Tornado Giant Bell End......... ZE728 pilot wanted
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Tornado Giant Bell End......... ZE728 pilot wanted
Or rather Tornado ZE728 is to be scrapped, melted down and end it's life cast as a giant bell......... Go figure!
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell
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Finally a Tornado that may look and sound sweet.
According to Great North Run Culture, the Tornado artwork will be “a metaphor for the possibilities and understanding of change.” Jon Bewley said there would be a lot of educational projects attached to the making and unveiling of the bell.
“We would like to find the pilots who flew the plane and to offer the last pilot to fly it the first strike of the bell,” he said.
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell
News
Finally a Tornado that may look and sound sweet.
According to Great North Run Culture, the Tornado artwork will be “a metaphor for the possibilities and understanding of change.” Jon Bewley said there would be a lot of educational projects attached to the making and unveiling of the bell.
“We would like to find the pilots who flew the plane and to offer the last pilot to fly it the first strike of the bell,” he said.
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A Bell made out of aluminium, even with some titanium mixed (if there is any in an F3) is going to sound bl**dy awful. The first strike on it needs to be by a GR4 to trash it IMO!
Can anyone assist Hank with ZE728s history?
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...-f3-ze728.html
TJ
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...-f3-ze728.html
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Leon,
Are you sure your bike bell is alloy ?!
As for the Tornado, if one's going to recast it as anything in the name of art & tokens etc, wouldn't a 'ploughshare' be better ?
Are you sure your bike bell is alloy ?!
As for the Tornado, if one's going to recast it as anything in the name of art & tokens etc, wouldn't a 'ploughshare' be better ?
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A Bell made out of aluminium, even with some titanium mixed (if there is any in an F3) is going to sound bl**dy awful. The first strike on it needs to be by a GR4 to trash it IMO!
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Asraam, you're right.
I seem to remember that the the wingbox was the only thing of any value in the GR1Bs and Batch 1 GR1s that got scrapped in 2002-ish. ISTR £80k a throw at scrap prices.
R
I seem to remember that the the wingbox was the only thing of any value in the GR1Bs and Batch 1 GR1s that got scrapped in 2002-ish. ISTR £80k a throw at scrap prices.
R
