Ray Young from Brockworth 

Posted at 8:37pm on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Ex apprentice working on the javelin prior to the company closure in 1962. Looking through the pictures, bring back memories.

Brian White from Peterborough 

Posted at 5:54pm on Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Nice to see the old girls again. But being an armourer seemed to be forever removing the ejection seats to retrieve bits and pieces dropped in the cockpit and rolling down to the back of the nav's seat. And harmonising the cannons, fiddly and frustrating, and the pilot when checking always seemed to find them not quite perfect! I remember checking the gun purging system, to ensure no build up of explosive gases when the guns were fired. Head in the wheel bay while engines ran at full power, ear defenders di... read more »

Richard Allison from Felixstowe 

Posted at 1:34pm on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Great to see XH897 again, was at Boscombe Down ('A' sqn)when it was painted 'Red & White'.

Tony Reekie from Shropshire 

Posted at 10:48am on Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Remember Javs at 27mu Shawbury in storeage and for major servicing-the fitting of the refueling probe & scrapping.Can also remember the mk7 aircraft being dismantled by 60mu outside F1 hangar & returned
for conversion to mk9.
Always remember the engine ground runs outside no1 hangar,firing the reheat that used to ruin the concrete apron.The the first air test after a major service was always spectacular as the unit test pilot would stage abit of a show - great days. Can remember a jav being over stresse... read more »

David Owen from N.Wales 

Posted at 3:12pm on Friday, December 5th, 2008

Initially Radar fitter on Javs. We had AI 17 on ours, not great. Jav 2 had the more sophisticated American AI21 or 22

Graeme Robson from UK 

Posted at 10:08pm on Friday, November 7th, 2008

Magnificent site. I can't believe I have only just found you.
THANKS