Just sitting here and thinking out loud.
Obviously there was the famous story of the “Lady be good’ and more recently the Kittyhawk of Dennis Copping.
So I then begain thinking how huge and undiscovered the deserts must be (as it was many years for just these two aircraft to turn up) and wondered just how many aircraft could be out there yet to be discovered.
I guess the only way to find out would be for a company like Google to do a detailed images of the deserts, like it does from the air over populated areas, and then hope some intrepid viewers could try and find any forgotten aircraft.
Sad thing is, I can imagine if something was discovered it would be ‘captured’ very quickly no doubt to make a vast profit!?
Would still be fascinatioen to see what lies out there?
By: Maple 01 - 9th April 2018 at 21:12
With recent developments in Ground Penetrating Radar etc I understand that archaeologists in North Africa have an embarrassment of previously unknown cities to explore – maybe in the fullness of time the development of this technology it will be possible to sweep large areas for smaller targets lost under the sands
By: Dave Hadfield - 9th April 2018 at 18:16
The bottom of the Black Sea will have lots of aircraft.
Not too long ago there were 2000 year old ships found with wood still intact, in the anoxic zone.
By: Spiteful - 9th April 2018 at 17:26
Along similar lines have often wondered what could still be out in Asia. There was mention of aircraft in the jungles still to be found?
By: Graham Boak - 9th April 2018 at 17:07
There was also a SAAF Blenheim found a good few years ago. However, remember that although the deserts may be vast, the fighting took place along a fairly narrow coastal strip, people do live there, and there were units whose job was to collect wrecks.
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April 9, 2018 at 3:57 pm