leccyflyer Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) https://www.key.aero/article/storm-eunice-destroys-beloved-neighbourhood-venom?fbclid=IwAR0yihWcD_ucMOm99qsaogAhnVDEkxCF1PsqgJ1no0mnpQ-99SvgPuINMNA That's a shame. Edited February 19, 2022 by leccyflyer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john davidson 1 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 looks as if there was quite a bit of deterioration in the wooden structure so it would have happened sooner or later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 i read elsewhere that it was pretty rotten before it was mounted on its perch... ken anderson...ne...1...Rotten dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Gorham_ Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 It's a Venom I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 It is indeed a Venom - my mistake. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Maybe Tony Nijhus could build them new one. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 In fairness, would you rebuild that. Oil soaked and rotten. Early Cold War warrior. If you spend money there, you get a morale problem. Every time a someone told to cut costs goes past a rebuild, a nasty rebellious though enters head. That is everyone. Start of every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Walby Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Why is the stand lying on the floor? Ok if the aircraft was rotten would it have not just fallen off the stand? Which went first? Stand or aircraft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 There were quite a few posts complaining about the poor state of the stand, holding the aeroplane, which had not been well maintained, allegedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 It's going to need a bumper sized bin liner for that one! But seriously, my first thought was why the bracket mounting had failed - lucky it didn't have nastier consequences. I notice that the report stated that the aircraft had detached from the stand but looking at the wing and impact damage at the root, I'd put good money on the poor old Venom being firmly attached at the moment of impact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 That gate guardian was put up long after the disused airfield became an industrial estate so it I saw it as more of a vanity project because as far as I know they didn't fly Venoms from Grove. It was used by Bomber Command for Wellingtons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenRow Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Perhaps it could be taken to Buckminster, along with a big bottle of cyano. Each visitor could glue a bit back on… It looks like some woodworm killer or wet rot treatment might be desirable too. It looks like one of the ex-Swiss Air Force Venoms, with the pointed nose. It’s a shame to see how it has ended up but with wind gusts last Friday in excess of the plane’s minimum flying speed I suppose it just wanted one last flight. It looks like a new housing development is going up behind it, I don’t suppose it would have lasted long in front of new houses anyway. It saves the developers having to justify its removal to any complainants now. Interestingly the development is named ‘Wellington Gate’. Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Looks to me that the bolts fixing stand to the ground plate broke or tore out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Stephenson Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 The latest... https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19938457.grove-community-hope-famous-plane-will-return/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan p Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 With all that wind perhaps the old girl wanted just one last flight!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 hour ago, alan p said: With all that wind perhaps the old girl wanted just one last flight!! Actually that was probably its maiden. Somewhat like some of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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