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Post by dave on Feb 20, 2024 14:15:23 GMT
hi,
i was luckly enough to visit the above at Newquay airport in 2022, before the council closed it down! next to its location was i think a company that made FSM's viewable was Spitfire BR954 which i was told was BAPC220, also there was a P.51D DUCHESS ARLENE, and a V.1 displayed, does anyone know if the P.51 and V1 have BAPC numbers...
regards,
dave...
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Post by dave on Feb 20, 2024 15:21:10 GMT
hi,
i've just found Grahams post of 29/12/21, of the BAPC list which helps alot, but unless i've missed it can't find the P.51D i'm looking for... plus the Spitfire BR954 i'm a bit iffy about, BAPC220 seems a bit early and on milky01.com its listed at Shirlywhich, Staffs, but it was on a Queen Mary at Newquay...
regards,
dave...
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Post by graham on Feb 21, 2024 8:27:32 GMT
Hi Dave
Your P-51D Duchess Arlene is BAPC.458, reported as being worked on at Replica Aircraft Fabrications at Newquay airport in April 2022
The best I can offer for the V-1 is BAPC.344 replica which was listed as being at the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre
The Spitfire is a bit more contentious, PlaneBase has no record of BAPC.220 ever being at Newquay although that could of course be incorrect. It does list BAPC.220 as having been at Biggin Hill for a while, sat outside the RAF Memorial Chapel by all accounts. However, it does list BAPC.217 K9926 Coded JH-C as being in a derelict condition at Newquay in 2016 although this later found a new home at an Aero Park in Turkey although no dates are given.
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Post by dave on Feb 21, 2024 12:49:54 GMT
hi,
thanks for looking, i've seen a photo of the V1 and its marked as BAPC344, i will take BAPC458 for the P.51D as my visit was July 2022, now the Spitfire was on a trailer with the wings against the fuselage, i could see J* A codes, and it had invasion marks, AHUK from the SWAG site, has it down to the Cornish Aviation Heritage Centre also a picture, ex 2/3 locations the last being Shirleywich, Staffs, ex N3194/GR-Z...
So i'm sorted with them now, thanks again for your help.
regards,
dave...
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Post by chrisj on Feb 21, 2024 13:29:26 GMT
Dave , can you get onto the rw26 site/forum ? This is for enthusiasts in the SW but mainly Exeter - PLY and Newquay . One of the chaps produces a very in depth listing of based aircraft in the SW a couple of times each year . I will try a little later to see what I can find as I do not have the time just now . Chrisj
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Post by dave on Feb 21, 2024 15:16:10 GMT
hi chrisj,
i've got to go out shortly, but i will try later thanks...
regards,
dave...
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Post by graham on Feb 22, 2024 9:09:19 GMT
Dave, the P-51D is 100% your bird, it's listed on Planebase with "Duchess Arlene" as its name.
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Post by chrisj on Feb 23, 2024 13:43:56 GMT
Dave , so far no reply from the rw26 chap so I have done a little digging mainly from a rw26 SW based list of a couple of years ago so expected things much the same year on year . Anyway ,
BAPC344 Fieseler Fi103 flying bomb replica
BAPC494 Spitfire cockpit reproduction
BAPC068 / P2725 (TM-B) Hurrucane FSM
BAPC217 / K9926 (JH-C) Spitfire replica
44-**648 Duchess Arlene P51
Not sure what the difference is between a FSM , replica or a reproduction
No mention of the P51 in W & R 28th Edition .
Just about all as earlier reported . Chrisj
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Post by dave on Feb 24, 2024 10:21:07 GMT
hi chrisj,
thanks for looking, BAPC344 is right, 217 i think went to Turkey?, Spitfire BR954 J*-A is 220, and the P.51D is 458, i'm like you over the FSM, replica's, and reproductions???
thanks again, regards,
dave...
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Post by chrisj on Feb 24, 2024 16:16:55 GMT
Dave , You Know Who's LAW ! Not long after posting my last , I had an email from the rw26 chap who produces the SW based list . P51 is/was BAPC458 and the Spitfire BAPC222 / BR954 JP-A . I know it is old info but that completes things . Chrisj
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Post by dave on Feb 25, 2024 14:22:30 GMT
hi chrisj,
thanks again for your post, i'm still not sure about BR954 JP-A...Air Britain's AHUK Register has it as 220 as also milky01(Coningsby Aviation site, both have 222 has BS239 5R-E which is at the B of B Bunker at Uxbridge...
regards,
dave...
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Post by chrisj on Feb 25, 2024 15:24:42 GMT
I too had it as 220 but rw26 have 222 ! Could be a bit of finger trouble ? Chrisj
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Post by dave on Feb 26, 2024 9:23:56 GMT
hi,
sorry for all the "faff" over a BAPC aircraft, but you know the crime of "crogin" is serious...and the fat finger problem does come easy.
regards,
dave...
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Post by graham on Feb 26, 2024 10:08:50 GMT
Morning Dave, that's what this section is for, I've managed to fill in some decades old missing regs on here over the years so just post away....;0)
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Post by chrisj on Feb 26, 2024 19:36:07 GMT
I think it is more than just good for people to help each other . You never know when you may need help no matter how small . I did see a post a few days back that the ex 32(TQS) DH125 was seen road running but no destination known . ( Sorry but I forgot the serial as I type this ) Chrisj
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Post by dave on Feb 27, 2024 15:10:28 GMT
hi,
ZD704...
regards,
dave...
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Post by graham on Feb 29, 2024 7:47:21 GMT
Chris, was that the one pictured on a low loader crossing the bridge at Gunnislake in Cornwall a few days ago?
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Post by chrisj on Feb 29, 2024 13:41:27 GMT
I think so . If I manage to find the post which may be on rw26 , I will let you know . When I posted about it on the move , I could not recall the serial which of course I should know as I worked on it for some five years or so . Grey cells giving out ? Chrisj
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Post by chrisj on Feb 29, 2024 13:47:26 GMT
The post on rw26 was on 23/02/24 , 125 seen on two loaders heading east on A303 near Sparkford . Further post says frame was /is used by JARTS . Chrisj
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Post by bizfreeq on Mar 4, 2024 21:53:17 GMT
The 125 went to Boscombe Down
Cheers
Mark
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Post by graham on Mar 5, 2024 8:51:30 GMT
Thanks Mark. I was reading on the "Cornwall Live" news website this morning that the company that was supposedly moving into the museum's hangar has done nothing whatsoever. According to the report, the company for whom Cornwall CC very unceremoniously kicked the museum out for has not even been seen on site since the museum closed. Understandaly, the guys who ran the museum are furious as they were given such a short amount of time to clear out, with exhibits being sold off or scrapped, as this new company were to occupy the site immediately. tinyurl.com/2buk6435 |
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Post by chrisj on Mar 5, 2024 16:52:46 GMT
When I visited and spoke to some of the Museum 'Staff' they were understandably upset ( to put it mildly ) . The state of things is just typical of Council controlled items . As museum persons said , 'They bring a lot of paying customers into the area' ! How short sighted of the authorities ? Pity the museum could not of moved to Chivenor where there is a large airfield very under used ! Chrisj
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