What an honour to be able to get this one done! Couldn't of asked for a cooler job to end the year. Happy new year to everyone and look forward to some epic stuff coming in 24! thanks again to @mrHewes for making this available for me to clean!
Great work, Thanks for the video and cleaning the old girl up. Here from MR Hewes channel. Forgot to add that the orange lids you cleaned are actually exhaust covers to stop anything form crawling into the back of the engine and are put in after every flight.
I cant believe Duxford or any other high profile museum are not doing anything to recover this piece of history and pride and put it in a propper state and exhibit.
They should as Teasing Tina is only going to rot otherwise, there is also the comet - the only one that can move and many more - it is a shame that The Aviation side of Bruntingthorpe has been basically left to rot. Shame win its currents owners.
Well they already have a victor, and XM715 is in a very good state, one of 2 runnable victors. You wouldnt see any runners at duxford. She ended up like this because Bruntingthorpe runway is now used for car parking
@@Gingerfox23 The further we get away from the era of early jet technology (the big and small types), the more future younger generations will have any interest in it all. There will be those, yes but not as many to hold sufficient enough interest. Our society is dumbing down very fast.
It would make better sense to get these broken up for scrap. There is a lot of aluminium going to waste there. I would probably get this Partridge guy to clean it for free before they bring in track mounted shears to munch it all up. A much cleaner product to shred and smelt.
Came across this video this morning. I designed and painted the Meldrew 1 nose art and reapplied the Teasin' Tina art work on the other side That wasn't my design, I was asked to reapply it. Its awesome that the nose art still exists. It was painted on back in the mid 1990s! The Teasin' Tina was the aircrafts gulf war art and Meldrew 1 was the final callsign for the aircraft flying in to Bruntingthorpe. I also got to design two of the air show posters. Great to see Tina being spruced up. A blast from the past. Thanks for the vid!
I can't believe nobody beat me to this comment but this is the true definition of a JET WASH and wow what a job, the drone footage really emphasises the size of the thing. I am fascinated as to why they have decided to clean it up now as it doesn't seem likely it's going anywhere.
@@karlamaynor5544 I guess there is a lot of maintenance and repairs to be done, before she can roam the skies again. But yes, it would be really awesome. I'm so jealous, that Sid got to work on such an awesome piece of military aviation history.
Sid, those big red dustbin lids aren't where the bombs dropped out! They're the jet exhausts where all the thrust comes out pushing the plane forward, look inside and you should see four Rolls Royce Conway turbojets. The bomb bay is in the belly of the fuselage under where the wings join the fuselage it's probably sealed up and containing a huge fuel tank as this one is converted to an in-flight refuelling tanker.
Yeah i was really thrown off by that statement. Especially since you see the engine intakes on the front side. Also i have never heard of bombs being dropped trough a hole the same size. I only saw pictures with them strapped flat to the bottom of the wings and belley or a bomb bay. The bay always squared and under the wing without any protection around. Just flat dropped by gravity. Would be interesting to know if there were bombs dropped from tubes or anything like that.
@@jonnysmith549 the Heinkel He111 had its bombs racked vertically in individual bays inside the fuselage to save space which I thought was strange! When released they fell out tail first!
As an RAF Op Granby Veteran, I worked along side this very plane in the Persian Gulf back in 1990, brings back many memories and agree with many, that it is sad to see its demise, Sid thanks for cleaning her up, many Victor Crew who see this will be smiling, she was an icon, not just of the Gulf War, but also the Falklands Conflict where she, along with many others from Marham, performed fueling operations for the longest bombing mission in aviation history, to help one Vulcan reach Stanley airfield.
These aircraft should have preservation orders on them!!...its part of our heritage and the government should be doing something to save these beautiful aircraft
I cant believe these awesome planes (not just the one you cleaned) are sitting here rotting, this is incredible aviation history and needs to be preserved, totally mind blowing
This is Bruntingthorpe. The Cold War museum there was excellent. Sadly in 2019, the old airfield was sold to a car auctioning business that pretty much evicted all bar one of the various trusts and preservation groups that had aircraft there. Anyone who couldn't move their aircraft off in time got crammed into a tiny storage area and many of the trusts simply lost access beyond rudimentary inspection. This Victor was maintained immaculately till around 2020. Sad to see it's deteriorated this quickly.
In August 1963 I started an apprenticeship as an Aircraft Fitter with Handley Page Ltd. at Cricklewood and then moved out to Radlett Aerodrome ending up as a Weight Control Engineer in the Design Offices, right up to the company's bankruptcy. I worked on the Victor K2 central refueling scoop (it dropped down out of the belly of the aircraft), on the avionics support structure behind the cabin and other bits of structure. Even spent some time in the "Wiring Loom" shop putting the wiring together. We were always proud of our Victors in all its variants, Nuclear Bomber, Low level Bomber, Photo Reconnaissance and In-flight Refueling. The Secrecy Act meant we couldn't speak about the B2 variant going supersonic. I moved on to a career in construction/maintenance spending 33 years in Kuwait, Saudi and and around the rest of the Arabian Gulf in General Manager and Business Development roles. Now happily retired in the southern Philippines. Oh, and be gentle around the windscreens, they leak rainwater when the engines aren't running.
