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#4507101 - 02/11/20 06:49 PM Anybody fancy a free jet?  
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#4507102 - 02/11/20 06:54 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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Shame! That's history. They should do everything they can to maintain it and keep it maintained.


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#4507104 - 02/11/20 07:02 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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How would something like that be transported if/when someone agrees to take it? Perhaps putting the plane on a massive flatbed trailer towed by an 18 wheeler?


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#4507105 - 02/11/20 07:06 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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Like this except the Space Shuttle was a bit bigger than a Victor https://www.space.com/18052-space-shuttle-endeavour-toyota-truck-tow.html


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#4507108 - 02/11/20 07:11 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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The interior has been completely gutted out of it and there was a fair bit of damage done to it during it's last transport.

A friend that has an aircraft museum made enquiries about it but it would cost too much for them to get it to their museum, above is what he said about it today.


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#4507109 - 02/11/20 07:14 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
How would something like that be transported if/when someone agrees to take it? Perhaps putting the plane on a massive flatbed trailer towed by an 18 wheeler?

When they got their Vulcan bomber they flew it in, they did the same thing with their F4 Phantom, but that would need stripped down and transported on a few semi trailers.


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#4507110 - 02/11/20 07:14 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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How do they scrap it? Cut it up right there at the gate and then load the pieces into dump trucks?


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#4507111 - 02/11/20 07:21 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
How do they scrap it? Cut it up right there at the gate and then load the pieces into dump trucks?

That's one way, some are transported to military firing ranges and used as targets, some are used for fire training, in fact a lot are used like that. Our local airport at Wick got a Fairy Gannet to use as for fire training, I got to climb in it and look around it before they set it on fire and by the time they were finished with it there was maybe enough of it left to fill the trunk of a car, now they have a big steel structure that they have been using for about 15 years.


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#4507112 - 02/11/20 07:30 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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When I was on an week long camp at an RAF base with the ATC we got to tour the facilities, including the fire dump. One of the service firemen pulled a circular lump of metal from the ashes - Canberra cockpit window, he said. This was back in the 80's.

That Victor looks like a rocket ship. I've always loved the way it looks.

#4507114 - 02/11/20 07:54 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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I have never seen that plane before, pretty cool looking for sure



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#4507115 - 02/11/20 08:06 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: Alicatt]  
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Originally Posted by Alicatt
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How do they scrap it? Cut it up right there at the gate and then load the pieces into dump trucks?

That's one way, some are transported to military firing ranges and used as targets, some are used for fire training, in fact a lot are used like that. Our local airport at Wick got a Fairy Gannet to use as for fire training, I got to climb in it and look around it before they set it on fire and by the time they were finished with it there was maybe enough of it left to fill the trunk of a car, now they have a big steel structure that they have been using for about 15 years.


If they go with the transport option, they can transport it to whoever wants it. That's half of the solution solved.


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#4507117 - 02/11/20 08:12 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: David Kennard]  
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Originally Posted by David Kennard
I have never seen that plane before, pretty cool looking for sure

It had one flight after that... Opps!


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#4507118 - 02/11/20 08:17 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: NoFlyBoy]  
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Originally Posted by NoFlyBoy
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How do they scrap it? Cut it up right there at the gate and then load the pieces into dump trucks?

That's one way, some are transported to military firing ranges and used as targets, some are used for fire training, in fact a lot are used like that. Our local airport at Wick got a Fairy Gannet to use as for fire training, I got to climb in it and look around it before they set it on fire and by the time they were finished with it there was maybe enough of it left to fill the trunk of a car, now they have a big steel structure that they have been using for about 15 years.


If they go with the transport option, they can transport it to whoever wants it. That's half of the solution solved.

My friend said it would cost too much to transport it to their museum, they only have a little one in the north of England, I try and visit at least once a year, my friend was a work colleague but I knew him from before I joined the company.

http://www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk/


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#4507120 - 02/11/20 08:24 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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As a kid, I used to watch Victors, Valiants, and Vulcans, plus Lightnings flying on a regular basis.
They were a common sight in the 60's...

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#4507121 - 02/11/20 08:29 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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Now that's a bomber. 35 one thousand pounders. Wow.

#4507123 - 02/11/20 08:55 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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I like the Vulcan,but the Victor I love. Just on looks alone its the most awesome bit of kit.


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#4507127 - 02/11/20 09:26 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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The V bombers - Vulcan, Victor & Valiant:



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#4507140 - 02/11/20 10:58 PM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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I've often wondered how long gate guardians will last. Out there in the weather 24/7 for so long.


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#4507163 - 02/12/20 10:29 AM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: Ajay]  
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Originally Posted by Ajay
I've often wondered how long gate guardians will last. Out there in the weather 24/7 for so long.


In the UK, many have been rescued, restored and replaced with fibreglass replicas. Particularly the smaller aircraft which were more feasible to move on our confined roads.

Originally Posted by Chucky
I like the Vulcan,but the Victor I love. Just on looks alone its the most awesome bit of kit.


Do you remember the Gloster Javelin Gate Guardian at Perdiswell, Chucky? I recall seeing it there when I moved to the area in 1977. Wonder what happened to that.



#4507166 - 02/12/20 11:25 AM Re: Anybody fancy a free jet? [Re: RedToo]  
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I remember the very first time I saw a Vulcan on film and being very impressed by its design. It was in the Bond film "Thunderball".


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