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Kiltrash 26th Nov 2022 19:03

What have you seen in an unusual place??
 
On from "What have you seen on your computer" may I offer a thread of aircraft seen in an unusual place
My offering is in a back garden just to the north of Waterbeech station as seen from a train Cambridge to Kings Lynn today.
Further research suggests it's a Rallye G-AZKC but I'm sure Treadigraph can correct if needed
No picture as we whizzed past but the MK1 eyeball didn't let me down...

treadigraph 26th Nov 2022 20:37


Originally Posted by Kiltrash (Post 11337822)
On from "What have you seen on your computer" may I offer a thread of aircraft seen in an unusual place
My offering is in a back garden just to the north of Waterbeech station as seen from a train Cambridge to Kings Lynn today.
Further research suggests it's a Rallye G-AZKC but I'm sure Treadigraph can correct if needed
No picture as we whizzed past but the MK1 eyeball didn't let me down...

Funnily enough, Kilty, I mentioned that very airframe in early October - I didn't quite get the reg, but I was on a train from Norwich to Cambridge via Thetford - definitely a Rallye and ZKC would fit the bill!

In a similar vein, there used to be a Pressurised Navajo fuselage on a farm visible from a lane near Biggin Hill - I used to stop there for a breather when cycling home the long way from work. It was gone shortly after this street view image was taken in 2008.

Hartington 26th Nov 2022 20:57

Around the time of the Nigerian civil war a Constellation arrived at Gatwick. Nothing unusual in that but it had two different registrations on the fuselage. It was using a third registration on the radio. I've always assumed it was an arms runner but I never managed to prove anything.
Then there is a 747 on top of a swimming pool which is used as the "launch point" for waterslide tubes. It's next to the Evergreen Museum in Oregon that houses the Spruce Goose. Wings and waves

treadigraph 27th Nov 2022 06:42

Hartington, that would likely be one of Hank Wharton's Connies, if memory serves they were "Mauritanian registered" and at least one carried a lashed up Nigerian registration I think. He was quite a character and had a colourful career post Biafra.

goldox 27th Nov 2022 10:15

Well documented location is the top of the Vanguard Storage warehouse next to the A40 in West London.
The exhibits change every so often and include a Spitfire, Hunter, Scout, Santa in his sleigh (!) etc.....
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a1b2734b8f.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....21edcb53f8.jpg
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....61018d3593.png

SpringHeeledJack 27th Nov 2022 18:39

Where are the rotating exhibits kept when not on the roof of Vanguard Self-Storage ??


wub 27th Nov 2022 21:01

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...-make-11164448

tdracer 27th Nov 2022 22:15

Waterpark in McMinnville, Oregon.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....582bbeaab6.jpg

treadigraph 28th Nov 2022 08:28

There used to be a Hunter in Woking town centre, removed fairly recently for safety reasons! Being restored by the Hawker Association at Dunsfold.

Some in the NE UK a school has a Shorts 330 fuselage they use a classroom!

Ohrly 28th Nov 2022 09:24

A scrap metal company has a F-104 on top of some containers visible from the E17 between Ghent and Antwerp.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f0cdfab53c.jpg

treadigraph 28th Nov 2022 10:49

Oh yeah, there used to be a graffiti covered Lightning in a scrapyard next to the A1 near Newark.

Airbanda 28th Nov 2022 11:38

There's a Jaguar at a Delta Force paint ball immediately east of the M6 in the Birmingham/Coventry area. Less visible than it was but still there.

goldox 28th Nov 2022 11:57


Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack (Post 11338291)
Where are the rotating exhibits kept when not on the roof of Vanguard Self-Storage ??

A very good question! Being a storage facility, perhaps on-site?
No clue on their website.
What Have We Had on Our Roof Over the Years? - Vanguard Self Storage (vanguardstorage.co.uk)

chevvron 28th Nov 2022 13:48

I've driven past the Lightning north of Grantham several times; what a sad sight.
Used to be a Gannet in Cirencester visible in the back garden of a house backing onto the bypass.(1991)

bobward 28th Nov 2022 14:50

There a DC 3 outside a McDonalds in Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Quite a rare one too I believe

Gargleblaster 28th Nov 2022 15:36

Dunno if this counts:
https://guidetoiceland.imgix.net/752...hp-3.3.0&w=883

wub 28th Nov 2022 18:09

There is an HS-125 nose section in a garden in Winchburgh, West Lothian.

uxb99 28th Nov 2022 20:34


Originally Posted by treadigraph (Post 11338508)
There used to be a Hunter in Woking town centre, removed fairly recently for safety reasons! Being restored by the Hawker Association at Dunsfold.

Some in the NE UK a school has a Shorts 330 fuselage they use a classroom!

There was also a Buccaneer on the bar in the Planets pub in Woking quite a few years ago now.
Sadly, when I visited to take a picture, they had already chopped it up ;-(

uxb99 28th Nov 2022 20:36

As an aside who remembers the Me110 joystick acting as the door handle to the Battle of Britain pub in Kent?
When the pub was demolished, it presumably went into a skip.

jensdad 29th Nov 2022 00:31


Originally Posted by treadigraph (Post 11338508)
Some in the NE UK a school has a Shorts 330 fuselage they use a classroom!

A school in Nottingham has a Shorts 360 in use as a classroom. Is that the one you're thinking of?


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