XB261
I have fond memories of clambering over XB261 when she was at Southend Historic Aircraft Museum.
She was ex A&AEE & probably had a harder life at the hands of the little oiks who used to spend many an hour pretending to be pilots in her. Seems amazing now that we had full access to the top deck, via the ladder. What would H&S say now?
When she finally met her end, one of her engines was, after it's removal with the aid of an oxy-acetelene torch & gravity, bought by a mechanic friend of mine as a 'rebuild to display condition, with cut-aways to show the internal workings'. When I asked him, why on earth he was taking on this slightly in-depth process, his reply was "Well, when you rebuild drag-racing engines for a living, you need a bit of a challenge, now & then to keep you interested"
RIP 261
Last edited by Scoggy; 10th Jun 2007 at 14:14.
Reason: Bad at posting pictures.