honeileen

Oh dear!!

Thats what happens when sending QCS out into the big wide world!:-D

Christian

I agree with you Mike, Spits and bits are smaller and easier to maintain/rebuild than the bigger birds. The Lanc has a good few hours to go since its last major a couple of years back.

But like everything the RAF at the time had tools and facilities to keep the Vulcan flying BUT AT A COST! they chose to pull out of flying it because of this cost of maintaining it. I myself have pumped thousands of gallons of fuel into 558 and 426 when they were still in RAF service in the 80,s. I take my hat off to the guys that restored XH558 but it is an impossible dream for a civvy outfit to keep it going. Im just saying what shame the RAF could not afford to keep her.

Christian

There is a big difference in price in keeping an MV on the road or static compared keeping a Vulcan or any other airplane static or flying. Shame the RAF didnt take the project on for the historic flight, but i guess with cutbacks on defence spending and some common sense by a civil servants for once they saw the light!!

I will go and put my flack jacket on now:-D

Christian

Hi there and welcome.....

As you say you lost it on Sibson Airfield, why dont you just pop onto the Key Publishing Forum aswell and let them know its missing:-)

Now that is a nice invitation Mike, I hope you take it up. before.......:cool2:

everyone on the forum is phoning the poor guy for a trip around the base for photos:-D:-D:-D

Fuel prices have gone down here this week

1.05 for diesel and1.28 for petrol, euros of course:-D

Very nice article!! and the restorations carried out are super. when you see work he is having done on the houses in France its not just vehicle restoration carried out to a very high standard.

Christian

get him to buy a complete Dingo for spares incase he breaks anything else!:-D still got one here for sale:-D

very nice, keep them coming!

Christian

I have a Dingo up at 15,500euros fix and about a hundred people inquired so far with something else to sell or exchange. but even if you put up ONO or POA i dont think it changes much. people either want or dont want!!

Christian

The reason i ask about the CG is if you havent got one how will you get one?

Christian

Yep those of you were right, the CG is the french log book.

Now that is a nice project, how will you get a CG for that?

Good luck and look foward to seeing some restoration photos

Christian

:pwatch out for the rivet counters:laugh:

I can remember the 5 ton lizzies at Lyneham in the 80,s. I didnt realise there was a 3 ton and a 5 ton Mary trailor aswell.

Christian

Im suprised the wagon has not made it into preservation:idea: and looks like the pikeys have lifted the track around it:rofl:

christian

Thats excellent!! and its the sort of stuff i collect, ive got lots of old papers and letters from the early 1900,s i need to sit down translate and scan one day.

All found in old houses bought and sold around here.

Christian

Its a childs toy car:yay:

Well finally recovered after a hard night:sweat:Whats with Jack saying he is 44 next year?:confused: maybe he wants a pair of those boots for his birthday look good with green combat trousers:-D

Christian

I cant believe people are looking for military vehicle parts at this time of night!:-D:-D:rofl::rofl::rofl:

That was exciting:iloveyou:

Amazing when i think of what gets cut up and goes for scrap, or what already at the scrappys to die for 20 or 30 years and still get cut up!

Keep the photos coming please

christian

:cool2:another bottle out the way and 1 hour to go:cool2:

A couple of bottles of Frances finest wine down the hatch just over 2 hours to go to midnight!!

I can remember at RAF Lyneham in the 80,s we had 1 4tonner that was a pile of s""t, the runt of the litter. had the same problems on hills and on the flat would not do more than 45. MTSS gave up on looking for the problem and if you were a bad boy you got that truck for the week delivering around southern England.

Christian