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By: 22nd August 2006 at 15:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-tsk tsk! you surley mean "Gloucestershire Airport" ;)
old habits never die... they always get so pissed if you call them Staverton - serves then right for changing the name to be more sterile.
nice pics - like the meatbox
By: 22nd August 2006 at 16:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-old habits never die... they always get so pissed if you call them Staverton - serves then right for changing the name to be more sterile.
Indeed, they don't take too kindly to being called Staverton, they also don't like it when Buccsociety turns up and has to wait over an hour and a half to get to his aeroplane and he gets rather :mad: :mad: :mad: with them!!!!
Nice pics though.
By: 22nd August 2006 at 18:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-tsk tsk! you surley mean "Gloucestershire Airport" ;)
old habits never die... they always get so pissed if you call them Staverton - serves then right for changing the name to be more sterile.
I'm with Rob .....Staverton is where it's located ....a marketing name is far less evocative ....for most of its lengthy history it's been Staverton and Staverton for some it will always be -by the way I still refer to Birmingham International as Elmdon!!! :)
Rob - I too was at Staverton on Saturday on my way back from Bristol where I collected an Avro Cadet prop that I have obtained - shame we didn't meet.
Regards
Tim
By: 22nd August 2006 at 22:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The name changed in 1993, when the Company was formed. Most of the current staff (and most of the industry) still know it as Staverton, though!!
Great to have the Javelin on the gate and one of the Meteors more visible now. Pity the Bucc is leaving, maybe the delays at the gate are a delaying tactic?!?!?! :cool:
By: 23rd August 2006 at 08:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Great to have the Javelin on the gate and one of the Meteors more visible now. Pity the Bucc is leaving, maybe the delays at the gate are a delaying tactic?!?!?! :cool:
The Javelin and Meteor will eventually move once the Jet Age Museum have 1) Found a new home and 2) have the necessary funds to move them.
As for the Bucc, they want it off site anyway.
By: 23rd August 2006 at 09:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Can't see the Javelin or the Meteor going anywhere in a hurry then! Nor the rest of the collection, quietly rotting away in the far corner of the airfield. :(
You're lucky you moved the Bucc when you did, another wet spell and it would have been up to the fuselage in mud. ;)
'They' don't really want it off site. The new MD is very keen to see historic aviation on site. The problem is, with very limited space and even fewer funds available, a 'museum' isn't financially viable at the present time.
By: 23rd August 2006 at 12:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Can't see the Javelin or the Meteor going anywhere in a hurry then! Nor the rest of the collection, quietly rotting away in the far corner of the airfield. :(You're lucky you moved the Bucc when you did, another wet spell and it would have been up to the fuselage in mud. ;)
'They' don't really want it off site.
The official line that was given to the Jet Age was that everything apart from the Jav and complete Meteor were to be removed from the site by the end of September, that includes the Bucc.
As for being lucky with moving her when we did, she was already in the mud up to her belly and I can assure you that it was a job full of bad language coupled with brute strength and ignorance :D :D .
By: 23rd August 2006 at 14:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I'm with Rob .....Staverton is where it's located ....a marketing name is far less evocative ....for most of its lengthy history it's been Staverton and Staverton for some it will always be -by the way I still refer to Birmingham International as Elmdon!!! :)Rob - I too was at Staverton on Saturday on my way back from Bristol where I collected an Avro Cadet prop that I have obtained - shame we didn't meet.
Regards
Tim
Tim - I can't get used to Bournemouth International Airport either - it'll always be Hurn to me!
By: 25th August 2006 at 21:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Gloucestershire airport????????????????? seems to have passed me by. Wheres that then? I can find Staverton but where in Gloucestershire is Gloucestershire?
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By: Rob68 - 21st August 2006 at 23:09
went to Staverton the weekend, just a few shots from around airfield.