Llanbedr (North Wales)
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I have just heard a rumour that all the Jindiviks have now been scrapped - does anyone know if this is true?? I haven't seen any tenders etc for this come through but was hoping to see if there was the opportunity to preserve more than the coupe that are around the UK at the moment.
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Flew out of Caernarfon last week and my instructor said he'd heard thet the Llanbedr runways were being blown up as we flew. Something to do with having to return it to the local landowners as it was before the construction took place. Seems a typically daft Ministry/Service approach.
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Hi Shropshire Lad,
Regarding the Jindiviks, all the remaining Mk.800's where scrapped on site during early December
except for ZJ493 which performed the last flight from Llanbedr & is going on display at Cosford.
Approx. 17 Mk.900's (Most have never flown) are stored at RAF Stafford, to be "disposed" of by Liquidity services inc. one other Mk.900 has been donated to Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum
A total of 7747 Jindivik launches took place from Llanbedr during their 45 year partnership.
All the above info was taken from the Aircraft Illustrated magazine article previously mentioned.
Ozplane, thats typical of the ministry, what a shock the next Hawk Jockey's gunna get when he has a flame out around the mountains & then turns finals over Barmouth for a glide approach to 36
why not leave it there, it'd save someones life in the next ten years, I'd stake my own on that !
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Regarding the Jindiviks, all the remaining Mk.800's where scrapped on site during early December
except for ZJ493 which performed the last flight from Llanbedr & is going on display at Cosford.Approx. 17 Mk.900's (Most have never flown) are stored at RAF Stafford, to be "disposed" of by Liquidity services inc. one other Mk.900 has been donated to Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum
A total of 7747 Jindivik launches took place from Llanbedr during their 45 year partnership.
All the above info was taken from the Aircraft Illustrated magazine article previously mentioned.
Ozplane, thats typical of the ministry, what a shock the next Hawk Jockey's gunna get when he has a flame out around the mountains & then turns finals over Barmouth for a glide approach to 36
why not leave it there, it'd save someones life in the next ten years, I'd stake my own on that !Neg
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Hi Negative 'G'
Thanks for the info - Since posting I have subsequently heard there were some "Health & Safety isssues" surrounding the Jindiviks leading to the scrapping - though why that should apply to all but ZJ493 is beyond me! Still looking to preserve one though and have somewhere to keep it so will see what happens with the Mk900s!
A real shame if the runways are being broken up as that was a great airfield.
Cheers
SL
Thanks for the info - Since posting I have subsequently heard there were some "Health & Safety isssues" surrounding the Jindiviks leading to the scrapping - though why that should apply to all but ZJ493 is beyond me! Still looking to preserve one though and have somewhere to keep it so will see what happens with the Mk900s!
A real shame if the runways are being broken up as that was a great airfield.
Cheers
SL
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Will no doubt shed a tear next time I pass through Llanbedr. Will find it very hard not to stop at THAT lay-by, and a walk in the sand dunes just wont be the same without being buzzed by Canberras and Hawks...
Oh well...
On another note, what will become of the village? How many people were employed by the facility?
Oh well...
On another note, what will become of the village? How many people were employed by the facility?
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Anyone know if the Government/MoD neddies have/had a grand plan for the future? Or if the site is privately owned, is it therefore out of their hands? Hope there was a great deal of consideration before demolishing the runway? Negative 'G' - nice point; myself and a couple other ex-Valley Hunter glider mates were thankful for that piece of real estate. Ah well, time to move on I guess.
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Some of you will be pleased to know that the cockpit section of Canberra WH734 (mentioned up-thread) has been exported to New Zealand. Currently it's still in the port there but it will eventually be displayed by the Ashburton Aviation Museum as part tribute to and representative of the RNZAF Canberra Squadrons during Confrontation.
Although it's good to see at least part of this historic Canberra being preserved it would have been more fitting in my opinion to have had it refitted with a refuelling probe on top of the nose and been displayed at a museum in the UK along with its interesting history.
Although it's good to see at least part of this historic Canberra being preserved it would have been more fitting in my opinion to have had it refitted with a refuelling probe on top of the nose and been displayed at a museum in the UK along with its interesting history.
