De Havilland Comet C2 "Sagittarius" XK699
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Lyneham Comet Gate Guard being chopped up
Just seen a FB post saying the guys are on site chopping it up, and the FB poster "believes that the cockpit is to be saved"
AH&N thread here - http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...e-comet-3.html
Mods, please merge when spent
AH&N thread here - http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...e-comet-3.html
Mods, please merge when spent
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I shall not convey this information to the OH, a former Adj of No 216 from Comet days, as she might utter an uncharacteristic expletive.
For myself, I'll just say
For myself, I'll just say
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<whimper> <sniffle> ... and posted on the other thread.
I scraped all the old paint off it with some really horrible stripping stuff when I was holding at Lyneham at the end of 1986. Slightly sad that it was all for nothing!
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I saw the post on FB so I decied to drive past the gate this evening. Although it was dark it still appeared to be stood on its undercarriage. I will have look in the morning on the way home when it is daylight.
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I would chip in with the question "Is nothing sacred?"... But, sadly, I already know the answer to that one. Still, look at all the money that's being saved by 'closing' Lyneham....
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Indeed. Money "we" can now happily add to the £11,000,000,000 we dole out in
Foreign Aid together with the £50,000,000 per day (work it out per annum)
that "we" hand over to the "EU". More money "we" can donate to India to help its Mission to Mars.
Truly, the ----ing lunatics have taken over the asylum.
Foreign Aid together with the £50,000,000 per day (work it out per annum)
that "we" hand over to the "EU". More money "we" can donate to India to help its Mission to Mars.
Truly, the ----ing lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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Ken,
I could be wrong (it is 51 years since I was a Halton Brat), but I believe that there is still a Mk 2 (and a Mk 1) residing on the airfield at Halton.
I could be wrong (it is 51 years since I was a Halton Brat), but I believe that there is still a Mk 2 (and a Mk 1) residing on the airfield at Halton.
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Warning: entering 'spotter's corner'.
No Comets left at Halton it would seem, for a list of surviving ac in the UK:
http://http://www.ukairfields.org.uk/comet.html
The C2 at the De Havilland museum is a cockpit section used as a 4C simulator so the Lyneham one is the last C2 though there is a 1XB at Cosford which is probably why they don't want it. Seems a shame, & why don't they want a gate guardian for the Defence Training College?
Oh, I forgot, it will be 'brown-job' - led, so they'll probably have a tank or something to reflect the many years of aviation heritage of the site. I guess they can't wait to wipe out any trace of the 'Hundred year experiment'.
No Comets left at Halton it would seem, for a list of surviving ac in the UK:
http://http://www.ukairfields.org.uk/comet.html
The C2 at the De Havilland museum is a cockpit section used as a 4C simulator so the Lyneham one is the last C2 though there is a 1XB at Cosford which is probably why they don't want it. Seems a shame, & why don't they want a gate guardian for the Defence Training College?
Oh, I forgot, it will be 'brown-job' - led, so they'll probably have a tank or something to reflect the many years of aviation heritage of the site. I guess they can't wait to wipe out any trace of the 'Hundred year experiment'.
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So, a summary of rumours, due to the last post being deleted
She'll be chopped up next week (Tues 12th Nov '13), the "front fuselage" will go to Old Sarum Museum, and the rest will be scrapped.
More from me tonight. I'm being asked to put a few people in touch with each other. The "Comet Reunion Group" have all sorts of memorabilia including Aircraft Publications and Logbooks. As well as an active membership.
She'll be chopped up next week (Tues 12th Nov '13), the "front fuselage" will go to Old Sarum Museum, and the rest will be scrapped.
More from me tonight. I'm being asked to put a few people in touch with each other. The "Comet Reunion Group" have all sorts of memorabilia including Aircraft Publications and Logbooks. As well as an active membership.
