Kinloss Gate Guard
 

Just curious as to why Kinloss is one of the few stations not to have a gate guard?

Is there a reason for this or is it just the RAF/Goverment being lazy/cheap?

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Not alot of room at the front gate unless you move the road to the Mess back a bit and put it there. Any suggestions as to what it might be? A Kipper Bomber, obviously, but is there anything else that would be appropriate?

Well there's loads of room on the left as your heading to the Sgts Mess! Just the PTI's would have to find somewhere else to do press ups and boot runs :}

Surely we could convert one of the old rods?? If not "aquire" the Comet at Lyneham? :ok:

Just an idea..

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Agreed, good point, but something there would not be as visible to the public as something by the main gate?

Yea I see your point, it just seems a shame thats all.

It does rather cry out for something. What have we got lurking in a hanger somewhere that can be given pride of place?

What's to become of WL795 once St Mawgan goes the way of so many stations?

Is she still 'Crown Property'?

Can she be looked after by the CAS in her present state, once she is 'outside the wire'?

The CAS have done a wonderful job with her, but would she be better off staying on an active 'Kipper Fleet' station?

CircK - funny, is was thinking that the 11000 flying rivets might be a good gaurd.

What would be the cost involved in moving WL795 up from St Mawgan, and when did Shackletons last fly from Kinloss......??

In the next few years the MR2 fleet is due to fold, and not all of the airframes are due to become MRA4s, surely the logical thing is just to use an 'outgoing' MR2 as a gate guard rather than scrap it?????

How about XV235?;)

What did they do with the 5 MR2s which were cut 4 or 5 years ago? Did they send the best frames to MRA4 or the worst to the scrap man? From 46 original aircraft there are only 15 left, it seems the best airframes got chopped up (AEW3), I hope they learned the lesson and didn't take the best for MRA4, especially if they were being completely rebuilt.

http://www.targetlock.org.uk/nimrod/production.html

Oh, BTW I agree it would be nice to see a gate guard at Kinloss.

"Agreed, good point, but something there would not be as visible to the public as something by the main gate?"

Leeming's Javelin is not exactly visible from the main gate though is it?

But more visible than nothing at all :ok:

MadMark!!! :mad:

True, but Leeming doesn't have a busy public highway running past the main gate (yes I know, but the A1 isn't exactly outside the gate and Gatenby Lane doesn't get alot of traffic!).

Even long disused airfields are getting them these days - I do like the Vampire at Grove, swooping over the roundabout (wonder how many prangs are caused by people looking at it and not where they are going?!).

Er, the RAF's largest base doesn't have a Gate Guardian either....

I'm sure I know which Stn you mean, however, I believe it is not the largest Stn in the RAF. I reckon the largest Stn in the RAF has 2 Gateguards! :p

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Are there any plans to put the Vickers Funbus as gate guard at Brize? :ok:

Surely a fitting place for an iconic piece of British engineering, rather than being chopped up at St Athan. :(

Have you seen the rather sad gate guard at Benson? A plastic PR Spit with distinct anhedral of the tail plane.

Now if they had a station commander who cared, they would have had it down and hidden even if they could not have repaired it.

Passed by ISK an hour ago - 2 gate guards - one checking passes and one with a loaded gun - do we need another?:8

Did either of them go 'Woof!'?