Milloms Aircraft

[groundhugger]

Whats happening to Milloms Aircraft , where have they gone to , and especially the Canberra PR7 ex Salmsbury gate guardian , will it ever be reconstructed !
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[Cityflyer]

The nose section of G-OPFW has moved to Aeroventure @ Doncaster and the Jet Provost XW383 has moved to Dumfries,.

On a personal note I didn't see either of these aircraft @ Millom

[thepaperplane]

F-4J(UK) Phantom cockpit section 153783/ZE352 has returned to Hooton Park, as has Meteor WK914 (marked as WF714).

The Rediffusion Phantom sim has moved to Hooton Park and is on (for now) internal display.

Prospector cockpit section G-ARDG is still at Millom and is awaiting and interested party to make an offer of purchase. Likewise, the K88 airship gondola remains and the ex-James Bond blimp gondola (sorry, don't know the serial) are still there too.

Not sure about the Swift WK198 fuselage, Balliol and Firefly cockpit sections. The owner is due to recover them (if she hasn't already) so they will be safe.

Two-seat Lightning nose has gone to Kirkham, Fylde area with a (new/proposed) museum there. and the EoN Olympia 2B is probably still hanging up in the rafters. I think the owners are aware and it will be returning to them.

FA-330, once owned by The Aeroplane Collection has gone to a new owner in Barcelona. The ex-Samlesbury gate guard Canberra lies in badly hacked chunks on the grass at Millom. The cockpit will probably be saved but the rest is too far gone for any hope of restoration.

The Whirlwind hulk may be saved but is very badly corroded. The Vampire cockpit and full airframe as well as the JP(3, I think) are still there, I believe, and await buyers.

One of the two J41's (PLAH) has had its nose removed for a sim project and the rest will probably go for scrap. The other one still rests on the grass. The Shorts 360 is due to be rescued by Retro Aviation in the next month or so.

I will be visiting the site again in approximately a fortnight and will check up on the latest situation there when I go.

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Thepaperplane

Thanks for the update on Millom, I did not realise the prospector G-ARDG or part of it was at this location, I thought it was at Redhill. I'd be interested to know if it is still there when you visit again.

Happy Days

Bob

[Cityflyer]

Nov 14, 2010 22:40:54 GMT 1 thepaperplane said:

I will be visiting the site again in approximately a fortnight and will check up on the latest situation there when I go.

Do you where G-PLAH has gonr to for the Simulator conversion? Also is there any chance of you taking some updated images & posting them to the forum??


Many thanks

Cityflyer

[thepaperplane]

Yes, will do.

thepaperplane

[groundhugger]

www.doddrescue.co.uk/forsale.html

The Solicitors [Dodds] overseeing the sale of Items that are owned or unclaimed have published an Initial catalogue of Items , It is not an Auction but they will sell at the best price they can get according to the brochure ,

[thepaperplane]

I visited the Millom Museum, Devonshire Rd site today and noted the following airframes:

Inside building:
Vampire pod XD425
Vampire pod and booms XK637 (wings outside in the long grass)
Prospector cockpit G-ARDG
JP nose XN597

Couldn't see the Swift, Balliol or Firefly sections but was told they were still there.

Outside:
Canberra WT537 still as it was (with engines)
G-PLAH - nose has been cut off and the rest is in the process of going for scrap.
HS 748 "Old Ben" on back of lorry with the top stoved in and going for scrap.
Whirlwind XM660 - imminently going for scrap.
K88 gondola - still where it was and awaiting a buyer.

Second Jetstream (sorry, don't know the serial) as it was sitting on the grass.

Scrappy was successful in his e-Bay bid to obtain the 748, J31 and Whirlwind and these will soon be in his yard. If you wish to go and obtain anything from them the yard is, literally, round the corner from the museum. Better be quick though.

I have some photos and will try and post them tomorrow.

tpp