Bristol Bolingbroke restoration

A World War Two plane, based on a Bristol Blenheim and left to rot in the Californian desert, is to be rebuilt by enthusiasts.

The Canadian plane, called the Bolingbroke, was used to hunt U boats and Japanese submarines.

It was brought back from the US by Bristol Aero Collection who are now reconstructing it in the same hangar where Concorde was built. Retired aircraft engineer David Bradley said it was a “labour of love”.

The plane arrived back in Bristol in 2006 but it is the first time all of the parts have been in one hangar – previously it had been restored in garages and garden sheds. (Too large for my garage or my shed!)

Story and pictures here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26563955

Nice to see things are underway at last – I wish the same can be said for the “…planned Bristol Aerospace Centre” (unless anybody knows differently?).