Any ideas which Comet?

[John]

I spotted this Comet nose in the back of this Rolls-Royce Motor Cars PR shot...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me9cl ... 1_1280.jpg

Any idea which airframe it's from?

Kind regards

John

[John]

Seems I've answered my own question! It's the old node from Gatwick...

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=208855&nseq=11

It looks a lot better now!

http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6966521&nseq=3

Kind regards

John

[DaveB]

Oo-er.. it surely does look better now. Nice phot John I wondered if it was the old Comet 4 trainer at London Colney but it's obviously not

ATB
DaveB

[John]

Oo-er.. it surely does look better now. Nice phot John I wondered if it was the old Comet 4 trainer at London Colney but it's obviously not

ATB
DaveB

Is that not there any more Dave?

John

[Garry Russell]

Yep. It was the Strathallan Comet that eventually ended up at Gatwick as just a nose in BOAC livery and was corroding when I last saw it in the early nineties. Already then there were bubbles on the bare metal under the lacquer. The moss on the pic above makes it look rough but that was the least of it's probs. When I saw it, it looked pristine, until you went up to it and the...ahhh

Just as well it was saved but a pity the whole airframe didn't enjoy continued preservation.

It will be save indoors in a hot climate.

Some say it was a shame it went there. In reality I don't think it would still exist if it hadn't

[Tonks]

More info here:

https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/ra ... attamuseum

Scroll down a bit...

Tonks

[DaveB]

Nice link mate.. ta

John.. what I meant was the Comet4 trainer at London Colney doesn't sit on it's nose gear as far as I can remember and it certainly doesn't (or didn't) look anywhere near as good as that one. AFAIK, the London Colney trainer is still there but years of being open to the public have taken their toll on the old girl. I'm not sure if stuff missing from it was missing anyway or if it's a consequence of Joe Public 'borrowing' bits for posterity. Still.. there aren't many Comet nose sections you can sit and play in so good on em for keeping it open
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DaveB

[John]

Nice link mate.. ta
Still.. there aren't many Comet nose sections you can sit and play in so good on em for keeping it open
ATB
DaveB

As a kid I seem to remember there was one at the science museum, I wonder if it's still there?

John

[John]

Nice link mate.. ta
Still.. there aren't many Comet nose sections you can sit and play in so good on em for keeping it open
ATB
DaveB

As a kid I seem to remember there was one at the science museum, I wonder if it's still there?

John

It seems it's at the out station at Wroughton...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56454775@N ... otostream/

And looks identical to all those years ago!

It seems there are a few around!
http://www.neam.org.uk/Exhibits/History/GBEEX.htm


John

[Garry Russell]

The one at Wroughton was ex Kensington and is G-ANAV

Wroughton also had a Comet 4 simulator/trainer...it was in Dan Air livery and only superficially looked like a comet from the outside.