Sad demise of 562

[buzzer]

no way!! !! so will any of them go to a good home?

[hedgerowops]

That was in the static at the Waddington air display 2008 in pristine condition i bet one or two museum's would have liked to have had it.

[RichC]

Amazed and unexpected they would be scrapping some so soon. Considering i have had NAVY 562 and the others over my location for the past god knows how many years at 250ft almost daily.

[RickIngham]

My contact at Culdrose told me nobody has asked for them so they're going to be broken up, even though they're only asking 'for a couple of grand each'...I would of thought the Fleet Air Arm Museum would of wanted one...

[RichC]

You would have thought the Fleet Air Arm could have got one for free, they are surplus to requirements afterall.

Would have made a nice gate guard at Culdrose too..... or Yeovilton to compliment the Harrier and Lynx seeing as two Jetstreams were based at Yeovilton!

[Piratebob]

Would be a real shame for not one of them to end up in the fleet air arm museum or even like RichC said, a gate guard.

[Dave Holman]

I understand that the FAAM could have had one, but the offer was declined due to "lack of space."

[Mike]

If the FAAM aren't interested, then how about somewhere with some space and some appreciation of more 'civvy' types of aircraft, such as the Newark Air Museum? Paging NAM Updater...

NAM already have the ex-RAF Jetstream T.1 XX492/A.

[Mike]

And four Meteors... and three Canberras... and two Mig-27s...

I think it's actually five Canberras(part or whole).......four Meteors....a Mig-23....and a Mig-27 to be precise.

[NAM Updater]

Whilst a ‘blue Jetstream’ would be nice to go with ‘the red Jetstream’ I don’t believe that it’s very likely; we’ve already done a Jetstream move from Culdrose once and know the cost implications.

At the moment we have too many other ‘potential projects’ on the ‘target radar’ to contemplate another Cornish adventure.

As for the airframe / cockpit count an up to date list will be appearing here in the next few days when an update to the website goes live!

The last time I was on site the Canberra count (part and whole) was 6!!

[Seafire 47]

Not wishing to be the bringer of sad tidings but a scource revealed that the rest of 750's airframes will share a similar fate to 562,unfortunately with the rush to cut costs(never mind the £48,000,000 we hand over to brussels every day)there is little room for sentiment.The whole defense review cuts program has a real tsr2 feel to it with scrapyards being the only winner.

[NAM Updater]

Just one small clarification to clear up a common misconception – the normal practice is for museums or other organisations to purchase the airframe and then pay for the privilege to moving it; these days they’re very rarely donated!

As far as I’m aware that principle still applies i.e. the recent MRA4 offer and the plastic Harrier & GR.3 cockpit.

This was certainly the case with XX492, with the original attempt being made to purchase said airframe when it was still at Cranwell (15 mile relocation); when in the end the airframe was collected from Culdrose (350 plus mile relocation).

PS the updated NAM website is now on line.