Canberra PR9 leaseback?
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Canberra PR9 leaseback?
I was told last night by an "aircraft enthusiast" (spotter) that the MoD has leased back two Canberra PR9 aircraft from the new civil owners.
Any truth to this ? or is it just spotter BS ?
Any truth to this ? or is it just spotter BS ?
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H Peacock
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Yeh, I can beleive that and wouldn't doubt it for a minute.
Mr Peacock, I liked your comment 'suggest that someone in the RAF/MOD has made a BIG mistake in letting them go!!!' Nothing new there then??
Seen it all before - remember the VC-10 cargo door (I think) MOD fool said 'Oh we won't need any of them, sell them for scrap' and we did, for pennies. And then a rag head drives his mule-powered cart into guess what? yep, a VC-10 cargo door! Cost of buying back from scrap man? £££millions.
BEagle will have all the full facts, but thats the gist of it.
Yes, I can see another monumental MOD foul up coming to the fore!!
Kind regards
TSM
Yeh, I can beleive that and wouldn't doubt it for a minute.
Mr Peacock, I liked your comment 'suggest that someone in the RAF/MOD has made a BIG mistake in letting them go!!!' Nothing new there then??
Seen it all before - remember the VC-10 cargo door (I think) MOD fool said 'Oh we won't need any of them, sell them for scrap' and we did, for pennies. And then a rag head drives his mule-powered cart into guess what? yep, a VC-10 cargo door! Cost of buying back from scrap man? £££millions.
BEagle will have all the full facts, but thats the gist of it.
Yes, I can see another monumental MOD foul up coming to the fore!!
Kind regards
TSM
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Or the Shackleton tail from the Manchester Museum of S&T?
This was a 'free' exchange. Except of course for T&S for the engineering party who had to take our u/s tail wheel assmbly down, remove the one in the museum, replace it and then reinstall.
Talk about 'robbing'. Robbing the dead even.
This was a 'free' exchange. Except of course for T&S for the engineering party who had to take our u/s tail wheel assmbly down, remove the one in the museum, replace it and then reinstall.
Talk about 'robbing'. Robbing the dead even.
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I heard, from a source more reliable than a spotter, that it was just the aircraft that went to Switzerland because it was at a higher mod state, or had more airframe hours available, or something.
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Sure he wasn't getting confused with the two Hunters being leased for MoD/RN work at Hurn?
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I believe that we are in the process of buying Hercules K Mk 1 wings from a scrap dealer in Delaware who bought the complete frames from Lockheed who accepted them as trade in from - guess who? - for Js.
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Vulcan spares were obtained from the abandoned Vulcan at RAF Finningley in 1983.
I doubt if a SEngO would know what to look for, maybe the lowly techies could have a look!
Originally Posted by MaxReheat
Crikes, at this rate SEngos will be checking over Gate Guards to see if they can be returned to service.
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Remember a PR7 being u/s for weeks and each morning the tale of woe became more protracted. After an eternity OC Eng triumphantly announced at prayers that Eng Wing had found a solution to the problem. They had robbed a spare off the static at Duxford. Wow to be in a modern air force that needed a museum to bale it out of trouble!!!
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And even more recently, the VC10s at Cosford and Brooklands would be missing a panel for a while!
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The tale I heard was that one Canberra was likely to be used for an unfinished requirement for Ordnance Survey.
As for the Hunters, one of the pair is now flying in glorious RAF markings and camouflage, and from a distance (from where you can't see the company lettering and the Swiss mods) it looks like a flashback to the 1980's - ahhh!
Anyway, the concept of disposing of RAF aircraft and leasing them back is hardly new - remember those dear old Belfasts... Speaking of which, one aircraft is getting close to flying again down at Southend.
Some aircraft might die but they sure won't lay down without a fight!
As for the Hunters, one of the pair is now flying in glorious RAF markings and camouflage, and from a distance (from where you can't see the company lettering and the Swiss mods) it looks like a flashback to the 1980's - ahhh!
Anyway, the concept of disposing of RAF aircraft and leasing them back is hardly new - remember those dear old Belfasts... Speaking of which, one aircraft is getting close to flying again down at Southend.
Some aircraft might die but they sure won't lay down without a fight!
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At least one professional organization still understands the value of the Canberra - even if they did have to rename and renumber it.
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/crave.html
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/environment/crave.html
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