Bournemouth...

[Garry Russell]

The French don't use 'W' in the usual register which is why they do use F-W for test registrations.

Garry

[ianhind]

Thanks Garry - that was the example I was thinking of but no time to check

[Techy111]

Andy and Ben are correct about that little baby concorde thingy....and Rick is spot on.....

Small little open air museum...well worth a trip.....

Wonder if the French have F-UC%@.....urm....never mind.....

Tony

[DaveB]

Tony..

The Vanguard sim at Bournemouth is NOT 'Canadian' spec mate. We have that one at Brooklands Bournemouth have the 'late' (mod)951.. 953 sim. The panel itself is 953 but the window arrangement is 951.. the exact opposite to Canadian spec 952's ;-)

Nice to see you were paying attention

Oh.. nearly forgot.. here's a ref shot from Airliners of 'said' trainer, http://www.airliners.net/photo/Vickers- ... 1309376/L/
TCA Vanguards were closer to the 951 than the 953 but different which ever way you look at it

EDIT.. Download Frasers 952 panel and you'll see the difference immediately ;-)

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Techy111]

Cheers me ol muckerooney.....

That'll be Fraser correct then innit...?

Me....? Pay Attention...? I got the attention span of a Goldfish Steve.... :tab:

:roll:

Tony

[DaveB]

TBH.. unless you see the markings from what is visible on the outside of the trainer (or knew the 951/953 trainer was at Bournemouth) it's an easy mistake to make ;-) When the museum at Bournemouth was being kicked off the airfield, we were keeping a close eye on what was going to happen to the Vanguard trainer. At one point, it was 'turn up and it's yours' :o I wish in many ways we could have had it rather than for it to sit outside under a bit of plastic because it won't last there long.. it needs to be under cover (it IS plywood after all) :-( That said.. I can only imagine what Brooklands might have done with it so I take some comfort in the fact it's not our fault! It's sad that these things are 'unique' but are treated with what amounts to contempt :-(

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Ben Hartmann]

The reason it isnt allocated is because it would interfere with the Q code communications -- QFE/QNH/QDM etc etc


Leif |-)

Cheers Leif

I thought so

Rgds

Ben

[jab]

Nice shots there Tony is the AA ATP shot taken from the museum? Also is that the Black Hawker hunter the 1st shot cockpit shot Or did that go aswel.

Me Nan and grandad have found a cafe out the back somewhere in the airport that veiw is over the runway I must find out where it is. Think its near the flying school :think:

James

[Techy111]

Yup...the ATP is taken from the museum and the black Hunter is still there....



Tony

[TobyV]

That second pic is a Chichester-Miles Leopard isn't it? G-BRNM or something like it?

Cheers,

Correct Sir!Only two made I think, I think the other one is at Cranfield.

Rgds

Ben

I believe the first one had Noel Penny engines but with that concern ceasing to exist in the early 90s, the second one had more efficient Williams-Rolls turbofans, FJX1s.