B707 N82TF.
I went to collect this aircraft from Manston where it had been stored for 4 months.
The last pilots had taken some of the instruments as they hadn't been paid so we borrowed some from the Laker 707’s that were stored at LGW after Laker’s demise.
I think this was an ex-Cathay model which was the same as some of the Laker fleet. It had been bought by a chap who transported horses.
I was involved in fitting an Omega Navigation system to it and I seem to remember it had a load of skin work mainly fitting dome head rivets to the skin lap joints around the front end. I know we removed a lot of avionic stuff for access.
I went to collect this aircraft from Manston where it had been stored for 4 months.
The last pilots had taken some of the instruments as they hadn't been paid so we borrowed some from the Laker 707’s that were stored at LGW after Laker’s demise.
I think this was an ex-Cathay model which was the same as some of the Laker fleet. It had been bought by a chap who transported horses.
I was involved in fitting an Omega Navigation system to it and I seem to remember it had a load of skin work mainly fitting dome head rivets to the skin lap joints around the front end. I know we removed a lot of avionic stuff for access.
The aircraft with the fire engines around it was a Lockheed T33 (ex Danish airforce) that was rebuilt in Hangar 3.
But it lost it’s steering and brakes on the taxiway by hangar 6 on it’s way out for it’s first test flight !
But it lost it’s steering and brakes on the taxiway by hangar 6 on it’s way out for it’s first test flight !
BAC 1-11 HZ-MAM (cn 259) in Hangar 3 at Gatwick
This 1-11 was privatley operated by Sheikh M. Al Midani
This 1-11 was privatley operated by Sheikh M. Al Midani
BAC 1-11 HZ-MFA (cn 080) outside Hangar 1 at Gatwick
This 1-11 was privatley operated by Prince Abdul Aziz (1977-81)
This 1-11 was privatley operated by Prince Abdul Aziz (1977-81)
It was white when we collected it so it was repainted as well. An ex Laker 707 pilot was paid £100 cash to fly it from Manston to Gatwick with an ex-Laker flight engineer and the chap that paid them played first officer although I don’t think he could fly !
I decided to return by road as I didn't want to read about the accident in Flight! The storage bill we paid was £4000 in cash before we could have ground power at Manston!
I decided to return by road as I didn't want to read about the accident in Flight! The storage bill we paid was £4000 in cash before we could have ground power at Manston!
The Dave Surry Gallery Pt 3
The following photos were kindly sent in by Dave and I am pleased to be able to show them here
This gallery features some of the external client aircraft BCal engineers worked on
The following photos were kindly sent in by Dave and I am pleased to be able to show them here
This gallery features some of the external client aircraft BCal engineers worked on
