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Jul 20th, 2006 at 4:13am

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While driving down to RIAT last weekend, I stopped to look at XN728 (if you're not familiar with it, do a Google search for that number).  Supposedly the new owner is going to take slightly better care of her than the previous owner (wouldn't be difficult).
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This was taken between the bars of a security fence so at least the plane shouldn't suffer from any more vandalism, although it will probably always be exposed to the elements.

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Reply #1 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:55am
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A sad sight indeed... let's just hope the new owner can actually do something with her...
 
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Reply #2 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 12:10pm

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A sad sight indeed... let's just hope the new owner can actually do something with her...



Been there long enough - if I were the new owner I'd have bought another airframe...

Can't see any future than where she is already. She's a bit of a landmark really....
 
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Reply #3 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:37pm

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Amazing!  I did the google search.  Why does that plane have so much celebrity?    Shocked
 
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Reply #4 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:42pm

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Amazing!  I did the google search.  Why does that plane have so much celebrity?    Shocked


Because it's sat right next to the A1 ..... the major N-S road between London and Edinburgh so it has become rather a landmark.
 
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Reply #5 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:42pm

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Because it's been sat next to the A1 (A major British road linking London with the north of England and Scotland) for the best part of 20 years...
 
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Reply #6 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:46pm

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Eno/charlie.
Now thats what you call telepathy Grin
 
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Reply #7 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:47pm

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Eno/charlie.
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You have now entered the TWILIGHT ZONE (Que creepy music)
 
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Reply #8 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:48pm

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There's an echo in here....
 
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Reply #9 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 5:55pm
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Been there long enough - if I were the new owner I'd have bought another airframe...


It's about saving this one, not replacing it with another!

This is one of the few remaining F.2As anywhere...
 
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Reply #10 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 6:10pm

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It's about saving this one, not replacing it with another!

This is one of the few remaining F.2As anywhere...



Mmm, I know, but it just also happens to have been sat in the open air being graffitied, weed on by dogs with all sorts of panels letting the elements in for the last 20 years, and just to make it even better, next to a very busy road. I may have just invested my money elsewhere...

It wouldn't surprise me if it's eventual fate is similar to Blackpool's Vulcan...
 
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Reply #11 - Jul 20th, 2006 at 6:12pm

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I think it was more of a harmony than an echo.

At least we know the we're singing off the same hymn sheet! Wink Grin
 
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Reply #12 - Jul 21st, 2006 at 12:32am
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AAAAAA!  THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!  First people post the same thing at the same time....whats next?
 
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Reply #13 - Jul 21st, 2006 at 6:07am
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As much as I hate to say it I think this aircraft is a lost cause. Just look at the state of it, restoring that would take a lot of time and money, and I really don't see why anyone is going to expend either on this.
 
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Reply #14 - Jul 21st, 2006 at 6:20am

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It does look like a lot of money will be needed to restore it. According to Google it has been on supports for ages and its weight hve caused them to be pushed up into the belly, not helped by someone pinching the radome and shifting the centre of gravity, making it point skywards.

Such a shame Sad
 
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