Odd - no one has yet mentioned the 2 Vampires that are extant at Beverly in WA - one outside an RSL (I think it is), the other near the high way.
I flew over Beverly every day just about, and more than once did a real PFL onto the airfield for a "pit stop" along the tree line (followed by a demonstration VERY VERY short field take-off )
For those Mosquito tragics, I saw a pile of bits purported to be a complete Mosquito, in the Wright Flyer hangar at Narromine airfield a couple of years ago, awaiting rebuilding by the Air Museum there.
Just an update on the RT Sabre.............tonight's news carried the story (including video) that it has just been removed from it's "pole" along side the old Pacific Hwy and has been taken to Fighter World at RAAF Williamtown to be restored for display there.
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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
Thanks John, Chris (Ausrock) response refreshed my memory..I was thinking about the Sabre at Raymond Terrace Newcastle NSW. When I was in Wagga in 2000 it was the Vampire (not a Sabre) in your photographs that I remember seeing in a very poor sad condition of neglect, but to my surprise a week later that Vampire was taken down and a new refurbished one mounted. Apparently there was rumour of an argument between the Wagga council and RAAF (after an alleged complaint) over who's responsibility it was to keep this aircraft in a presentable condition. Trouble with the Vampire is that the fuselage is wood and can rot really easily over time...and the gun ports in the nose make a good home for bees.
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