SAL Bulldog XX549
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In that case he won both: heres a ref to him winning the Kings in 88
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£19K+ for the respray/refurbish..... I wish!
Mine will cost twice that. So that leads to an interesting question. Now that most Bulldogs are getting rather elderly (bit like some of their owners) and requiring/deserving a full rebuild costing upwards of £30K, I wonder what a mint Bulldog will sell for.
That of course depends much on the FI, so I wonder when DHSL will come up with the spar mod?
Mine will cost twice that. So that leads to an interesting question. Now that most Bulldogs are getting rather elderly (bit like some of their owners) and requiring/deserving a full rebuild costing upwards of £30K, I wonder what a mint Bulldog will sell for.
That of course depends much on the FI, so I wonder when DHSL will come up with the spar mod?
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I suppose it depends on if you do a lot of it yourself. Most of the price will be labour.
True, but unlike motor cars, I suspect that the main bulk of cost in restoring a Bulldog is parts. If you can get them! I have just managed to get a genuine windscreen (just the Perspex) and paid £850. I count myself lucky in finding one. That amount would have paid for 20 hrs labour.
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Bulldog
What a plane ,I worked at SAL and was in charge of flight line and flew on many, hopefully this one, the company plane was G Gasl I think???
Chasing rabbits over the hills was great fun with John Blair and Len Houston.
Chasing rabbits over the hills was great fun with John Blair and Len Houston.
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XX549 'Old Faithful'
I had the fortune to be allocated XX549 for my entire tour at MASUAS from Sep1976 - Apr1980 and proud to have my name painted on her engine cowling. 549 was said to be not as fast as 614,615,616 & 617 and as Rod Newman has said, was used extensively as the photo ship for the four consecutively numbered machines during some excellent formation shots of the Lakes. Each machine had its own quirks, on 549 you could never close the canopy in the air, unless the speed was reduced considerably below the 120Kt limit, nearer to 110 kts from memory, Just grateful to hear that she is still going strong and maybe pay a visit to W-W. She never missed a beat, hence my reference to old faithful
Thank you for looking after this grand old lady.
Thank you for looking after this grand old lady.
