A better class of scrapyard

[eggnog the flippant]

Found this on another forum. The original is dated 1935 somewhere near Doncaster on the York road - A19?

[treadigraph]

Blackburn T3 Velos G-AAAZ, "scrapped in 1932" apparently.

[ShyTorque]

Deregistered in Dec 1933, having been operated at Brough. Details via the CAA’s G-INFO website.

[treadigraph]

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]

Reminds me of the lone Lightning that sat near the A1 somewhere near Newark, gradually losing bits over the years

[VictorGolf]

And was eventually rescued for restoration to static standards. Not heard anything recently.

[CAEBr]

Originally Posted by VictorGolf

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]

Not much scrap metal to be had there, a bit of wood for the yard office fire.

[chevvron]

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]

Nothing wrong with South Cerney that graduating didn't fix. (Dec'64 to Apr '65)

[Fargo Boyle]

Originally Posted by CAEBr

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)

[Blue_Circle]

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.