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  • Strange aircraft at Weston

    There what appears to be a military jet/fighter aircraft parked at Weston airfield at the moment if anyone is intrested , it has been there for about 10 days now .
    Don't spit in my Bouillabaisse .

  • #2
    Any pics?

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    • #3
      saw that too

      it has the jet intake either side of the cockpit like an early fet fighter

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Laners View Post
        There what appears to be a military jet/fighter aircraft parked at Weston airfield at the moment if anyone is intrested , it has been there for about 10 days now .


        this it?


        Photo of Blackburn Buccaneer S2B reg number XV863 Private at Weston (EIWT)

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        • #5
          What "local museum" is the Bucaneer going to?

          Baldonnel???

          ..or is there going to be a museum set up in Weston??
          IRISH AIR CORPS - Serving the Nation.

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          • #6
            Good ole Bricks.


            Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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            • #7
              This is the alleged aircraft museum from Jim Mansfield's original plans for the airport.His friend, Christy Keane, pilot and sundry colector of aviation junk,is the alleged driving force behind the alleged project.
              regards
              GttC

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              • #8
                t'is a Bucc alright........
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GoneToTheCanner View Post
                  This is the alleged aircraft museum from Jim Mansfield's original plans for the airport.His friend, Christy Keane, pilot and sundry colector of aviation junk,is the alleged driving force behind the alleged project.
                  regards
                  GttC
                  allegedly CK owns a Vampire

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                  Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
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                  The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
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                  Are full of passionate intensity.

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                  • #10
                    Buccaneer is a wonderful aircraft...mmm drool..thanks for the piccies.
                    Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                    • #11
                      Some background....

                      Blackburn Buccaneer S2B, XV863 (B3-12-67), noted on static display at Lossiemouth Families & Friends Day in 2005. By that time the aircrafts desert camouflage applied during the first Gulf War is almost bleached white by the sun after spending several years as Lossiemouth's gate guard following her retirement and was replaced by a Tornado. This 1991 Gulf War veteran is named "Debbie" and "Sea Witch" and carries appropriate nose art. The aircraft had been in storage at RAF Lossiemouth in recent times see

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                      • #12
                        Banana!

                        NTM
                        Driver, tracks, troops.... Drive and adjust!!

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                        • #13
                          Hi all
                          When the one-time Blackburn Buccaneer was being prepared for it's entry into service, way back when, it is alleged that a submission was made to their Lordships of the Royal Navy that the new aircraft be called the ARNA, which was said to have stood for Another Royal Naval Aircraft.The proposal went upstairs and disappeared into the bureaucracy.It reappeared after a time, covered with stamps and signatures, with a REFUSED note attached.It was explained that calling one of HM's aircraft the "Blackburn Arna" was not in keeping with naval tradition....
                          regards
                          GttC

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                          • #14
                            What kind of money would a static display Bucaneer, Vampire etc sell for??
                            IRISH AIR CORPS - Serving the Nation.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Silver View Post
                              What kind of money would a static display Bucaneer, Vampire etc sell for??
                              Hard to give an exact price, as many such aircraft are sold at auction. One Buc was up for sale on the Disposal Services Agency website a year or so ago.

                              I know there is a Bucaneer at Bournemouth Airport that was taxied up and down on a regular basis. Not sure if it still dose.

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