I don't think the Valiant was that brilliant. The wing beams developed premature fatigue and they were scrapped. Only one survived (at Hendon, or Cosford 🤔)
The fire truck is called a P15. It has two water cannons one front and one back. Each shoots up to 1200 gpms @250 psi. It was used for large frame C-5 air craft emergencies. Two operators rode on top to the emergencies. I used to drive these or ride on top. Massive two engines 492 hp fully blown with turbos detroit diesels. One for each bogey. Two 740 Allison transmissions, two transfer cases. And could reach 65mph fast. Very fun to drive.
@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning it held 5000 gallons of water and 515 gallons of afff foam. You could do house rooftops in seconds but would have to replace the roof after.
Stationed at either Mildenhall or Lakenheath, l was in RAF fire service at RAF Wyton never got to see a P15. But did see the P2 and P4 from Alconbury 😁
@@THESTIG-cc7fq the truck had to come from Mildenhall. It had the large frame aircraft. I was stationed at Lakenheath and lived in Mildenhall housing. Lakenheath just had the F-111 and now F -15s
People do care but access to this area, which was the only place that they could be parked, is very restricted by the lessees of the airfield who stated they were not interested in British Aviation being as they are Yanks…
@@denisparker6478 As a Yank, and former US Air Force enlisted member, I can't understand this attitude at all. But not everyone cares about history. Plenty of yanks are allergic to spending any money for anything though (Tory clones) - like a nice dry hangar, or at least improving the drainage on the lot to help keep the moss growth down.
@@ssgtmole8610 I was not denigrating American people in general it’s just that no commitment or financial support was sort from the lessees, just access required to these particular airframes, we are used to looking after our aircraft out in the open and not looking for covered accommodation. They took over the site and demanded that all aviation assets were to be removed in short order, which actually precipitated the scrapping of 6x Tristars, 2x VC10s, 3x747s and a unique Boeing Super Guppy plus the removal of a number of airframes to other sites due to the lack of parking spaces. The three aircraft in the video were the only large aircraft to be saved onto a hard standing outside the leased area.from the museum. Can I suggest you look up the site of the airfield on Google earth and look at the museum situation and see our problem?
@@ssgtmole8610The ones like the clowns who own the airfield seem the type to bemoan and cry foul when a classic car gets left to rot though. If they were to have an old Thunderbird there, it'd be given the Queen's luxury, you just watch.
Lovely job. One of my secondary duties when I was stationed at RAF Lyneham in the 90's was keeping Sagittarius, the Comet gate guard clean and respectable, so I know the effort you've put in. Well done
Hah I used to do Circuits and Bumps in Comets and Britannias out of Lyneham as a Cadet from 150 City of Oxford Squadron. I bet I flew in that old girl. Joined up in 1970 and eventually flew out of Lyneham on rear of C-130s from early 1983 until I left in 1985.
I am 81 and the Vulcan was my childhood favourite. Even by today's standards it still looks sleek and purposeful. Well done lads in cleaning it up but I have to say that I feel sad that such a valuable and historic a/c is left in the open like this. Has nobody thought about a Go fund plan to preserve it in a Museum under cover which it so earnestly deserves?
Would be nice if something happened - I have heard it costs an eye watering amount just to keep it there as it is, I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for the waltons it would of been scrap metal by now
She's such an awesome piece of history, and the last to "fly" too. Hopefully, given she was waved, she will be preserved and find a good home. Same with the Nimrod and her "twin" siter the Comet.
Absolutely do more at this property if you’ll make some money from it or if you’re passionate about it l. It’s really cool to watch this! Happy New Year Sid to you and your family.
What a beauty! Great job, Sid! Can't wait for part 2 and I really hope you'll be able to get back there and work on some more stuff. Doesn't matter to me, whether it's the Comet or some of the other vehicles that we could see in the background. They all deserve a little bit of TLC and a good cleaning!
It's great to see one of these again. Once used as A-A refueling tankers for the Vulcan bomber. A truly beautiful British post WW2 atomic bomber design. Wing design by Gustav Lachmann & Godfrey Lee at Handley Page. Just 15 - 20 years after the Halifax, but what a change! Well done getting on that wing, very impressive work.
I'd love to see you clean all these plans and vehicles. Would make some fabulous content something you don't see.. Thanks for sharing mate Happy New Year
That red cover that fell off actually covered the exhaust outlet of one of the engines! Nukes would be dropped from underneath! 😁 Come back and clean it all!
Oh wow 🤩 You are doing the work of the gods here. The Victor, Comet and Nimrod are all a huge part of British aviation aristocracy. So sad to see what has become of the “last ever flying Victor” boxed into a corner but so glad to see the effort being made to keep her going. I wish they could get them sheltered and out of the weather. Great video 👍🏻
Mate this was one great job done on an historic aircraft. If ever there was an aircraft that LOOKED what it was designed to DO the Victor was it. It just looks evil and yet stunningly beautiful. These B2s were converted to air tankers after their bomber days were done and it was 11 of these that accompanied each Vulcan as tankers on the Black Buck raids on the Falkland Islands in 1982. On a more serious note lets remember that if the RAF lads were sent off on a real bombing run to Russia they would know that there would be very little of the UK or their families left to which to return. During the Cuba crisis Vulcans were on runways fuelled and tooled and were capable of getting airborne in under 2 minutes. Absolute bravery ....
