Originally Posted by Anna E-J
incedentaly the sea vixen in question xn657 according to the demobbed website now resides in Lavendon Bucks 10 miles from our house, its owned by a private collector so once again if you have a contact number or know who owns it please let us know, maybe the owner will let our boys clamber all over it whilst we take some photos
As 'airborne' has mentioned, it's not XN657 at Lavendon. The Vixen cockpit there is XN651.
Pretty sure XN657 or bits of it no longer exist. XN657 was in fact the lead conversion and test aircraft for the D.3 target drone conversion back in 1974.
Agree, the two Vixens at the DH Museum would be a best bet to go and see close up. I can send a PM request via another forum to one of the curators there and ask if they would open one up etc, if you would like.
There is another Vixen being worked on back to a potential 'live' but not flying state at Bruntingthorpe, along with a 'live' Buccaneer in RN colours, which isn't too far from you and may be worth a visit.