Jet Provost - XW432

[V41LEY]

Parked on a driveway near me !







Doing some research I found this picture of her in better condition at (I presume RAF A&AEE)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77175657@N00/8074282...
and a whole load of amazing photos on there of old RAF planes, HC's etc.

[Hooli]

Poor old thing looks a bit sorry for herself.

[andym1603]

Tore?
ETA.
Not the Tore one, That is XW419.
Story here
http://www.thehighlandtimes.com/news/2015/05/29/ho...

Edited by andym1603 on Monday 21st September 18:27

[FourWheelDrift]

Any landing is a good landing.

[MarkwG]

FourWheelDrift said:

Any landing you walk away from is a good landing.

[Hooli]

Can they be rebuilt to fly from that condition? ie have the wings been correctly removed, or is the spar cut?

[MarkwG]

Just watching Engine Addicts on Quest, & there she is

[Simpo Two]

MarkwG said:

Just watching Engine Addicts on Quest, & there she is

An outboard would have been easier, cheaper, lighter and just as fast!

[tim0409]

Simpo Two said:

MarkwG said:

Just watching Engine Addicts on Quest, & there she is

An outboard would have been easier, cheaper, lighter and just as fast!

I just watched it - enjoyable but I found the presenter slightly annoying, especially his pronunciation of Provost...

[andym1603]

Watched this programme as well and was surprised it was tested on Loch Ness. Living in Inverness this was the first I knew of this. Find it strange that there was no local media coverage to this, given the history and the reference to John Cobb.
The way he pronounced Provost as Prov ost was odd.

[occrj]

Spotted at a show yesterday, note the reg., I guess this is where the engine ended up...? someone mentioned it came out of a JP.



RJ

(wouldn't mind a JP for the garden, mmmm)

[Shar2]

WHy does the boat have a Union flag, the jets reg and a blooming French roundel? Poor show if you ask me.

[Simpo Two]

Shar2 said:

French roundel? Poor show if you ask me.

Well spotted!

[V41LEY]

Thanks for the tip off. Just watched the programme. Loved the stuff at Bentwaters. Still not sure why a now engineless JP has been moved from a garden centre in Shropshire garden centre to a farm in Thame, Oxon !