RAF Marham Victor to be scrapped

[Graeme]

(weird)

"sinister and futuristic"

 

[pbehn]

Still looks futuristic now, cant imagine what folks thought on seeing it in the 50's/60s

It looks like something out of a sci fi movie props department, but I think it actually inspired many sci fi props departments … its a Klingon vessel lol

 

[nuuumannn]

If the f****** traitors in wastemonster stopped funding all the third worlds vermin, via France, and others who are living off the UK taxpayer in hotels across the country, there would be the ££££££££££££ available to maintain and restore the RAF's heritage.

Last edited: Friday at 3:50 PM

He edited it last Friday! What did it say BEFORE he did so?

 

[maxmwill]

RAF Marham: Victor jet at base entrance to be scrapped

Y'know, here in the US, after the war, a number of aircraft were used as part of gas station/restaurants, a lot them in California, at least one B17 still up.

Couldn't something similar be done with the Victor. It would help keep its memory alive with the unwashed masses

 

[Capt. Vick]

There is STILL a B-17 on a gas station somewhere? Please, please tell us where.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

He edited it last Friday! What did it say BEFORE he did so?

Not much different.

I think someone is off their meds though.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

There is STILL a B-17 on a gas station somewhere? Please, please tell us where.

I don't think so. I believe the last one was Lacey Lady at Lacey's gas station. It has since been removed (2014) and is being restored to flying condition.

World War II Bomber Gas Station (Gone), Milwaukie, Oregon

 

[nuuumannn]

I think someone is off their meds though.

Yeah, this covid nonsense seems to have energised the nutters; they're getting more vocal...

 

[nuuumannn]

Couldn't something similar be done with the Victor. It would help keep its memory alive with the unwashed masses

Would be nice. There used to be a Buccaneer outside a service station in the north of Scotland, dunno if it's still there though. Problem with the Victor, or any airframe is moving it. That's where the cost is. It's not just looking after it in situ, which is why the RAF want to dispose of it, but moving it involves dismantling it, putting it on vehicles and transporting it down narrow country roads and through tiny villages designed for horses and carts, not aircraft moving vehicles - RAF bases are always located near quaint villages with fricken narrow roads!

 

[Airframes]

And even if the costs of dismantling, transport and re-assembly can be covered, there could be restrictions which would prevent a move - Abnormal Load restrictions, low power lines on part of the route, bridge weight limits etc etc.

 

[nuuumannn]

This picture gives you an idea of what you're dealing with. This was taken by a friend of mine in Scotland when the Concorde G-BOAA was being moved to the Scottish aviation museum in East Lothian. There was no way the Concorde could have made that bend, so it was towed across the adjacent farmer's field. It had begun its journey at Heathrow by road to the Thames, was loaded on a barge, towed through the centre of London and into the Channel, from where it went up the UK coast, docking at Torness nuclear power station, loaded onto the transporters and taken via these roads and fields to East Fortune.

G-BOAAElothian

1807 National Museum of Flight East Fortune G-BOAA

 

[Capt. Vick]

Where there's a will, there's a way.

 

[SaparotRob]

I read in Air Classics magazine many years ago that the "Memphis Belle" was part of a gas station. I haven't thought of it in years. On to Wikipedia to see if that's so. Stop laughing.