bootneck Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I took a drive down to Yeovilton today, to get some data on the buildings for a dio I'm doing, and saw a Harrier being moved towards the FAAM. I didn't have my camera with me so I had to use my mobile phone. It took a few goes, moving the aircraft in and back out before it finally went in! Mike Back out again! Mike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Excellent...a safe haven for one of our legendary aircraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Great pics! I thought getting our sofa in the house was tricky at the weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin101 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 LOL, only just fitted through the door!! I was helping, but at the Cobham Hall side! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) I bet there where a few choice words between the moving crew when it was discovered in was going to be a tight fit. Left a bit, right a bit, stop!. lets try again. Glad to see at last, the aircraft gets a future home. Shaun. Edited February 20, 2012 by Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 The hangar doorway was wide enough... but someone seems to have built a couple of staircases, one to the front left and the other to the right of the entrance! It is a much better set up than the early days! - check out this image of 1976 before the Concorde hangar was built. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Pah... well Dave Morris is so narked at me for pestering him to look in the cockpit, the t** wont even reply now Shame, as mines coming along nicely... Edited February 20, 2012 by Dave T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 If anyone wants full size copies (2560 x 1920, 1.64Mb each image) of any of these then send me a pm with your email addy and I'll send them to you. Mike I'm just that kinda guy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Great pics, right place right time, i visited yeovilton when i was a boy, concorde was outside the, it was persisting down with rain, concorde pidled on my head, happy memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lufbramatt Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Glad to see it hasn't been repainted and still sports all the different colour panels Think the gift shop is going to be selling a hell of a lot more Airfix GR9 kits now as this is one of the schemes in the kit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Glad to see it hasn't been repainted and still sports all the different colour panels And will be staying that way as well. Part of me wishes that it had NSW markings, it must grate on some FAA people to see an aircraft in RAF markings in the Museum, but I can understand why they wanted that airframe and why it will stay that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Nice pictures, thanks for sharing. And they come at a perfect time for me as I just bought the Airfix GR.9 3 days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Morgan Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 wish my phone took pics as good as that! my kid brother worked on harriers right up until their retirement (now transferred to tyhpoons), hes got some cracking photo's of them in the hanger @ coningsby, shame he wont let me put them online! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Incredibly sad sight, but I suppose we should think ourselves lucky we're going to be keeping two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikman42 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Nice pictures couldn't help but notice that the No Step footprint markings all had the red X barr the LERX which had the white X? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 I have spent a little while replacing the lost PB images in my posts on this thread, just in case anyone wants these close views for detail. If you see any other posts of mine which have lost PB images, then let me know which they are and I'll try to fix them. cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Good to see this aircraft finally on display at the FAA Museum, don't know what took them so long? 5 x GR9s remain in the UK. 3 preserved at the IWM , RAF and FAA museums, and 2 retained by the MOD for training purposes at Withering and Gosport respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Stealthman said: Good to see this aircraft finally on display at the FAA Museum, don't know what took them so long? It was over six years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) On 6/23/2018 at 4:54 PM, Stealthman said: Good to see this aircraft finally on display at the FAA Museum, don't know what took them so long? 5 x GR9s remain in the UK. 3 preserved at the IWM , RAF and FAA museums, and 2 retained by the MOD for training purposes at Withering and Gosport respectively. There are only actually four - the three you mention at the FAA, IWM and RAF museums respectively (ZD433, ZD461 and ZG477) plus ZD465 at Cosford which is the ex-Gosport / Wittering bird. The numbers don't look as bad when you throw GR.7's into the mix - ZD318 and ZD469 reside at Wittering, not forgetting ZD462 at Malmesbury and ZG509 on a long term stay with Everett Aero. There's also ZG478, or what's left of it's burnt out fuselage at Sproughton - but I guess it is still a GR.9 Cheers, WV908 Edited June 26, 2018 by WV908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 2/20/2012 at 3:25 PM, bootneck said: check out this image of 1976 before the Concorde hangar was built. Sadly been to many museums like this over the years Including the USAF Museum. Thats changed thank the heavens. But that Sea Vixen colorscheme in this photo has my attention ? Half white/DSG on the uppers is interesting ? Whats the background on the plane ? Was it a prototype? Special one off scheme? Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) On 2/21/2012 at 9:40 AM, Dave Fleming said: And will be staying that way as well. Part of me wishes that it had NSW markings, it must grate on some FAA people to see an aircraft in RAF markings in the Museum, but I can understand why they wanted that airframe and why it will stay that way. Did that 1(F) ever get removed? Edited June 30, 2018 by junglierating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 On 6/27/2018 at 5:30 PM, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Sadly been to many museums like this over the years Including the USAF Museum. Thats changed thank the heavens. But that Sea Vixen colorscheme in this photo has my attention ? Half white/DSG on the uppers is interesting ? Whats the background on the plane ? Was it a prototype? Special one off scheme? Dennis It was used at Boscombe down or Farnborough for trials. IIRC it had a FLIR in the nose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 It's black and white. One of only 2 FA1s in existence. The other is at Flixton. It was used for weapons trials, the nose is cut and glazed, I have a close up somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 It was used for Martel trials, amongst other things. It was a fairly standard FAW1, but with a camera in the nose (I assume in addition to the radar?) with associated glazing, plus a very visible wiring conduit down the port boom. I have vague plans to build this one sometime - there is a dedicated AlleyCat 1/48 conversion kit for it. The airframe still exists - it was safe and well in the reserve collection in Cobham Hall when I visited last year - but it has been returned to standard FAW1 configuration and colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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