Good for you, superb job. Next time it needs to be done, let us know, I'll be able to contribute with a modest donation of time and/or money. As Mr Hewes wrote, there's many who complain about the state these get into but few who are willing to do anything about it.
I have 44 years old and love the planes, so see the beautifull Victor in that conditions at the begin was horrible. thanks very much for your great job, greetings from Argentina!
Oh my this was so much fun watching history come back anew. She came out beautiful. Looks like they could use your touch on a few other things like the steps. I'm surprised you guys could pass that up.
This plane deserves a building to preserve it ... at least fresh gravel around it keeping the organics down ... very cool gig they need to hire you full time!!
Who doesn’t love a Cold War V-bomber. Just awesome to see and at the same time a shame that she has sat for so long. I would love to see a walk around of that yard with @Mrhewes offering up a little historic commentary on each vehicle and then put it to a channel vote as to what to clean up next. I think it would be good viewing if you cleaned up say the plane-fire fighting rig and then Mr hewed made a Video of that particular vehicle, it’s light recommissioning and hopefully a start up. IMO it would bring clicks and subscribers from both channels and be mutually beneficial as I’d definitely follow a monthly cleaning resurrection and start up series.
I dreamt of having something like that jet-washer when I was an RAF mech.... (many years ago). Our lovely pressure washers got more suds on us than on the aircraft, and required a bass broom to get the crud off. Fortunately, I never had to was anything quite that big. "That has got artillery on top of it"... Classic.
Great job Sid !!! I’m so glad we had wash teams to clean our aircraft back in the day !!! I would love you to be able to clean my old girl sat at the RAF Museum at Cosford!!!
Amazing job - both your cleaning and the honour of being entrusted to work on such a beautiful plane!!!! I worked as a courier for a while and a few years ago I was given a job to fetch a load from a plane. The plane turned out to be an Antonov - I think it was an AN-225 Mriya - 6 engines, etc - absolutely awesome and beautiful. I had to identify my little load in that massive empty cargo area. What an experience! It felt like an honour! That was before I knew the significance of the yellow and blue. There are some experiences in our lives that are just unforgettable! This is one of yours, Sid - thank you for sharing it with us! 😊
This was SOOOOOO cool, I LOVED it! Please do it again, yes definitely, another plane, containers, actually Sid clean his entire yard! Happy New Year to you and yours, good to see your dad again. 🥳. 💦. 🍻. 🎉. 🎊. Watching from New Zealand
Ah, such an amazing piece of history right there! as an ex RAF Man I haven't seen one of these since Iraq 91, And Perhaps this very plane was used in Operation Black Buck, the longest bombing Mission of all time. You are so very lucky. Great Video!
The museum or preservationists nightmare. Keeping exhibits clean and presentable is like painting the Forth Bridge I know only too well that corrosion sets in and without cover, an army of volunteers, and a pit of money, we will end up losing them all. It's criminal that these have been left out under trees after the initial efforts to preserve and ground run these aircraft. Please keep up the good work in cleaning this up.
I love this video! We'd love to see more like these. Yes, that truck could use a good scrub 😊. You always do such wonderful work, no matter the job. Happy new year to you and your family. Hi dad 👋 Please take care of yourself, 2024 is going to be a busy year.
You must be so proud to have this job in your files. Beautiful work, well done! I am in Canada and enjoy my power washer, but my jobs are at home, not on the road as you so clearly do. Bravo.
Sid that was amazing! And so much fun! lol Yes you should help him out by cleaning up some the equipment he has. That was so satisfying to watch that plane become what it should be. You should do the truck and stairs you used It would also be safer for you when you do the other side (or trailers or tanks or machine guns LOL). Thanks for much for sharing! I hope 2024 is a wonderful year for you and your little family. ❤❤❤
I am only in about 3 minutes, this looks like it's going to be crazy Sid !!! Please keep going, especially all those cool trucks and other machines, is history. What a great video sir.
How cool was that?! I like how you're always hunting fun projects to show us. I'm sure it's a mess doing something new and figuring that out for you, and I thank you for doing it. Awesome channel.
Wow what an amazing part of history looking awesome just doing the first ha,d of the aircraft can’t wait to see it all cleaned up. Fantastic work and thanks for sharing this with us take care and happy new year to you and family. Wishing you all the best of luck for 2024
Hi Sid, hope you're keeping well. Sad to see these old machines lingering in a field somewhere, but thankfully we've got people like Joe who has the passion. I'm sure you could do a lot of work in that area and make a lot of cool videos. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. PS. Happy New Year to you and your family. All the best for '24.
So great to hear the enthusiasm and excitement in your voice as you talk about, then restore this beautiful machine! I really loved the WWII decorations on it. And seeing the grime/algae/dirt melt off was beautiful. Whether it's homes or pieces of history like this, you make such a difference! To answer your questions of would we like to see any of the other vehicles cleaned, heck yeah! Love any historic info you want to include with it - it makes it so interesting! Happy New Year to you and yours.
