It could make a motor home or two --- On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 11:11 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Here is a video of engines start and taxi of a flyable BAC 111, with > Rolls-Royce SPEY engines. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-CNrtQpXWs > > Putting the aircraft back in flyable status would be Huge$$$ undertaking. > If log books could be found for that airframe, and for the engines, landing > gear, control surfaces, flight controls and servos, pressurization systems, > wheels, brake system.. and the myriad of other items that must be certified > to be "in specification".... and you could find repair stations still > certified to test and overhaul each component. > > The Rolls-Royce SPEY engines, inclusive of all variants, only accounts for > 2,768 ever produced. So the supply of flyable spare parts after the > airframes were flown to the end of service life and retired, is likely now > tiny, if any even exist. > > The RR SPEY engine failed to meet noise abatement regulations in EU and all > models were decommissioned and removed from service. US Carriers soon > followed. > So, win the lottery, spend a few decades trying to find spares and log > books, bring it into FAA compliance and inspection, and you still have a > ramp dog that can not be flown, even if you could find an ATP flight crew > that were type certificated in one... > Scrap.... > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 8:50 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I flew a VAC 111 to IAD from Heathrow back in the late 60s. The landing > > was unbelievably smooth and the cabin very quiet. > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 8:34 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > NO TITTLE FLEW WHEN PARKED NO LOBALLERS HMU WHEN YOU READY TO FLY > > > > > > --FT > > > Sent from iFōn > > > > > > > On Nov 14, 2021, at 7:58 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/686845188953034/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
