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Barkston Heath 01/08

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Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by plmc135 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:31 am

Noted on the ramp 20 minutes ago were Prefects ZM300, 301, 305, 307 and 308. Full military marks no civvie regs.

Should have added Canberra B(I)8 WT339 is still present on the fire training area, reasonably complete and WT3 can be read off under the starboard wing.
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by slogen51 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:51 am

Nice log

Will have to get over there sometime.

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by reaper493 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:29 am

One place I've never been,

do they fly at weekends here, or is that purely the AEF/UAS at Cranwell?

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by Al dunn » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:32 pm

Looks like there are flying currently have on ADSB in the Barkstoh Heath area

G-CZJF {43C8BB}
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by plmc135 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:47 pm

G-CJZF was de-registered on 20 July as taken over by MoD. Incorrect details shown on ADSB.

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by bizfreeq » Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:29 pm

plmc135 wrote:Should have added Canberra B(I)8 WT339 is still present on the fire training area, reasonably complete and WT3 can be read off under the starboard wing.
I think your idea of reasonably complete differs very much from mine! I have a photo from around 3 years ago and it was barely a centre fuselage and wings back then! :(
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by plmc135 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:25 pm

Perhaps you would care then to comment on the following photograph which shows the nose section almost complete but battered, the canopy rails are clearly visible, and the only missing part is the tail section.

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=1096

And that is how it looked on Tuesday when I was almost next to it. When did you last see the aircraft?

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by slogen51 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:49 pm

You have to admit it does look more wreck than relic!

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by bizfreeq » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:05 pm

It looked exactly like that when I last saw it so nowhere near complete by any stretch of the imagination! The canopy rails may be there but there is little structure left below them and no nose section which extended a long way forward of the canopy, and as you say no rear fuselage/tail section at all. Yes it's still there and surviving, just, but it doesn't constitute reasonably complete.
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by rh226 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:34 pm

It was more or less complete when I last saw it there - but that was 35 years ago.

All things considered, it has lasted very well to have as much as that left.
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by 68001pg » Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:47 am

Regarding this Canberra, wasn't she at cranwell north
before here?

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by Phoon » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:27 am

68001pg wrote:Regarding this Canberra, wasn't she at cranwell north
before here?
It was indeed. It is also pretty much unchanged in appearance since the early 90s.

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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by reheat module » Sat Aug 05, 2017 9:57 am

slogen51 wrote:You have to admit it does look more wreck than relic!
A couple of competent RAF Techies, and it should buff out...
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Re: Barkston Heath 01/08

Post by slogen51 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 2:32 pm

Hey hey

But without wishing to introduce too much thread drift - how does an aircraft end up partially dismantled? Did the tail section just fall off and was scrapped or would someone be ordered to dismantle the jet but didn't finish the job?

In other words why are some bits missing - can't believe somebody wanted a Canberra canopy.

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