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NutLoose
25th May 2010, 13:13
Or rather Tornado ZE728 is to be scrapped, melted down and end it's life cast as a giant bell......... Go figure!

JournalLive - News - Today's News - Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell (http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/05/24/former-raf-fighter-plane-to-be-turned-into-a-giant-bell-61634-26505507/)

News (http://www.locusplus.org.uk/news.html)

Finally a Tornado that may look and sound sweet. :p

According to Great North Run Culture, the Tornado artwork will be “a metaphor for the possibilities and understanding of change.” Jon Bewley said there would be a lot of educational projects attached to the making and unveiling of the bell.
“We would like to find the pilots who flew the plane and to offer the last pilot to fly it the first strike of the bell,” he said.
A2QFI
25th May 2010, 13:39
A Bell made out of aluminium, even with some titanium mixed (if there is any in an F3) is going to sound bl**dy awful. The first strike on it needs to be by a GR4 to trash it IMO!
TEEEJ
25th May 2010, 16:52
Can anyone assist Hank with ZE728s history?

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/416119-history-tornado-f3-ze728.html

TJ
Lima Juliet
25th May 2010, 20:55
TJ - reply sent.

I have to also say that I'm unsure whether the bell will sound good - my bicycle bell is made from aluminium!!!

LJ
TEEEJ
26th May 2010, 09:25
Thanks, LJ. :ok:

Cheers

TJ
Double Zero
26th May 2010, 12:00
Leon,

Are you sure your bike bell is alloy ?!

As for the Tornado, if one's going to recast it as anything in the name of art & tokens etc, wouldn't a 'ploughshare' be better ?
Back in the Barrel
26th May 2010, 15:25
Apparently ZE728's flying characterisitcs are about to improve markedly........
Lima Juliet
26th May 2010, 18:27
Yup it's alloy and it gives out a pathetic "ping"

Here's the one I bought Halfords Black Alloy Bike Bell from Halfords Price £2.00 (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_178219_langI d_-1_categoryId_210161)
Riskman
26th May 2010, 18:42
A Bell made out of aluminium, even with some titanium mixed (if there is any in an F3) is going to sound bl**dy awful. The first strike on it needs to be by a GR4 to trash it IMO!

There's about 400kg of titanium in the wingbox.

R
ASRAAM
26th May 2010, 19:55
I would be amazed if any of the titanium got to the scrapyard, probably worth more than the rest of the jet put together!
Riskman
26th May 2010, 21:30
Asraam, you're right.

I seem to remember that the the wingbox was the only thing of any value in the GR1Bs and Batch 1 GR1s that got scrapped in 2002-ish. ISTR £80k a throw at scrap prices.

R