robin craig Posted April 16, 2017 Posted April 16, 2017 Does anyone know anything about whom they rebuilt engines for? Did the UK MOD ever use them instead of ABRO? Quote
0 Tony B Posted April 16, 2017 Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) Aviation Jersey were in the 1970's Alvis Fighting vehicle main dealer. They had a workshop at St Aubin's in Jersey, and also built electric wheelchairs. I never decided wether it was cashing in both ends or salving the conciense. The place was quite unremakable from the outside but was able to fully rebuild Meteor engines. They also did as the name suggests aviation work, but I was never involved in that. I did work for them for a short time back in that period. The company got grief for rebuilding South African Saracen engines. About two years afterwards some Poiltico got on their feet in Westminster and started spouting off, especially as some spares had come from MOD Aldershot. There was also allegations of illegal modifications on a Merlin engine fitted to a Mosquito that crashed. The last I saw of AJ there was a single office tucked away behind the St Peter's Co-Op, but that building has since been demolished. I see now they have moved out to Le Hoc, weird place out that end of the Rock. Though Seagrove stores is only a small ex shop building. Edited April 16, 2017 by Tony B Quote
0 Richard Farrant Posted April 16, 2017 Posted April 16, 2017 Does anyone know anything about whom they rebuilt engines for? Did the UK MOD ever use them instead of ABRO? As ABRO did not come in to being until 1993, I doubt any or many B Range engines were still being reconditioned for the MoD by then. In my experience, every B Range unit was overhauled in-house by REME. ABRO took over the UK static workshops that were run by REME, and ABRO was still a part of MoD, as a government agency. I was there at the time. While working for MoD I never came across a recon engine from Aviation Jersey and think they did them for other overseas countries. Quote
0 robin craig Posted April 16, 2017 Author Posted April 16, 2017 I am as usual grateful for all of your answers to my posted thread. I am as usual on a fishing trip for information and do so in a way that is not a leading question but rather a more circumspect way that gets people to tell the facts of what they know. Richard"s snippet "think they did them for other overseas countries" is pointing to why I just found this on an engine in an interesting location. Quote
0 Tony B Posted April 16, 2017 Posted April 16, 2017 Yes they did do overseas work. Being an 'Offshore' territory the Channel Islands have distinct advantages to doing things HMG, don't really want to know about, hence the SA engines. What does the inspection mark look like? at 1977 could well be a St Aubins engine. Quote
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