A visit to an once busy airfield, initially to meet someone at the Avro Heritage Society, however this did not quite come off.

We therefore had a chat with a few others that we knew and took some general area photographs of the outside exhibits and the remaining British Aerospace buildings presently still standing. We will go next week and have a better look around the Heritage Centre. From a cursory glance it looks very interesting.

Some general area photographs were also taken of the remaining British Aerospace buildings presently still standing on the old airfield site. I believe that these may have been called the finishing sheds? I was told that they were due for demolition, however the price of metal crashed as China pulled from the market and the initial quote was therefore now too high for the tendering company to make a profit. The final decision of how to deal with the buildings is still outstanding.

Photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums/72157709428684052

Regards

John

Trip Airfield Albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/albums

Country Folders https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/collections

Old scanned photographs at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlt_egcc74/collections/72157676555557434/

Avro Heritage Society at Woodford~Cheshire

Inside
BAPC-328 Avro Type F C/n Unknown Preserved Unmarked
G-AGPG Avro Anson C.19/2 C/n 1212 Preserved Unmarked
G-CFTF Avro Triplane 1 C/n LAA 354-14777 Preserved Unmarked
WK118 English Electric Canberra TT.18 C/n R3/EA3/6632 Preserved Coded CQ
BAPC-471 Avro Lancaster C/n Unknown Preserved Marked R5868 / PO-S

Outside
G-ORAL Avro 7482A/334 C/n 1756 Preserved Unmarked Nose
XM603 Avro Vulcan B.2 C/n SET67 Preserved
XV106 Vickers VC-10 C.1K C/n 836 Preserved Unmarked
XV235 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 C/n 8010 Preserved Coded 35

Photo credit: John Tomlinson