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Old 22nd Aug 2019, 13:35
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feroxeng
 
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I've tracked the info I was looking for which appeared in 'Ulster Commentary' for October 1970, a non-aeronautical publication. It shows a view from above of what I believe is the unidentified Eglinton aircraft, in much the condition I saw it in the 1960s. Wings, engine, cockpit are all there in place, but the fuselage behind the cockpit is generally missing except for the tailwheel. No fin or tailplane. The article shows a Ballykelly Wessex lifting the engine on behalf of a military group of RAF/RN/Army personnnel called the Ballykelly Historic Aircraft Society, allegedly on behalf of the RAF Museum at Hendon (for a naval aircraft??). I'm pretty sure the UAS and Ernie Cromie haven't got this engine - I suggest it's been junked. The wings/centre-section apparently still visible would seem to be this aircraft. What happened to the Ballykelly one JT693?
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