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  • in reply to: Woodford demolition. #883303
    skudupnorth
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    The old hangers taken on Saturday. I had heard they were being moved off site to a buyer in Yorkshire,lets hope they stay.
    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Avro%20hanger1_zpsssjkv1kv.jpg

    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Avro%20hanger2_zps7i2witfz.jpg

    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Avro%20hanger3_zpskodyatod.jpg

    in reply to: Woodford demolition. #883323
    skudupnorth
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    Latest photo’s from Saturday
    East gate
    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Woodford%20east%20gate%20070315%20174_zpskajrahzk.jpg
    What is left of the finals hanger
    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Woodford%20finals%20070315%20170_zpszcd9kdte.jpg
    Runway and flight sheds
    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Woodford%20tarmac%20070315%20052_zpstzffzwa3.jpg

    in reply to: Woodford demolition. #883325
    skudupnorth
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    Sad to say but most of the finals shed and the front offices are now gone and the runway is being ripped up and shredded. I have been going over every weekend taking photo’s of the sad demise of the airfield and its buildings.
    The flights sheds on the far side where the Nimrods were scrapped are still intact but they are due for demolition as well.

    in reply to: 8000th 737 #494637
    skudupnorth
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    Hope you don’t mind me adding these photo’s taken at Ringway back in the 80’s when this milestone 737 arrived

    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/Boings737th737OrionAirwaysManchesterairport001.jpg

    http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q273/skudupnorth/004.jpg

    in reply to: Boeing 787-9 Starts International Tour #502364
    skudupnorth
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    What other airports is it visiting ?

    in reply to: Manchester 19th May 2013 #511704
    skudupnorth
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    Just been shown a piccy of a 787 at Ringway :eagerness: Pity i am without car and looking after the kids :apologetic:

    in reply to: Manchester 19th May 2013 #511712
    skudupnorth
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    Give us a clue :eagerness:

    in reply to: Burial at sea of an Avenger gunner in his aircraft #996718
    skudupnorth
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    Was it a common thing to bury crew in the aircraft the died in ? Was the aircraft beyond repair ?
    Very sad and unusual film,thanks for sharing

    in reply to: JMC at LBA? #532202
    skudupnorth
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    My better half worked for them at the Manchester hanger in the maitenance library and she enjoyed them as an employer.She still has a few trinkets they gave away such as mugs,badges,pictures ect

    in reply to: C-130 Hercules cockpit section for sale #1053929
    skudupnorth
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    What are they doing with the Hercs being chopped at Bruntingthorpe ? Are they saving any big chunks off them ?

    in reply to: Ark Royal to be scrapped. #2012296
    skudupnorth
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    I thought she had already been turned into tin cans ! So she lives……sort of !

    in reply to: XH558 comes home ! #1059158
    skudupnorth
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    Wish i had not bothered posting now 🙁
    Lets hope we get a proper chance to see her at Woodford with maybe a last chance show before the new owners dig the runway up and we will lose a piece of aviation history and the NW’s last decent airshow ground where the aircraft actually LAND ! Seaside shows are all well and good,but nowhere near a good as seeing stuff take off and land like the rest of the country seems to enjoy 😡

    in reply to: XH558 comes home ! #1059754
    skudupnorth
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    It’s a shame some people did not see her at Woodford,we only found out the night before and even then it was not a confirmed flyby,just rumours via Facebook.
    It’s been a long time coming for her to return home and i am glad i saw her there because future plans for the site will make it impossible for such flypasts when it is full of houses !
    I hope there is a proper event to celebrate both Woodford and Avro aircraft built there before it is too late and the bulldozers come in a rip that hallowed runway up.
    If it’s any consolation,she only did two quiet flypasts,no powered,noisy affairs like she has done at many airshows this year, but at least my four daughters got to see something my Grandad and their Great Grandad was involved with many years ago.

    in reply to: Avro 698 Vulcan 60th #1071854
    skudupnorth
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    Exactly, I even wondered if I had the date wrong!

    At the very least I would think that XH558 would have done a fly through at Woodford, and even Scampton, Coningsby, Cottesmore, and Waddington.
    After all, isn’t that one of the reasons it flys, to commemorate the engineering skills that created it, and the service use of the type?

    Sadly the only rumble we had over Manchester yesterday was thunder followed by lots of rain !

    in reply to: Avro 698 Vulcan 60th #1071876
    skudupnorth
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    Its a real shame nothing has been mentioned or any event to celerbrate the first flight.
    Is there no planned flights from XH558 for the occasion ?
    Happy Birthday Vulcan !!!

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