Bruntingthorpe Super Guppy has been moved to the scrapping pan to be cut up
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Bruntingthorpe Super Guppy has been moved to the scrapping pan to be cut up
Sad and so much for no plans to scrap anything, worse is the way those that looked after it have been treated.
https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-...d-brunty-guppy
https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-...d-brunty-guppy
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That's a great shame.
I recall gazing at her in wonder as she passed westwards over Purley in the mid 1970s. Presume she was going to Filton. Also either she or her sister ship F-BPPA doing a low pass at a Hatfield open day some years later...
I recall gazing at her in wonder as she passed westwards over Purley in the mid 1970s. Presume she was going to Filton. Also either she or her sister ship F-BPPA doing a low pass at a Hatfield open day some years later...
Those beasts are part of my adolescence and the reason why I never got to Oxbridge. They used to grumble over my school on finals into Ringway causing me to forever gawp out of the window instead of applying myself to educational achievements.
The fate of the Guppy was pretty much this from the day Cox issued their notice letters, as will be the fate of the Vicky Tens and all the Tristars as well before too long, as they won't be flying out either.
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Krystal. I was constructed in Stockport beneath the approach to 24, Guppys were an almost every day occurrence. I was fascinated that these beasts were a direct descendant of Enola Gay.
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Another interesting feature was the control cables quick disconnect / re-connect performed by the F/E....lets just say there was no faffing around with turnbuckles and wire locking.
I would have thought that the idea of letting a F/E loose on turnbuckles during a turnround would strike fear into the heart of any pilot.
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I blame the late John Farley and his Dunsfold colleagues for distracting me during maths and French. Though to be fair, the view of the girl's netball/tennis courts were also a distraction during maths when the senior girls were playing...
Good to hear - thanks. Recent events must point towards a move elsewhere though.
Yes, and sadly not good.
https://navywings.org.uk/sea-vixen-update-5/
I quite understand the reasoning, and it's pretty difficult to argue with but personally I think it's a shame.
It was the last big (ish), loud, fast, all-British jet still flying and had some serious display presence.
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https://navywings.org.uk/sea-vixen-update-5/
I quite understand the reasoning, and it's pretty difficult to argue with but personally I think it's a shame.
It was the last big (ish), loud, fast, all-British jet still flying and had some serious display presence.
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You are just biased...
I guess in retrospect it was poignant to have both the Sea Vixen and the Vulcan overfly Shoreham in the wake of the Hunter accident - last time I saw either fly.
I guess in retrospect it was poignant to have both the Sea Vixen and the Vulcan overfly Shoreham in the wake of the Hunter accident - last time I saw either fly.