Restoration Photo's of Supermarine Swift WK275

[Colin James]

A foggy day in March 2012, WK275 outside Sheppards surplus where she had sat for over 50 years. This was taken on the day a team from Jet Art turned up to start the dismantling process and extract the aircraft so the restoration work could begin.

 

 

All work carried out and photographs courtesy of Jet Art Aviation

 

Jet Art Aviation Facebook 

[Colin James]

24th November 2016 restoration complete and the aircraft rebuilt sat next to Avro Vulcan XH558 in hangar 3 at Robin Hood Airport. The aircraft is now on long term loan to the Vulcan to the Sky Trust

 

 

Taken February 2012. WK275 sat outside Sheppards Surplus

 

After restoration

 

The nose of WK275 the day she arrived at Jet art in March 2012

 

After restoration. WK275 on the lorry ready to start the journey to her new home.

 

Taken in March 2012 just after she had been craned onto the Lorry at Sheppards Surplus ready for the wings to be removed.

 

After restoration

 

STBD Side view of WK275's fuselage taken in March 2012 the day she arrived at Jet Art

 

STBD Side view after restoration arriving at Robin Hood Airport.

 

Port Wing as removed. Note damaged aileron and damage to the wing tip.

 

Port wing after restoration

 

STBD main undercarriage before restoration

 

STBD main undercarriage after restoration

 

Canopy and windscreen area before restoration

 

Canopy and windscreen area after restoration

 

She is Complete 

 

[H.Wilson]

Oh wow what a lovely storey, these photographs are wonderful and what a transformation 

[herefordman75]

Fantastic to see it restored. Remember sheltering under the wings in the rain numerous times. Wonder what happened to the helicopter that was out the back and the APC (think it was a ferret?) they had inside

[Ubique]

Colin , super photographs , thank you for sharing them . Any idea of the cost involved and ( it might sound a silly question ) will it fly again - I accept that there are so many restriction on vintage aircraft flying .

[Colin James]

Colin , super photographs , thank you for sharing them . Any idea of the cost involved and ( it might sound a silly question ) will it fly again - I accept that there are so many restriction on vintage aircraft flying .

 

Not sure of the costs yet but she will not fly this is now a static display 

[Jango1969]

Good to see.  The Trust that got the Vulcan flying again are now trying to get a Canberra airborne.  I was based at RAF Scampton when the Vulcan operated there.  The noise.  probably contributed to my knackered hearing.

[Adrian symonds]

i wondered what happened to it, glad they have done a restoration on it, it would have been sad to lose it, even if it never fly again, still part of our history.

[Clarkester]

It's good to see it looking like a Swift again, rather than the sorry state it had slowly drifted into.

I always felt a bit sorry for it when visiting Sheppards.

On a related note, does anybody know what happened to the De Havilland Vampire that used to be in front of the ATC building on Eign Road?

[H.Wilson]

It took the HT a weeks to catch up on this story http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14943835.Iconic_jet_plane_which_stood_outside_rural_county_shop_for_decades_fully_restored/?ref=mr&lp=5

[Bill Thomas]

I saw this on another social media page today and thought I had seen it before. This is a brilliant project 

[Alex]

On 04/12/2016 at 12:19, H.Wilson said:

It took the HT a weeks to catch up on this story http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/14943835.Iconic_jet_plane_which_stood_outside_rural_county_shop_for_decades_fully_restored/?ref=mr&lp=5

Yes and I see another local website has published the same story today, Hereford Voice you should be flattered.