TSR-2 forward fusalage spotted on TV

[simmie]

I recently spotted what appeared to be the forward fusalage of a TSR-2 on TV.  I think it was while watching vol.4 of the official story of the return to flight of the Vulcan, but I will try and rack the old grey cells and see if that is correct.  If anyone else can confirm this it would help.

The fusalage was lying on the ground outside a hanger (possibly to the rear of the building), close to some trees.  There was an another aiframe/part airframe close by, and it appeared to be covered in green algae/moss.

[Hobbes]

Sounds a bit like the front fuselage test article that's kept at the Brooklands museum on the outskirts of London. Although that is on a stand, not lying on the ground.

[simmie]

AAHH, then it could have been in the Channel 4 programme about Concorde shown on Monday night.

I taped it so I'll have a look back over it to confirm this.

[PR19_Kit]

It was the Concorde programme, I saw it too, and confirm that it was at Brooklands. But it must have been filmed a while back as the TSR2 nose was lying flat on the ground at the time.

[GrahamS]

It was definately Brooklands as I emailed them to confirm it. They promised that they would start a clean up of the fuselage asap!

Graham

[deathjester]

Isn't there a wing centre section at a museum some where in east anglia?  And an engine for sale....start saving those 2p's boys, lets try a 1:1 scale whiff!

[bluedonkey99]

Here is a photo I took at Brooklands in 2009

Here is a zip with a half dozen more images of this cockpit section (@8.5mb in total)
http://www.kampfgruppe144.com/downloads/TSR2/TSR-2_Brooklands-2009.zip