Originally Posted by
Whopity
Another Blue Sqn flight project to clean and polish it, 1975 I think. It was transported across the airfield from the black hangar on a hovercraft. There was part of a Valiant in that hangar and I believe a Comet.
The Comet left Henlow to become RAF Lyneham's gate guardian and now only its nose section survives at Old Sarum. The RAFM also stored their ex South African Lockheed Ventura there before moving it up to Cosford. I followed the Ventura through Arlesey on its way from the A1 to Henlow making me a few minutes late for work at RAFSEE.