I just bought a REAL cockpit - did I buy well

[notgotaclue]

I have managed to track down the plane it comes from.
It was involved in a crash in Finland and I have enclosed the link in case anyone is interested.
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...gsearch=OH-JET
Must admit it made it "super cool" when I was stripping it out and found the planes id on a piece of maintenance paperwork.
Allan.

[Geremy Britton]

Really fantastic that you managed to uncover the hidden history, it will certainly provide an excellent conversation when people visit to fly the sim!
Good luck and keep us updated with anymore news you find.

[Ronson2k9]

Pretty wild paint scheme too. Looks like a winner 'sort of' I hope everyone got out safe. Looks like a landing you could walk away from. This is the accident report

She was owned by British Airways first it seems (1985)
This is photographic history of the aircraft

My favorite paint scheme of the lot. Looks fricken sexy to me.


A little information is a dangerous thing.. hehe.. All this was from the Serial Number of the plane.

Cheers
Ron

[notgotaclue]

Ronson, You are an absolute darling.. (in a male bonding sort of way).
I have printed off the accident report and it is fascinating to think that I now have that plane sat in my garage. I havent been this excited about a project since the last project I got excited about.
My wife thinks I am mental. I told her I found the actual plane and tried to show her, but she was busy playing online bingo and posting remarks that she thinks I am having a breakdown on Facebook.
She wants to know why I dont get drunk and have an affair like normal blokes instead of buying "bleedin' planes".... you just cant win.

[Ronson2k9]

Ah Shucks..

Just a simple search really. Just went by serial number of the aircraft. Myself I'm pretty curious about the previous owners. Someone would need to have the great moo ma to have a fine piece of hardware like that. It started and stayed pretty much in the EU it seems, well Europe at the time. Getting it's start as perhaps an executive jet for those in at British Airways. It was a kind of a plane jane paint job if you'll pardon the pun (not a traditional BA paint scheme) when it was under the ownership of British Airways. Then in perhaps a cost cutting measure they sold it to a private owner. I'm going to try to track that down for you. The private owners are the ones that seem the most interesting.

It's living history now that it has a life after death if you will. The company that owned it before you has kept most of the avionics and landing gear and engines as they are also trying to sell those as well. So it's in pieces. The Avionics package was sent off to be re-certified prior to sale.

Hawker Online Scroll to the July 2011 entry.

There is just a ton info out there. I'm trying to find as much as I can for you.

Cheers...
Ron

[EnglishRebel]

I flew in an HS 125 back in 1976. I was working in Warswaw (Poland) on a project and our company chairman came out to visit and took us all out to dinner. I was due to fly home to England the next day so when he said he had two spare seats on the company jet I jumped at the chance. We bypassed all the normal gates at the airport and were whisked on board.
Our chairman, Sir Barry Heath, was a former RAF WW2 Spitfire pilot and he was quite a character. He brought two cases of champagne on board and announced that if customs asked each one of use was to claim that two bottles (the limit without paying duty) were ours.
Great little airplane, very smooth and fast. Ah fond memories.
Alan

[notgotaclue]

Hi.
I have spent a week or so gutting the plane.
It now looks like this.
I want to try and squeeze a 737 MIP into the shell as the parts are readily available, but think it may be a push. I will do some templates and see whether it is doable. It may look odd with the throttle in place, but then again, it is my plane and I can do what I want with it.
Allan
P.s. Notice the towel wrapped around the centre. The amount of times I banged my head on that is unfunny so I had to do something before I got brain damage. I tired for hours to remove it but they certainly made it to last..

[No Longer Active]

Looking good!

Have you got to that stage yet when you are thinking ' just what have I bought?'.....

All the best....

Alex

[notgotaclue]

Looking good!

Have you got to that stage yet when you are thinking ' just what have I bought?'.....

All the best....

Alex

I got to that stage on day 1.
I am finding the process quite relaxing and I don't care what anyone says, a man needs a garage, a ridiculous project and plenty of power tools to play with. I have had neighbours come up to me and ask if I have a plane in my garage, you can see it in the eyes when I say yes - WEIRDO....
Allan

[No Longer Active]

Hi.

I have some 737 mip panels you can have, they are around 95% to scale and are in moderate condition, all you need to do is mount them to a backer of some sort, yours if you want them, just pay postage! I have some GLB panels as well if you want to buy them for a small extra fee!

Just a thought!

Cheers.

Alex