I remember watch you doing cool videos of cleaning up old garden statues and now look at you, what fantastic opportunities you've earned on your journey and well earned they are, looking forward to the future vids. Happy New Year!
What do they say? Go big or go home. You smashed it with this Sid. Clean it all i say planes trucks tanks the lot. No challenge too small for Partridge. Best of luck in 2024.👍
That was absolutely amazing to watch. Such a beast that used to fly our skies! Can’t wait for part 2 😊. Happy New Year Sid and all of the Partridge family ❤
Wow! Great work --- Thank you! Maybe you can clean the dirt off the Comet too? Such wonderful aeroplanes must be kept in a clean condition. Best regards, Berni
People can do whatever they want with their property, but its such a shame to see such aircraft of such significance erroding away. Definitely a cool video and transformation! Hopefully he can do a good job on the restoration, heck maybe even build some shelter, they need some love!
Desert Storm colours but the Victors were not painted that colour in the desert.. sort of homage to the Buccaneers, Tornadoes and Jaguars etc.that were that colour.
what an amazing top bloke you are for cleaning this Magnificat history. I'll really do hope that the Victor, Comet and nimrod get's saved and into a new home, also I'd would really love for you to do a whole video of cleaning the Comet and will the Nimrod been cleaned as well? thanks JDS
Awesome video!! Great job on the Victor bomber. I can't imagine how they got it on to that lot. Hopefully, you will clean the Caravelle next to it. I'm a real aviation geek. Thank you for sharing, and keep cleaning. It's very entertaining. 😊
Have a word with Andre Tempest c/o the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, the owner of the Victor based there, sure they may be able to give advice (if needed). Spent so much time at Bruntingthorpe in the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, never ever thought it would come to an end, thank you for spending your time cleaning the Victor, just the Nimrod and comet to do now
"Saving history" is clearly a relative term. This great airplane is being stored...and deteriorating all the time it is exposed to the elements. It deserves far better treatment IMO. Thanks for the video.
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What an honour to be able to get this one done! Couldn't of asked for a cooler job to end the year. Happy new year to everyone and look forward to some epic stuff coming in 24! thanks again to @mrHewes for making this available for me to clean!
Couldn't have asked for a cooler video! Nice one Sid 😊
YES Sid I definitely enjoyed it thanks 👍 and if you can do a video walking around it would be great 😁
Great work, Thanks for the video and cleaning the old girl up. Here from MR Hewes channel. Forgot to add that the orange lids you cleaned are actually exhaust covers to stop anything form crawling into the back of the engine and are put in after every flight.
Thanks for Coming Sid looks a different aircraft!!! Fantastic work!
It will be hard to top that already, Sid. A few more in the background needing some tlc too 😂
I cant believe Duxford or any other high profile museum are not doing anything to recover this piece of history and pride and put it in a propper state and exhibit.
They should as Teasing Tina is only going to rot otherwise, there is also the comet - the only one that can move and many more - it is a shame that The Aviation side of Bruntingthorpe has been basically left to rot. Shame win its currents owners.
Well they already have a victor, and XM715 is in a very good state, one of 2 runnable victors. You wouldnt see any runners at duxford. She ended up like this because Bruntingthorpe runway is now used for car parking
as ever the problem is money- if they had the funds and means to move it+/protect it with a hangar they would
@@Gingerfox23 The further we get away from the era of early jet technology (the big and small types), the more future younger generations will have any interest in it all. There will be those, yes but not as many to hold sufficient enough interest. Our society is dumbing down very fast.
It would make better sense to get these broken up for scrap. There is a lot of aluminium going to waste there. I would probably get this Partridge guy to clean it for free before they bring in track mounted shears to munch it all up. A much cleaner product to shred and smelt.
Came across this video this morning. I designed and painted the Meldrew 1 nose art and reapplied the Teasin' Tina art work on the other side That wasn't my design, I was asked to reapply it. Its awesome that the nose art still exists. It was painted on back in the mid 1990s! The Teasin' Tina was the aircrafts gulf war art and Meldrew 1 was the final callsign for the aircraft flying in to Bruntingthorpe. I also got to design two of the air show posters. Great to see Tina being spruced up. A blast from the past. Thanks for the vid!
I can't believe nobody beat me to this comment but this is the true definition of a JET WASH and wow what a job, the drone footage really emphasises the size of the thing. I am fascinated as to why they have decided to clean it up now as it doesn't seem likely it's going anywhere.
Ha! Correct 😂 i spoke to one of the owners they have some plans for it soon hopefully 🙏
It would be cool if they let you fly in one of them
@@karlamaynor5544 I guess there is a lot of maintenance and repairs to be done, before she can roam the skies again. But yes, it would be really awesome. I'm so jealous, that Sid got to work on such an awesome piece of military aviation history.
None of them will ever fly again. All 4 engines on the Victor would need to be stripped and rebuilt....millions and millions of quid.@@karlamaynor5544
Thanks for the video, was awesome to watch you clean 🧼 it
Sid, those big red dustbin lids aren't where the bombs dropped out! They're the jet exhausts where all the thrust comes out pushing the plane forward, look inside and you should see four Rolls Royce Conway turbojets.
The bomb bay is in the belly of the fuselage under where the wings join the fuselage it's probably sealed up and containing a huge fuel tank as this one is converted to an in-flight refuelling tanker.
