Booker airfield

[Dr Jekyll]

Had a quick look round Booker airfield this afternoon and came across what appeared to be most of a dismantled Meteor being delivered to a hangar. The place it was being delivered to had a lot of aircraft pieces (too big to call them parts) including what looked like a B25 fuselage.

It all seemed a bit ambitious for restoration, but too historic for a scrapyard. At a guess this was something to do with the restorers on the airfield (personal plane services?) but does anyone know what's going on?

[DamienB]

Sounds like Barry Parkhouse's unit. He's moved a lot of aircraft over the years, and has been clearing out the defunct museum at Lasham recently, which would be a good candidate for the Meteor you saw.

[FourWheelDrift]

Ex-Lasham Museum aircraft

XK418 - British Taylorcraft Auster AOP.9
VH-FDT - de Havilland Drover II
WH291 - Gloster Meteor F.8
VZ530 - Gloster Meteor F.8
4X-FNA - Gloster Meteor NF.13
E-423 - Hawker Hunter F.51
WV798 - Hawker Sea Hawk FGA.6
22+35 - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
VR192 - Percival Prentice 1
WF137 - Percival Sea Prince T.1
XM833 - Westland Wessex HAS.3


Was it an F8 single seater or a 2 seater NF 13 with long radar nose?

[Dr Jekyll]

The only recognisable bit was the wing centre section with two engine cowlings and a bit of fuselage, I'll have a closer look next time I'm passing.

PS, I've had a look, and WH291 was clearly visible on a rear fuselage section, so the F8. Though I'm not saying all the bits were necessarily from the same aircraft.

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Monday 30th August 12:45

[Nickyboy]

DamienB said:

Sounds like Barry Parkhouse's unit. He's moved a lot of aircraft over the years, and has been clearing out the defunct museum at Lasham recently, which would be a good candidate for the Meteor you saw.

Sounds very much like Parkhouse Aviation, used to love going in there and seeing what he had in storage. Was it him that owned the Lightning that used to grace the entrance?

[Dr Jekyll]

Thanks everyone. Through Googling Barry Parkhouse I've just discovered that the dismantled B25 I glimpsed yesterday morning was the same one I was watching in 633 squadron yesterday afternoon.