I hope I am not raining on someone's parade, but according to several local correspondents "Guppy" has NOT moved under her own power since 2003...
Several engine tests were performed last autumn prior to the closure of BASCO, but it seems no work at all was done on her after Friday the 22nd of December 2006, the day BASCO went out of business...

After this date she was parked outside in full view of any passer-by. A mechanic working on her would surely be noticed...

My information is that the aircraft performed a lengthy ground run & taxi check in December & was found to be mechanically fit.
The very best of luck to all concerned.

CL44 Guppy Departure BOH Monday 15th.
 

Still no-one comes with a source that the Guppy is denied to leave BOH on Monday.
I hope they will, nothing's better than to hear a CL44 Take-off.
And after Monay the weather will go really bad Snow Freezing etc..
Good luck Guys, go to where the summer is !

CL44 Guppy Departure BOH Monday 15th.
 

Is there any news or movement in the plans for the departure of RP-C-8023 ?
Please advice if you hear see know anything...
Peter van Leeuwen [email protected] Mobile +31 62121 3856
Many Thanks !

In a phone call this evening to two of my friends from FRA at Bournemouth, they both confirmed that they have seen the old girl very recently doing EGR's and high speed taxi runs, read into that what you will.

:)

CL44 Guppy Departure BOH Monday 15th Refused?
 

Really surprised to hear these sightings, they must have performed that in the dark since in daylight, the machine has not moved under its own power, since its storage in 2003.
Engines ran separately few times at the BASCO apron at low speed and once for 20 minutes full speed at the northern runway bay.
All "taxi" movements were done by a towing vehicle.

Wish she had...

Peter

Also interesting is that the original post from the Flying Tiger website has disappeared. It was a good job that you copied most of it in your post!

CL44 Guppy Departure BOH Monday 15th Refused?
 

Yes indeed, I think one of the CL44 insiders mentioned in the article made a mistake by telling the FTL guy these plans, I was never to be meant to appear.
He has now brought the whole operation in trouble maybe.
And why ?
If the new owners would have been more open, no-one would have posted this many rumors...

P.

If the New and previous owners had got there heads together perhaps we would have heard the sound of tynes over Hampshire. I am sure there is some polotics involved somewhere!
Nineiron. You can give us the gen? What is the latest?
I can't kepp the beer cold in the sanpit for too long!

Hey GuppyEng, do I know you ? I'm ex Brussels, and if you're who I think you are, so are you.

Hotel Orion, Blonde breakfasts, drove me to Calais when I left ???

Another prop available
 

....no its not off the Guppy, it last flew on a J model. Another complete propeller has become available. If anybody would like to own one of these magnificent props ( 16 feet accross) check for details on the Swingtail Forum on www.cl44.org A wind turbine perhaps?

Not been to the airport since Christmas is the Guppy still there or did she finally manage to get airbourne?

M.

After BASCO went out of business on the 21st of December not a lot has happened. It seems that all (repair) work on Guppy has stopped. It's been almost a month now since the last time a mechanic was spotted near her...

Local correspondents still keep an eye on her, but unfortunately there is no action to report...

As noted on several forums the Guppy has moved away from the BASCO hangar, this photographer on Airliners.Net,http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1178909/L/ states that the aircraft has been grounded by the airport authority & the CAA. Does anyone know whether or not this is actually the case?

RE: Guppy No-Flight
 

She has been grounded, however there is a rumour floating around that she is awaiting a CAA Check prior to becoming airborn.
With all rumours, don't believe everything you hear! And dont shoot the messenger!

CL44 Guppy
 

There is a persistant rumor the Guppy will be scrapped at BOH soon..
Do not forget that all people working on the Guppy are 'under a info-ban' issued by the new owner.
If you see the enormous work undertaken in the last months, this is the replacement of all skin under the engine and gear cowlings and the purchase of no less then 8 spare Tyne 515 engines and refitting some of those...
It would be a real waste of money and time for the new owner.
Or all must have been a set-up to acquire the Guppy for nothing form its former owner - ALG - and now let it be scrapped as an result of CAA policy.
We'll see..I will be over in mid March if she's still around.
Please let all rumors and FACTS out on this page.

ALG free supply of CL44 Guppy
 

Fahard Azema ain't gonna let anyone have it for free or cheap

2+2=5
 

Recent postings ('Swingtail') bear no resemblance to anything approaching the real situation at Bournemouth and such offerings only tend to annoy those who will recognise that the process of such an undertaking is complex and involved.
Members of the CL44 Association will be getting the latest update by mail in due course but nothing will be posted on the website.
Membership is open to anyone of course - but it should be noted that 'Swingtail' is not a member.
This is of course a rumour network, not a news forum. What folk don't know they tend to make up.

2+2 now=6
 

mm....your (now edited) posting proved my point. Sorry, its not my CL44 Group, I just spent many hours with a CL44 strapped to my back and appreciate an organisation that keeps me in touch with the old days.
As for free speech, another assumption "Do not forget that all people working on the Guppy are 'under a info-ban' issued by the new owner." Where did that come from? The owner is quite entitled to do what he likes with his own aeroplane. The Guppy was in very great danger of being lost, he bought it, you didn't.

Well said Nineiron.
Please keep us to date with the facts and not all this fiction.