Post by viscount on Jul 13, 2013 15:20:57 GMT 1
Don't believe that I'm actually starting a daily Manchester thread! Where are all the regulars today?
Went along got the "Aviation & Transport Fair" for an hour this morning. So hot in the Concorde hangar that I purchased very little, impressive number of stalls though.
Outside 'cockpit corner' held 7 visiting nose sections, dominated by a Vulcan.
XM602, Vulcan B.2, Avro Heritage Centre
G-AGPG, Avro C.19
BAPC.309, Fairey Gannet T.2, TAC, procedural trainer
XR654, Jet Provost T.4, Mawcaws scheme
XW302, Jet Provost T.5, black scheme
---------, Sea Hawk 4, red, stock nose - reg on ejector seat, not that of the aircraft!
XS922, Lightning F.6
40088, Class 40 Preservation Society - OK, not an aircraft nose, but impressive nevertheless.
Plus the resident DC-10 nose section.
Around by the BAe.146 a HAB SS was tethered inflated. G-HLIX 'Helix Motor Oil', probably others too later in the day.
Did not pay much attention to the aircraft movements, A.380 was -EDG, so of little interest being the first one ever to visit. TAP was a A.319.
The mighty Vulcan B.2 XM602
Two Avros, constructed a decade apart, but miles apart in terms of construction and role! The nose of Avro C.19 G-AGPG in the early stages of restoration work.
A few years ago this Gannet was a full section of fuselage, now nothing like as impressive, it is transportable and accessible to the general public. Thought to be a procedural trainer cockpit for the Gannet T.2. Now allocated BAPC.309 as an identity.
Like G-AGPG, this Jet Provost T.4 cockpit section, XR654, was at the Speke Air Fair a fortnight ago.
Interesting to compare with this Jet Provost T.5 cockpit XW302 parked next to each other
This red Sea Hawk Mk.4 nose has puzzled many. It has a constructors number, but not one that fits any known completed aircraft. With a lack of drill holes around the wing fillet, is presumed to have either been built for stock, or against a cancelled order. The registration on one side of the ejector seat belongs to another aircraft!
Lightning F.6 cockpit section, XS922
Went along got the "Aviation & Transport Fair" for an hour this morning. So hot in the Concorde hangar that I purchased very little, impressive number of stalls though.
Outside 'cockpit corner' held 7 visiting nose sections, dominated by a Vulcan.
XM602, Vulcan B.2, Avro Heritage Centre
G-AGPG, Avro C.19
BAPC.309, Fairey Gannet T.2, TAC, procedural trainer
XR654, Jet Provost T.4, Mawcaws scheme
XW302, Jet Provost T.5, black scheme
---------, Sea Hawk 4, red, stock nose - reg on ejector seat, not that of the aircraft!
XS922, Lightning F.6
40088, Class 40 Preservation Society - OK, not an aircraft nose, but impressive nevertheless.
Plus the resident DC-10 nose section.
Around by the BAe.146 a HAB SS was tethered inflated. G-HLIX 'Helix Motor Oil', probably others too later in the day.
Did not pay much attention to the aircraft movements, A.380 was -EDG, so of little interest being the first one ever to visit. TAP was a A.319.
The mighty Vulcan B.2 XM602
Two Avros, constructed a decade apart, but miles apart in terms of construction and role! The nose of Avro C.19 G-AGPG in the early stages of restoration work.
A few years ago this Gannet was a full section of fuselage, now nothing like as impressive, it is transportable and accessible to the general public. Thought to be a procedural trainer cockpit for the Gannet T.2. Now allocated BAPC.309 as an identity.
Like G-AGPG, this Jet Provost T.4 cockpit section, XR654, was at the Speke Air Fair a fortnight ago.
Interesting to compare with this Jet Provost T.5 cockpit XW302 parked next to each other
This red Sea Hawk Mk.4 nose has puzzled many. It has a constructors number, but not one that fits any known completed aircraft. With a lack of drill holes around the wing fillet, is presumed to have either been built for stock, or against a cancelled order. The registration on one side of the ejector seat belongs to another aircraft!
Lightning F.6 cockpit section, XS922