Whoops :D silly me, looked bomb shaped :D
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Yeah i was really thrown off by that statement. Especially since you see the engine intakes on the front side.
Also i have never heard of bombs being dropped trough a hole the same size. I only saw pictures with them strapped flat to the bottom of the wings and belley or a bomb bay. The bay always squared and under the wing without any protection around. Just flat dropped by gravity. Would be interesting to know if there were bombs dropped from tubes or anything like that.
@@jonnysmith549 the Heinkel He111 had its bombs racked vertically in individual bays inside the fuselage to save space which I thought was strange! When released they fell out tail first!
@@jonnysmith549 Check out the original A-5 Vigilante - the bomb (nuke) was intended to slide out rearwards from between the jet exhausts!
As an RAF Op Granby Veteran, I worked along side this very plane in the Persian Gulf back in 1990, brings back many memories and agree with many, that it is sad to see its demise, Sid thanks for cleaning her up, many Victor Crew who see this will be smiling, she was an icon, not just of the Gulf War, but also the Falklands Conflict where she, along with many others from Marham, performed fueling operations for the longest bombing mission in aviation history, to help one Vulcan reach Stanley airfield.
That comet deserves a proper clean up! True British history!
But for a small, fatal design flaw, the Comet would've been the queen of the skies.
These aircraft should have preservation orders on them!!...its part of our heritage and the government should be doing something to save these beautiful aircraft
I cant believe these awesome planes (not just the one you cleaned) are sitting here rotting, this is incredible aviation history and needs to be preserved, totally mind blowing
then do it
This is Bruntingthorpe. The Cold War museum there was excellent. Sadly in 2019, the old airfield was sold to a car auctioning business that pretty much evicted all bar one of the various trusts and preservation groups that had aircraft there. Anyone who couldn't move their aircraft off in time got crammed into a tiny storage area and many of the trusts simply lost access beyond rudimentary inspection. This Victor was maintained immaculately till around 2020. Sad to see it's deteriorated this quickly.
In August 1963 I started an apprenticeship as an Aircraft Fitter with Handley Page Ltd. at Cricklewood and then moved out to Radlett Aerodrome ending up as a Weight Control Engineer in the Design Offices, right up to the company's bankruptcy. I worked on the Victor K2 central refueling scoop (it dropped down out of the belly of the aircraft), on the avionics support structure behind the cabin and other bits of structure. Even spent some time in the "Wiring Loom" shop putting the wiring together. We were always proud of our Victors in all its variants, Nuclear Bomber, Low level Bomber, Photo Reconnaissance and In-flight Refueling. The Secrecy Act meant we couldn't speak about the B2 variant going supersonic. I moved on to a career in construction/maintenance spending 33 years in Kuwait, Saudi and and around the rest of the Arabian Gulf in General Manager and Business Development roles. Now happily retired in the southern Philippines. Oh, and be gentle around the windscreens, they leak rainwater when the engines aren't running.
Would love to see more like this....ESPECIALLY the truck!
The Victor, Valiant and Vulcan were all brilliant planes, developed as a response to the Cold War threat. One of your best videos in my opnion.
Also the names of three steam locomotives operated by the Steel Company of Wales.Victor and Vulcan still around.
Looks like i'll have to tick off the other two now then! thank you!
@@keithhooper6123only Vulcan and Victor ..... valiant was never named.
I don't think the Valiant was that brilliant. The wing beams developed premature fatigue and they were scrapped. Only one survived (at Hendon, or Cosford 🤔)
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Definitely go back. These pieces deserve to be on display, at the very least. tremendous job mate and Happy New Year
The fire truck is called a P15. It has two water cannons one front and one back. Each shoots up to 1200 gpms @250 psi. It was used for large frame C-5 air craft emergencies. Two operators rode on top to the emergencies.
I used to drive these or ride on top. Massive two engines 492 hp fully blown with turbos detroit diesels. One for each bogey. Two 740 Allison transmissions, two transfer cases. And could reach 65mph fast. Very fun to drive.
I would of had it rinsed down in record time if that was operational then!
@@PartridgeExteriorCleaning it held 5000 gallons of water and 515 gallons of afff foam. You could do house rooftops in seconds but would have to replace the roof after.
Stationed at either Mildenhall or Lakenheath, l was in RAF fire service at RAF Wyton never got to see a P15. But did see the P2 and P4 from Alconbury 😁
@@THESTIG-cc7fq the truck had to come from Mildenhall. It had the large frame aircraft. I was stationed at Lakenheath and lived in Mildenhall housing. Lakenheath just had the F-111 and now F -15s
I forgot about Fairford as well they had a P15 also.There is a preserved P15 at Bruntingthorpe airfield UK
What a massive transformation. A historic plane being preserved for history sake. Great job!
I love these different kind of jobs. They're worth it for the history alone
You are helping to preserve historic property. Thank you it was such a treat to see this.
my pleasure!
A brilliant job mate, it now looks like someone actually cares for a beautiful piece of British aviation history.
