I do, when I was a boy I flew with them London Stanstead to Majorca on a Comet and later flew Heathrow to Barcelona on a 737 - 400, just before they ceased trading.
@ Ah yes my friend the Comet days along with BEA Viscount and Vanguard and Silver City car carrier. One aircraft arriving every hour at Ringway nothing else in between, the treat was a Boing 707 oh the excitement!
I flew to St Athan from Dunsfold with my father and another person who going to pick up a Harrier . My last flight with my father something I really enjoyed .
I wish SWAM would actually get on and restore these aircraft that they acquire The DC-6 I thought wouldve been put together more then what is in the video the Twin Pioneer too. Just wish G-SIXC DC-6 would be sold and get back on her legs again she dsnt deserve this
Feel free to offer your repair skills. At least they haven’t been scrapped, but it will take a LOT of volunteer hours to restore these aircraft and skilled volunteers are in very short supply.
The DC6 doesn't belong to SWAM. It belongs to a different company altogether and is up for sale currently I believe. In fact, everything in that fenced off storage is not part of their collection. Hence why you need to get permission from the owner for access to it. The Twin Pioneer isn't in great shape but nor did it arrive in great shape if I recall. As for restoration, they're literally just putting the finishing touches to the Meteor and completed a repaint of the Vampire not long ago (which it needed). If you've got any relevant skills to restoration then they're always looking for volunteers to assist 😊
@lewiswilliams5837 G-SIXC belongs to the owner who is supplying the aircraft to SWAM he runs a recycle firm so took on the DC-6s and G-APSA will be restored for the museum. He acquired aircraft to exchange for other types of they can swap or sell on. Hence why the Twin Pioneer was as this was stored in Coventry as the classic fleet was being cleared out. The only items in the yard are those to be sold on the cockpits are from airliners that GJD have scrapped
@@100Audit As you said, owned by one of the main benefactors of SWAM, but not destined for it. SIXC was, the last time I talked to any of the team there, not for the museum. The Twin Pioneer is supposed to be for the museum but the current fundraising is destined to bring the 146 over from storage with Horizon. The figures the council want are very costly so that's more than likely why other new projects haven't really been started. GJD also do far more than just scrapping for the record. They also do line and engine maintenance.
The classics haven't been left to rot. That's a private storage yard behind the museum (and not part of their collection). The DC6 is actually up for sale I believe. It's all on private land so things are moved around a fair bit. The brief shots of the stuff behind the museum are aircraft that, I believe, destined for the museum collection once restored. Been a long time since I've been down to the storage area as I can never be bothered to arrange permission from the owner 😂 Tl:Dr - The fenced off aircraft are in private storage. The unfenced belong to the museum.
If a group of like minded people got together and put their hands in their very deep pockets , you would have a sense of acheivement but you would need another group of like minded enthusiasts with deep pockets to help with promotion , insurance and obtaining parts , aviation is great but not cheap , that is the shame
Wow
Awesome video enjoyed
Anybody remember DANAIR LONDON.
I do, when I was a boy I flew with them London Stanstead to Majorca on a Comet and later flew Heathrow to Barcelona on a 737 - 400, just before they ceased trading.
@ Ah yes my friend the Comet days along with BEA Viscount and Vanguard and Silver City car carrier.
One aircraft arriving every hour at Ringway nothing else in between, the treat was a Boing 707 oh the excitement!
Yep, ended up flying most of the comet4 fleet.
It was created as the house airline of the tour agency 'Davis And Newman'
Dan Dair?
I flew to St Athan from Dunsfold with my father and another person who going to pick up a Harrier . My last flight with my father something I really enjoyed .
Looks a lot different to when I was there 76-80 on Phantom majors. Nice to see the twin pin, shame it is in such a state.
Not been to St Athan since I was space cadet in 1973
Not been to RAF St Athan since i did my MT driver training in 1984 😊
I was an instructor at the school then,I loved it.
@colinmiller5502 could have been mine then 😉
@tonyf9076 I was on the AEC in 84,mostly Mtd's,firemen and Mt mechs/ techs
@@colinmiller5502 MTD 83 to 92 👍🏻
@@tonyf9076 I joined Nov69,left in Aug 93,would do it again,great times
Did the British Eagle DC6 fly from Coventry to ST Athens, or was it transported in bits….?😊
@@josephlambe2796 I believe it was transported to St Athen in sections and delivered via lorry.
So sad to see the Air Atlantic DC6s in the scrap yard….If only I won the lottery…Really hoping they don’t get chopped
isnt that bruce dickinson (out of iron maiden) aircraft repair company.
No, Bruce owns Caerdav which don't do the scrapping. Scrapping is done by eCube
He's Next Door.
I wish SWAM would actually get on and restore these aircraft that they acquire
The DC-6 I thought wouldve been put together more then what is in the video the Twin Pioneer too.
Just wish G-SIXC DC-6 would be sold and get back on her legs again she dsnt deserve this
Feel free to offer your repair skills. At least they haven’t been scrapped, but it will take a LOT of volunteer hours to restore these aircraft and skilled volunteers are in very short supply.
The DC6 doesn't belong to SWAM. It belongs to a different company altogether and is up for sale currently I believe. In fact, everything in that fenced off storage is not part of their collection. Hence why you need to get permission from the owner for access to it.
The Twin Pioneer isn't in great shape but nor did it arrive in great shape if I recall.
As for restoration, they're literally just putting the finishing touches to the Meteor and completed a repaint of the Vampire not long ago (which it needed). If you've got any relevant skills to restoration then they're always looking for volunteers to assist 😊
@lewiswilliams5837 G-SIXC belongs to the owner who is supplying the aircraft to SWAM he runs a recycle firm so took on the DC-6s and G-APSA will be restored for the museum.
He acquired aircraft to exchange for other types of they can swap or sell on.
Hence why the Twin Pioneer was as this was stored in Coventry as the classic fleet was being cleared out.
The only items in the yard are those to be sold on the cockpits are from airliners that GJD have scrapped
@@100Audit As you said, owned by one of the main benefactors of SWAM, but not destined for it. SIXC was, the last time I talked to any of the team there, not for the museum. The Twin Pioneer is supposed to be for the museum but the current fundraising is destined to bring the 146 over from storage with Horizon. The figures the council want are very costly so that's more than likely why other new projects haven't really been started.
GJD also do far more than just scrapping for the record. They also do line and engine maintenance.
Sad sight. I wonder why the smurf one was there. Perhaps it was damaged,and unable to be repaired or it was just retired.xx
I think it was retired a couple of months ago but not certain
Thank you xx
What a crying shame those classic aircraft have been left to rot 😢
Not rot. The parts worth stuff will be taken and the rest scrapped
The classics haven't been left to rot. That's a private storage yard behind the museum (and not part of their collection). The DC6 is actually up for sale I believe. It's all on private land so things are moved around a fair bit.
The brief shots of the stuff behind the museum are aircraft that, I believe, destined for the museum collection once restored.
Been a long time since I've been down to the storage area as I can never be bothered to arrange permission from the owner 😂
Tl:Dr - The fenced off aircraft are in private storage. The unfenced belong to the museum.
A twin Pioneer.. WOW, thats a rare bird.. Shame!
It's in the museum collection for restoration when funds allow (if I recall correctly). Not for scrap 😊
If a group of like minded people got together and put their hands in their very deep pockets , you would have a sense of acheivement but you would need another group of like minded enthusiasts with deep pockets to help with promotion , insurance and obtaining parts , aviation is great but not cheap , that is the shame
Yeah
British Eagle 😮 Nimrod ⏳