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NRG Convoy 1986
July 1986 Convoy
A Day In The Life Of A Recovery Operator (Part 1)
A Day In The Life Of A Recovery Operator (Part 2)
A Day In The Life Of A Recovery Operator (Part 3)
A Day In The Life Of A Recovery Operator (Part 4)
Miss Milly-Tant
Miss Milly-Tant started life as a 6 wheel drive chassis cab for the British Army and was first used as a general cargo truck with the Army Registration Number 36BM73.
Late in 1983 Milly was spotted by Andy Lambert the founder of (and at that time MD of) The National Rescue Group. He decided to purchase her, to operate from their newly opened Brooklands Depot at Weybridge.
Milly now lives, retired and happy at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge where she can often be found winching huge pieces of concrete left over from the war out of the ground, carrying bombs around the site and tree surgery.
Vehicle Recovery After Accident On The A3 In 1989.
Vehicle Recovery of two heavies after an Accident on the A3 in 1989.
After disconnecting prop shafts etc, they are towed down to Robin Hood before turning and heading to Brooklands NRG depot.
Turbo Dispatch Promotional Video - Featuring Ernest Smith (Formerly Of National Breakdown Fame)
This is the famous video (filmed in the Brooklands Control Tower), that was shown on the MTS stand at AVROEX 1990. I am afraid the sound has not aged as well as some of the precipitants.
It is posted in memory of the great man, who did so much for the industry. When I told him I was doing a quick advert for MTS, he travelled all the way to Brooklands just to take part. He was a Gentleman and most of all a Friend. This act was so typical of the man and we miss him.
Vehicle Recovery, Roll Over & Accident Back In 1988.
Back in 1988 in the early hours a fully loaded Tesco Artic and Trailer left the road, on the A283 (west of Stenying) in Sussex. National Rescue were called to recover it.
First it had to be empted and then 'low pressure' Air Bags were employed to lift past the critical roll angle. Then the main road was finally shut, to allow a safe roll over. Lastly, a short winched assisted exit from the field, allowed the road to be opened. Note the incredible four wheel drive Bedford CF support vehicle. the Author would love to know, if it survives somewhere.
Who Is This Bloke Doing Vehicle Recovery?
Rollover on the M25 Junction 11 sometime late 1992.
R.I.S.C. Promotional Video
Next time you see a guy working by the side of the road, or clearing the motorway for you - Think on, they are at great risk everyday of their lives.
RISC UK (Recovery Industry Support Charity) is there to help them and needs your support.
To donate to RISC go to www.riscuk.net or click on the link on the homepage.
Stolen Vehicle In The Thames - Recovering From The Water.
Fishing in the Thames - Recovering a vehicle from under the water (I think) in Richmond, late in 1989.
It was thought it had been used in a robbery and abandened.
Hawker Harrier Aircraft Being Unloaded At Brooklands In 1989.
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier G-VTOL, arrives at Brooklands Museum and Milly does what she does best.
Hunter Aircraft Recovered In 1989 From Brooklands Technical College.
One of a number of Hawker Hunters sold to Denmark this one was returned for resale, but was not sold and eventually given to Brooklands Technical College for training.
We were asked to recover the aircarft in 1989 when it was offered to Brooklands Museum. It was on this job, that the legendary Tony Amos joined the Brooklands Recovery Engineering and Salvage Team (Breast) for the first time.
Bouncing Bomb Being Recovered From Portland 1989.
Sir Barnes Wallis who developed the bouncing bomb, tested them on Chesil Beach in Dorset.
In winter 1989 We were asked to Transport one the Royal Navy had just recovered from Chesil Beach, back to Brooklands Museum.
Before anyone says anything about shakey cameras, you try standing under a helicopter and hold a camera upright!
Lastly, Yes it is that Jumper!
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