People do care but access to this area, which was the only place that they could be parked, is very restricted by the lessees of the airfield who stated they were not interested in British Aviation being as they are Yanks…
@@denisparker6478 As a Yank, and former US Air Force enlisted member, I can't understand this attitude at all. But not everyone cares about history.
Plenty of yanks are allergic to spending any money for anything though (Tory clones) - like a nice dry hangar, or at least improving the drainage on the lot to help keep the moss growth down.
@@ssgtmole8610 I was not denigrating American people in general it’s just that no commitment or financial support was sort from the lessees, just access required to these particular airframes, we are used to looking after our aircraft out in the open and not looking for covered accommodation. They took over the site and demanded that all aviation assets were to be removed in short order, which actually precipitated the scrapping of 6x Tristars, 2x VC10s, 3x747s and a unique Boeing Super Guppy plus the removal of a number of airframes to other sites due to the lack of parking spaces. The three aircraft in the video were the only large aircraft to be saved onto a hard standing outside the leased area.from the museum.
Can I suggest you look up the site of the airfield on Google earth and look at the museum situation and see our problem?
@@ssgtmole8610The ones like the clowns who own the airfield seem the type to bemoan and cry foul when a classic car gets left to rot though.
If they were to have an old Thunderbird there, it'd be given the Queen's luxury, you just watch.
I worked on this lady on my first posting out of training in the mid-80s. A memory I won’t forget.
Excellent to see her sparkling again
Lovely job. One of my secondary duties when I was stationed at RAF Lyneham in the 90's was keeping Sagittarius, the Comet gate guard clean and respectable, so I know the effort you've put in. Well done
The size is astounding, thank you!
Hah I used to do Circuits and Bumps in Comets and Britannias out of Lyneham as a Cadet from 150 City of Oxford Squadron. I bet I flew in that old girl.
Joined up in 1970 and eventually flew out of Lyneham on rear of C-130s from early 1983 until I left in 1985.
That video of her doing a taxi run, but then actually gaining flight was amazing! Great history and so good to see how nicely you cleaned her up!
I am 81 and the Vulcan was my childhood favourite. Even by today's standards it still looks sleek and purposeful. Well done lads in cleaning it up but I have to say that I feel sad that such a valuable and historic a/c is left in the open like this. Has nobody thought about a Go fund plan to preserve it in a Museum under cover which it so earnestly deserves?
Would be nice if something happened - I have heard it costs an eye watering amount just to keep it there as it is, I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for the waltons it would of been scrap metal by now
it’s a victor tho
@@theoonyoutube Woops! Sorry. Too much festive intake. 🙃
@@Bonypart Even this Yank is more familiar with the Vulcan - "Thunderball," and all that. 😉
The first flight of the Victor was 10 years after the first flight of the Lancaster. Incredible
She's such an awesome piece of history, and the last to "fly" too. Hopefully, given she was waved, she will be preserved and find a good home. Same with the Nimrod and her "twin" siter the Comet.
Great Job! And good to see this piece of History being taken care of😁 Would be Awsome to have some video of the inside of this craft.
Well that was satisfying to watch 😊
What a magnificent example of our aviation history!
Absolutely do more at this property if you’ll make some money from it or if you’re passionate about it l. It’s really cool to watch this! Happy New Year Sid to you and your family.
Will do, thank you!
Can't wait to see you do the truck and some of those really green trailers!! What a treat that will be!!!
Guess you need to clean the windshield before you can drive the truck 😂. Have a Wonderful New Year for you and your family
This was so cool and your reaction was too!
Thank you to you and your Dad for this.
You can do every thing out there. This was bloody amazing.
Absolutely awesome sid loving it
Fantastic work on this classic bomber from the RAF's golden V-Force Days.
What a beauty! Great job, Sid! Can't wait for part 2 and I really hope you'll be able to get back there and work on some more stuff. Doesn't matter to me, whether it's the Comet or some of the other vehicles that we could see in the background. They all deserve a little bit of TLC and a good cleaning!
It's great to see one of these again. Once used as A-A refueling tankers for the Vulcan bomber. A truly beautiful British post WW2 atomic bomber design. Wing design by Gustav Lachmann & Godfrey Lee at Handley Page. Just 15 - 20 years after the Halifax, but what a change! Well done getting on that wing, very impressive work.
I'd love to see you clean all these plans and vehicles. Would make some fabulous content something you don't see..
Thanks for sharing mate Happy New Year
That red cover that fell off actually covered the exhaust outlet of one of the engines! Nukes would be dropped from underneath! 😁 Come back and clean it all!
So satisfying to watch. Hats off to whichever RAF paintshop did the etch primer & top coat; it's stood the test of time & a steam pressure wash!
We so miss Brunty 'as it was'. So many thanks for your efforts in keeping Tina intact. Now for canopus and the nimrod.
Oh wow 🤩 You are doing the work of the gods here.
The Victor, Comet and Nimrod are all a huge part of British aviation aristocracy.
So sad to see what has become of the “last ever flying Victor” boxed into a corner but so glad to see the effort being made to keep her going.
I wish they could get them sheltered and out of the weather. Great video 👍🏻
Great video mate... and thanks for taking care of the Victor 😊
Mate this was one great job done on an historic aircraft. If ever there was an aircraft that LOOKED what it was designed to DO the Victor was it. It just looks evil and yet stunningly beautiful.
These B2s were converted to air tankers after their bomber days were done and it was 11 of these that accompanied each Vulcan as tankers on the Black Buck raids on the Falkland Islands in 1982.
On a more serious note lets remember that if the RAF lads were sent off on a real bombing run to Russia they would know that there would be very little of the UK or their families left to which to return. During the Cuba crisis Vulcans were on runways fuelled and tooled and were capable of getting airborne in under 2 minutes. Absolute bravery ....
Good for you, superb job. Next time it needs to be done, let us know, I'll be able to contribute with a modest donation of time and/or money. As Mr Hewes wrote, there's many who complain about the state these get into but few who are willing to do anything about it.
I have 44 years old and love the planes, so see the beautifull Victor in that conditions at the begin was horrible. thanks very much for your great job, greetings from Argentina!
Interesting video. I would love to see you clean that stair truck.
I cannot explain why I found this video so satisfying, but I did.
Oh my this was so much fun watching history come back anew. She came out beautiful. Looks like they could use your touch on a few other things like the steps. I'm surprised you guys could pass that up.
Not enough hours in a day 😆
This plane deserves a building to preserve it ... at least fresh gravel around it keeping the organics down ... very cool gig they need to hire you full time!!
Who doesn’t love a Cold War V-bomber. Just awesome to see and at the same time a shame that she has sat for so long.
I would love to see a walk around of that yard with @Mrhewes offering up a little historic commentary on each vehicle and then put it to a channel vote as to what to clean up next.
I think it would be good viewing if you cleaned up say the plane-fire fighting rig and then Mr hewed made a Video of that particular vehicle, it’s light recommissioning and hopefully a start up. IMO it would bring clicks and subscribers from both channels and be mutually beneficial as I’d definitely follow a monthly cleaning resurrection and start up series.
I dreamt of having something like that jet-washer when I was an RAF mech.... (many years ago). Our lovely pressure washers got more suds on us than on the aircraft, and required a bass broom to get the crud off. Fortunately, I never had to was anything quite that big. "That has got artillery on top of it"... Classic.
Very satisfying to watch the transformation. They looked soooo good coming into land with flaps and gear down.
Wow, felt like such a privilege to watch you clean such an amazing piece of aviation history. Stunning sid and Happy new year to you and your family ❤
thank you bev!
Definitely need to do the commet plane. The transformation will be even better than the bomber. Green to white. Love your work. Sid, keep it up!!
Great job Sid !!!
I’m so glad we had wash teams to clean our aircraft back in the day !!!
I would love you to be able to clean my old girl sat at the RAF Museum at Cosford!!!
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If you have the contacts just put me in touch and Ill get it done! :D
Amazing job - both your cleaning and the honour of being entrusted to work on such a beautiful plane!!!! I worked as a courier for a while and a few years ago I was given a job to fetch a load from a plane. The plane turned out to be an Antonov - I think it was an AN-225 Mriya - 6 engines, etc - absolutely awesome and beautiful. I had to identify my little load in that massive empty cargo area. What an experience! It felt like an honour! That was before I knew the significance of the yellow and blue. There are some experiences in our lives that are just unforgettable! This is one of yours, Sid - thank you for sharing it with us! 😊
Another awesome job as always, has to be awesome to clean such a big part of history as well. Maybe throw in a wash for the stair truck lol.
This was SOOOOOO cool, I LOVED it! Please do it again, yes definitely, another plane, containers, actually Sid clean his entire yard!
Happy New Year to you and yours, good to see your dad again. 🥳. 💦. 🍻. 🎉. 🎊.
Watching from New Zealand
Ah, such an amazing piece of history right there! as an ex RAF Man I haven't seen one of these since Iraq 91, And Perhaps this very plane was used in Operation Black Buck, the longest bombing Mission of all time. You are so very lucky. Great Video!
The museum or preservationists nightmare. Keeping exhibits clean and presentable is like painting the Forth Bridge I know only too well that corrosion sets in and without cover, an army of volunteers, and a pit of money, we will end up losing them all. It's criminal that these have been left out under trees after the initial efforts to preserve and ground run these aircraft. Please keep up the good work in cleaning this up.
Hey Sid it's nice to see your taking on more diverse projects not just house cleanings
I love this video! We'd love to see more like these. Yes, that truck could use a good scrub 😊. You always do such wonderful work, no matter the job. Happy new year to you and your family. Hi dad 👋 Please take care of yourself, 2024 is going to be a busy year.
I would love to see it all cleaned up. The planes, the bins, the truck, all of it.
Yes! Do more of this sort of thing. More playgrounds, too.
Awesome!!
Definitely love to see more aircraft cleans.
The comet is lovely. It’s a helluva job your doing well done
What a fun job! A video on the staircase lorry thing sounds good if you are going to clean more of their planes. Surprised they let you use it
You must be so proud to have this job in your files. Beautiful work, well done! I am in Canada and enjoy my power washer, but my jobs are at home, not on the road as you so clearly do. Bravo.
Sid that was amazing! And so much fun! lol Yes you should help him out by cleaning up some the equipment he has. That was so satisfying to watch that plane become what it should be. You should do the truck and stairs you used It would also be safer for you when you do the other side (or trailers or tanks or machine guns LOL). Thanks for much for sharing! I hope 2024 is a wonderful year for you and your little family. ❤❤❤
Excellent work and many thanks for bringing a bit of shine back to this Victor.
Saw this start on Mr Hewes channel, good to see the full blast. Great job.
That was a flying visit for sure, well done Sid and all and hope you had a good Christmas and New Year.
I am only in about 3 minutes, this looks like it's going to be crazy Sid !!! Please keep going, especially all those cool trucks and other machines, is history. What a great video sir.
What a lucky man! Thank you for helping keep alive such a lady of the sky, I wish I'd have known I'd have come to help ❤️
I am sure the crews of XM715 will appreciate this revamp too. Brilliant.
How cool was that?! I like how you're always hunting fun projects to show us. I'm sure it's a mess doing something new and figuring that out for you, and I thank you for doing it. Awesome channel.
Wow what an amazing part of history looking awesome just doing the first ha,d of the aircraft can’t wait to see it all cleaned up. Fantastic work and thanks for sharing this with us take care and happy new year to you and family. Wishing you all the best of luck for 2024
You sir have got THE best job on the planet..love your videos 👍👍👍👍
57sq Victor a Navigator my father was . As a child I remember lots of these on each side of the runway .I still have his RAF books .
Hi Sid, hope you're keeping well. Sad to see these old machines lingering in a field somewhere, but thankfully we've got people like Joe who has the passion. I'm sure you could do a lot of work in that area and make a lot of cool videos. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. PS. Happy New Year to you and your family. All the best for '24.
Enjoyed it Sid, I loved it!!! Happy New Year Sid.
I would love to see you brighten up the grave yard .
Lucky bastard! Don't care how much work that was, I'd love to been able to help preserve such a treasure.
You’re so lucky to have got this job! Love the ol’ Victor.
So great to hear the enthusiasm and excitement in your voice as you talk about, then restore this beautiful machine! I really loved the WWII decorations on it. And seeing the grime/algae/dirt melt off was beautiful. Whether it's homes or pieces of history like this, you make such a difference! To answer your questions of would we like to see any of the other vehicles cleaned, heck yeah! Love any historic info you want to include with it - it makes it so interesting! Happy New Year to you and yours.
I remember watch you doing cool videos of cleaning up old garden statues and now look at you, what fantastic opportunities you've earned on your journey and well earned they are, looking forward to the future vids. Happy New Year!
Me too!! Luv the unusual!!
Happy new year to you and your family 🎉
What do they say? Go big or go home. You smashed it with this Sid. Clean it all i say planes trucks tanks the lot. No challenge too small for Partridge. Best of luck in 2024.👍
That was absolutely amazing to watch. Such a beast that used to fly our skies! Can’t wait for part 2 😊. Happy New Year Sid and all of the Partridge family ❤
Blessings to you and your family for the New Year , thank you for another great video
this was one of the most amazing transformations of such a beautiful bird. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing. Regards.
Wow! Great work --- Thank you! Maybe you can clean the dirt off the Comet too? Such wonderful aeroplanes must be kept in a clean condition. Best regards, Berni
People can do whatever they want with their property, but its such a shame to see such aircraft of such significance erroding away. Definitely a cool video and transformation! Hopefully he can do a good job on the restoration, heck maybe even build some shelter, they need some love!
Happy new year Sid. That was an ace job. Came up a treat. Pink is a funny colour for a bomber! Looking forward to part two when you can fit it in.
Not really, if you look it up…
happy new year!
Desert Storm colours but the Victors were not painted that colour in the desert.. sort of homage to the Buccaneers, Tornadoes and Jaguars etc.that were that colour.
what an amazing top bloke you are for cleaning this Magnificat history. I'll really do hope that the Victor, Comet and nimrod get's saved and into a new home, also I'd would really love for you to do a whole video of cleaning the Comet and will the Nimrod been cleaned as well? thanks JDS
Awesome video!! Great job on the Victor bomber. I can't imagine how they got it on to that lot. Hopefully, you will clean the Caravelle next to it. I'm a real aviation geek. Thank you for sharing, and keep cleaning. It's very entertaining. 😊
Very cool Sid, do more stuff there. It's very interesting. Happy New year to you and your family :)
What a difference, excellent job. It looks completely different. Happy New Year. Health and blessings.
Have a word with Andre Tempest c/o the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, the owner of the Victor based there, sure they may be able to give advice (if needed).
Spent so much time at Bruntingthorpe in the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, never ever thought it would come to an end, thank you for spending your time cleaning the Victor, just the Nimrod and comet to do now
Very satisfying to watch. Yes please do the Comet and Nimrod.
Happy new year.
Take care, Jeff
Awesome video great to preserve the history. Happy New Year Sid to you and your family xxxxx
That was Fantastic Sid 👍🏆♥️ Yes please do some more🤞♥️
Excellent work and appreciated by all aviation fans.!!
Thank you.❤
good to see people are collecting and saving are history.. and good to see you helping out and bringing life back into these old guys..
"Saving history" is clearly a relative term. This great airplane is being stored...and deteriorating all the time it is exposed to the elements. It deserves far better treatment IMO. Thanks for the video.