in the photo…there seems to be something not quite right…..probably a pencil…no Photoshop back then…:confused:

[QUOTE=Bager1968;1572268]To further what Imsbtn said in post #7 above…

RN flag (bat) frame = square

USN flag (paddles) frame = round.

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….If the bats in my earlier post photo (#4) (Korean Panther recovery).. are round , then one of us should have gone to ‘Specs*vers’…;)

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Meanwhile, cannot some fund be started to try to replace it? What better place to kick that off than here?

What a good idea…wish I’d thought of that! Oh hang on a minute…I believe I did.

Never mind, I’m obviously on the outer fringes of this forum clique ..I’ll get my coat…for the last time. Feel free to carry on with your lynch-mob sentiments…I still believe in upholding the law, such as it is….:(

A few more here

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/crwhitton/Strathallan#

Good to see these other shots Robert : that’s the true value of these archived photos, of aircraft that have been disposed of, or have otherwise gone, perhaps forever, but these snapshots in time will live on. All credit to you for your forward thinking, back then. Regards, Brian S.