The last Boulton Paul aircraft leaving the old factory in Wobaston Road, Bilbrook 

I think the technology is a bit outdated by now.

Were they on a "work to rules" campaign there all those decades ?

I didn't know they were still making them, it is a shame because I would have put my order in.

@@thax321 Check out which type shot down the most enemy aircraft during the battle of Britain in a single day. Then the top-scoring night fighter during the blitz. Quite good stats

Sadly West Midland Police could not afford a Rolls Royce even for this occasion. ;)

@@suburbiapheonix7960 Remind me, who owns the RR brand nowadays?

@@svennoren9047 Sadly not the UK.

@@svennoren9047 Although the Rolls-Royce brand has been in use since 1906, the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars subsidiary of BMW AG has no direct relationship to Rolls-Royce-branded vehicles produced prior to 2003 other than being a major engine and other supplier prior to 2003. The Bentley Motors Limited subsidiary of Volkswagen AG is the direct successor to Rolls-Royce Motors and various other predecessor entities that produced Rolls-Royce and Bentley branded cars between the foundation of each company and 2003, when the BMW-controlled entity started producing cars under the Rolls-Royce brand. Now that said a Roller produced prior to 2003 might be the real deal. Also taking things forward the company that produces Aeronautics etc is still UK based. As far as automotives are concerned no one nation can say 100% of its car manufacture is national sourced.

It is

They were made at the Pendeford Wolverhampton factory. That's where they made this replica. The whole museum should have been saved by the Council.

It should have stayed where it was as that is where they were built and test flown

There was a late war design the Griffon engine fix forward 20 mm cannons and 20 mm cannons in the turret with a radar gun sight It never got off the drawing board

My very first thought upon seeing that. One time I misread the name of a funeral home as "Done" instead of the correct, "Dunn". Told my wife about it and she got a chuckle out of it.

Definitely looked like a mock up to me, would like confirmation either way tho.

High fidelity cardboard and fibreglass.

Another commentator @Suburbia Pheonix has more information. I'll copy and paste their post for you ***Suburbia Pheonix Ok. Maybe the title does not explain it all. Unlike replicas constructed for display elsewhere this replica was built at the original factory by retired Boulton Paul employees using original documents as part of its construction and utilizing techniques they witnessed as apprentices at the factory during the period of manufacture. As such these are the last aircraft to leave the site of the Boulton Paul factory regardless of ability to fly. The Balliol is not a replica but a restoration project on an ex working airframe. As for any air worthy examples to my knowledge there is only one contemporary example of the breed and that is not airworthy. It currently resides at Cosford.***

Yes GRP

It's a Balliol!

@@DrPaulCollins thanks

Or possibly a Sea Balliol? At least there seems to be some actual airplane in that one.

It's a replica built by ex Boulton Paul workers in the Boulton Paul Heritage Foundation in the factory where they were originally built

@@stephenhill2112 oh so not only is it not the last one it's not even a real one

@@leprechaunbutreallyjustamidget As far as I am aware there are replicas including the Association built one on display at the Battle of Britain museum at Hawkinge, Kent. Things got nasty after this video and the replica never made it to Norwich ending up in storage at RAF museum Cosford until rescued by the Hawkinge museum. The only surviving example from the production run in the 1940's is on display at Cosford and has seen better days it has to be said. To my knowledge no flying examples exist.

Well not quite the basement. The Association had space given to it in the outbuildings to keep a museum running. It all got scattered to the four winds following the closing of the old factory. There was a workshop of metal bending machines and tools contemporary with the manufacture of war era aircraft. The association also had power controls from the Dowty era from Vulcan and Buccaneer. Sadly I cannot recall if it had the Concorde rig as well. These found a home at the Black Country Museum in Dudley. The archive was quite a treasure trove of records dating back to the founding of the factory. Sadly I have no idea where that went as it filled a full sized office space along with paintings and such celebrating aircraft the factory either built or had some involvement with. The Association moved to smaller workshops but I lost touch with them at that point.

Internet was down that day

Yes

@@leprechaunbutreallyjustamidget REALLY?

@@raypurchase801 No? there's only one real defiant left and most certainly not airworthy

@@adampoultney8737 That's what I mean, in capital letters. The last flying Defiant can be seen in displays with an Avro Manchester and a Vickers Wellesley.

Well maybe the industry could be revived of they started paying proper wages that you can actually live on. No wonder anyone wants to design or build aircraft when you can earn more money at a supermarket checkout will not even half the responsibility.

There's a flight worthy one now

Ok. Maybe the title does not explain it all. Unlike replicas constructed for display elsewhere this replica was built at the original factory by retired Boulton Paul employees using original documents as part of its construction and utilizing techniques they witnessed as apprentices at the factory during the period of manufacture. As such these are the last aircraft to leave the site of the Boulton Paul factory regardless of ability to fly. The Balliol is not a replica but a restoration project on an ex working airframe. As for any air worthy examples to my knowledge there is only one contemporary example of the breed and that is not airworthy. It currently resides at Cosford.

@@suburbiapheonix7960 This should be a pinned comment.

The chicken nugget factory was built behind the Dowty Boulton Paul factory. I did my Apprenticeship there. So sad.

@@Codsallkendo It was an airstrip when I did my apprenticeship. We still had the gun testing butts and the Belmann hangers out back. Amazingly you could still see the faint outline of the camo paint on the rear factory doors where they rolled out the aircraft. If you looked carefully at the floor between 561 and the rear of the factory you could still see marks where construction took place though you had to look very carefully.

Andrew Howden nice “opinion”

Andrew Howden Are you blind?

No! It’s not! It’s very interesting! Greetings from Linz🇦🇹Austria-Europe!

@Andrew Howden It probably doesn't think much of you.