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This has been lying against the side of a farm building right outside the entrance to the Museum Of Flight at East Fortune for at least 12-15 years, does anyone out there know what type of aircraft it's from? -
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6941/61277701.jpg (http://img208.imageshack.us/i/61277701.jpg/)
Comet ? Looks about the right size, the wheels "Look" British as opposed to US manufacture , but I stand to be corrected.
Lightning Mate
27th Dec 2010, 08:38
Almost certainly a Comet.
Background Noise
27th Dec 2010, 08:54
Isn't there a Comet at the Museum? Looks pretty similar:
File:Comet landing gear.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3AComet_landing_gear.jpg)
Noyade
27th Dec 2010, 09:41
Schematic of the Comet...I've given up trying to figure out if it's port or starboard.
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1695/comet.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/i/comet.jpg/)
RadarArchive
27th Dec 2010, 11:12
It is indeed a damaged Comet 4C undercarriage leg.
Sandy Hutton
27th Dec 2010, 12:21
And my Tuppence is on it being ex XK655 from Strathallan.
Edit:- That figures because XK655 broke the Stbd side landing at Strathallan. :ok:
Nimman
27th Dec 2010, 16:22
The schematic is a port leg and the farmyard picture a stbd leg.
Comet it is then, thanks all :ok: