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Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:35 pm
by grahamdevizes
Does anyone have any info or ideally any serials for the Vigilants that have been roaded into Kemble please? Reports suggest anything anything up to a dozen may have arrived. I drove past the field today, there were definitley glider carriages visible in the Belfast area but I didn't have time to stop. Thanks

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:54 am
by 100arw
I have seen a photo that showed them all. But cant for the life of me remember where. However, this may help:
https://www.airportspotting.com/storage ... kemble-uk/
P.

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:23 pm
by razzer56
Stopped at old Belfast site @ circa 15.00 today. No sign of any Vigilants or their boxes outside at this time
razzer56

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:23 pm
by Al dunn
There are 15 @ St Athan

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:58 pm
by 100arw
100arw wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:54 am
I have seen a photo that showed them all. But cant for the life of me remember where. However, this may help:
https://www.airportspotting.com/storage ... kemble-uk/
Apologies. Wrong location. This is the photo I saw:
P.
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=917 ... 4647622110

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:10 am
by grahamdevizes
Thanks to all

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:23 pm
by Al dunn
Just to point out. The Vigilants at St Athan are on private property and not accessible to the public

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:08 am
by grahamdevizes
Looks like the Vigilants at Kemble are from Little Rissington

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:42 am
by grahamdevizes
A friend who flies from Kemble reported yesterday that there are at least a dozen Grobs well hidden in the Belfast scrapping area with registrations painted over and just tail codes visible. They are apparently under the wing and tail of the B747 in the compound.

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:09 pm
by PhilE
Has anybody got any serials, managed to see 3 off the road opposite. many thanks Phil

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:11 pm
by XA310
All Vigilants have now been removed from Little Rissington.

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:45 pm
by jrmrsdal
There are a couple at Grob in Mindelheim last summer (ZH271/SD,ZJ960/SH)

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:15 pm
by Al dunn
PhilE wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:09 pm
Has anybody got any serials, managed to see 3 off the road opposite. many thanks Phil
Unfortunately there are more than 3.

An image I have seen there is at least 8 or 9 in the image

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:14 pm
by PhilE
Thanks for the replies, I didn't realise they were there until I looked at my photo's of the jumbo. I will go back and have a closer look from the other side. Thanks Phil

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:28 pm
by phantom23
Can anyone confirm which frames are visible from outside as my last two are present in the scrapping area..typical!

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:03 am
by roger4
According to ukserials.com there are 16 at Kemble for scrapping, namely ZH116, ZH118, ZH119, ZH125, ZH126, ZH127, ZH145, ZH146, ZH148, ZH184, ZH193, ZH194, ZH205, ZH211, ZH268 and ZH270. According to "grahamdevizes" above, at least a dozen (his words) are in the "Belfast" compound, so perhaps all 16 are there. In addition ZH263 is at Kemble in the hands of a private buyer.

For completeness, also according to ukserials.com, the 15 at St.Athan are ZH115, ZH117, ZH120, ZH122, ZH128, ZH186, ZH190, ZH196, ZH208, ZH209, ZH249, ZH264, ZH267, ZH269 and ZH278.

As a technicality, all of these were allocated civil registrations in the range G-CMGD through to G-CMIN inclusive, although none appear to be marked as such.

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:50 am
by Al dunn
The RAF had 67 Vigilant T1s

So with 17 at Kemble and 15 @ St Athan there are still 35 dotted around somewhere in the UK.

I wonder if and when they will make an appearance to possibly be scrapped

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:08 am
by Professor_M
Al dunn wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:50 am
The RAF had 67 Vigilant T1s

So with 17 at Kemble and 15 @ St Athan there are still 35 dotted around somewhere in the UK.

I wonder if and when they will make an appearance to possibly be scrapped
Aerobility acquired a number of examples for their "Project Able".

Some information on the project's website: https://www.g109able.org/faqs

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:19 am
by Al dunn
Looking on the CAA G-Info website

Aerbility had 61 Vigilants registered off which 32 are listed above

https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register ... ch-g-info/#

Re: Vigilants at Kemble

Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:15 pm
by Ronald Jeremy
Afternoon gents,

Are the Vigilants which were reported in the Belfast scrap compound still extant? I seem to recall a report that they were all underneath the tail of the 747.

I'm down BZZ Friday for the Japanese triples so want to work this in too if still extant.

Ron