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... |
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... 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. |
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 |
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.
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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 |
Where are the rotating exhibits kept when not on the roof of Vanguard Self-Storage ??
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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! |
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 |
Oh yeah, there used to be a graffiti covered Lightning in a scrapyard next to the A1 near Newark.
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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.
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Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack
(Post 11338291)
Where are the rotating exhibits kept when not on the roof of Vanguard Self-Storage ??
No clue on their website. What Have We Had on Our Roof Over the Years? - Vanguard Self Storage (vanguardstorage.co.uk) |
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) |
There a DC 3 outside a McDonalds in Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Quite a rare one too I believe
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Dunno if this counts:
https://guidetoiceland.imgix.net/752...hp-3.3.0&w=883 |
There is an HS-125 nose section in a garden in Winchburgh, West Lothian.
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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! Sadly, when I visited to take a picture, they had already chopped it up ;-( |
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. |
Originally Posted by treadigraph
(Post 11338508)
Some in the NE UK a school has a Shorts 330 fuselage they use a classroom!
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