Plane buffs - Treat yourself this christmas.....

[Durruti]

I'm sure this would make a cracking conversation piece for the lounge. Not sure the wife would like it but still............

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAC-TSR2-RAF-Aircraft-Olympu...

[JVaughan]

Durruti said:

I'm sure this would make a cracking conversation piece for the lounge. Not sure the wife would like it but still............

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BAC-TSR2-RAF-Aircraft-Olympu...

Not again !!!...

they cannot sell this heap of scrap ...

[Flintstone]

Two million, me @rse!

This thing's been on eBay for years. Surely by now they've realised nobody is going to pay that much (or anything) for this?

[JW911]

It's traditional for something that noteworthy to be donated to a suitable museum.

[DamienB]

It's only been on for months, not years, and he's open to offers - the 2 mill is just a conversation starter really. Agree it would be best in a museum though.

[scarebus]

I'd give him 2,000,000 yen!

[dr_gn]

DamienB said:

It's only been on for months, not years, and he's open to offers - the 2 mill is just a conversation starter really. Agree it would be best in a museum though.

Where's the precedent for valuing an old, presumably unflown engine at such a stupid price though? Irrespective of how shiny the fan blades are, that starting figure immediately puts the vendor in the 'dreamer' category, and therefore surely no buyer would ever start negotiating a realistic price?

[bleesh]

My Dad, who sadly passed away earlier this year, may have worked on hooking that up into the airframe when he was at Vickers/BAC in Weybridge.
Unfortunately he only mentioned he worked on the TSR2 a few weeks before he died - but it did renew my interest in the aircraft.

However, this interest does NOT extend to 2 million smackers!!