View Full Version : A better class of scrapyard
eggnog the flippant
14th Dec 2022, 11:05
Found this on another forum. The original is dated 1935 somewhere near Doncaster on the York road - A19?
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x500/image_700aee6d34b60bf199dc5b8ea7d3047d09f3f23c.png
treadigraph
14th Dec 2022, 11:51
Blackburn T3 Velos G-AAAZ, "scrapped in 1932" apparently.
ShyTorque
14th Dec 2022, 20:18
Deregistered in Dec 1933, having been operated at Brough. Details via the CAA’s G-INFO website.
treadigraph
14th Dec 2022, 20:53
Unearthed A J Jackson's British Civil Aircraft Vol 1 - sister ship G-AAAY was scrapped at Bentley which is indeed on the A19 just north of Doncaster.
kenparry
15th Dec 2022, 14:09
Reminds me of the lone Lightning that sat near the A1 somewhere near Newark, gradually losing bits over the years
VictorGolf
15th Dec 2022, 14:22
And was eventually rescued for restoration to static standards. Not heard anything recently.
CAEBr
15th Dec 2022, 14:50
And was eventually rescued for restoration to static standards. Not heard anything recently.I believe it is only the cockpit section that is being restored.
N707ZS
15th Dec 2022, 15:41
Not much scrap metal to be had there, a bit of wood for the yard office fire.
chevvron
15th Dec 2022, 18:30
Driving round the Cirencester ring road back in '91, there was a Gannet in somebodies back garden!
(Yes I know it's weird to visit Cirencester but I was taking cadets to a gliding course at Little Rissington and we were billeted at South Cerney.)
Herod
15th Dec 2022, 20:40
Nothing wrong with South Cerney that graduating didn't fix. ;) (Dec'64 to Apr '65)
Fargo Boyle
16th Dec 2022, 00:20
I believe it is only the cockpit section that is being restored.
It's been finished, looks very nice Thunder & Lightnings - English Electric Lightning - Survivor XN728 (8546M) (thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk) (https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/survivor.php?id=65)
Blue_Circle
16th Dec 2022, 11:19
I wonder if this is the early days of what used to be Parker's scrap yard at Toll Bar on the A19, just north of Bentley. I don't recall ever seeing any aircraft there but back in the 90s it was a regular source of parts for several of our cars. It used to be good for obscure bits, and it was at a time when you were still encouraged to go foraging for yourself.