Buchon OO-MAF

aaah yes, the new Dora 😀 Wouldn’t it be great to see both in the air, flying together 🙂

We can only wait with bated breath… 😉

Wel, maybe some machines are leaving the collection, but the one that is coming into it has a much greater value, setting even his Buchon in the shadow. BW Roger

Fred Vormezelee is a really nice bloke – we did some dealings with him a few years back – a teardrop Spit canopy for some throttle quadrants IIRC all handled by a UK golf professional !

Shame some of the collection is going…

TT

I was told that this airframe is a rarity in case of Buchon’s because it is the only surviving Buchon which hasn’t had an accident while it flew. It never got a landing mishap.

That would certainly make it rare. 😀

And most (current) Buchon owners seem to reckon that discretion is the better part of valour. 😉

Hi JDK,

I was told that this airframe is a rarity in case of Buchon’s because it is the only surviving Buchon which hasn’t had an accident while it flew. It never got a landing mishap.

Cheers,
Stieglitz

The most important thing is that this very authentic Buchon is in good shape and is kept safe for the future.

Hmmm.

Let’s not over emphasise the rarity of such an item. Off the top of my head I can think of three in National level collections – the Musee de l’air example, the Spanish Air Force museum example in Cuatro Vientos, and the (currently in store) Canadian Aviation Museum example. And all these are in versions of the original Spanish colours and markings as well.

I’m not implying that a private owner is ‘less safe’ than a national collection – however a national collection has a set of checks and balances that others don’t have. While the CanAv machine may move on in due course (having been ‘replaced’ by a Bf109G) – that’s purely speculation, a privately owned and grounded example is hardly a major addition to the world’s portfolio. Need I mention a certain cache of Texan Battle of Britain film Buchons, including the only surviving two-seater? The Kalamazoo example? Flying, would IMHO, be far more interesting and significant.

Cheers

As Roger said, the buchon will not fly in the near future. The machine is in airworthy condition at this point. All major repair work on it is reported to be done.

The most important thing is that this very authentic Buchon is in good shape and is kept safe for the future.

Stieglitz

Very true, Stieg, very true.

As Roger said, the buchon will not fly in the near future. The machine is in airworthy condition at this point. All major repair work on it is reported to be done.

The most important thing is that this very authentic Buchon is in good shape and is kept safe for the future.

Stieglitz

I also heard that the Buchon normally won’t fly again. But off course you never know (let’s hope it will once!!)

Some of the vormezeele planes are for sale:

T-28 project
Nord (they say in flying condition, but it hasn’t flown for years)
Stearman project

see www.planecheck.com for more info

some pictures here:
http://www.geocities.com/vormezeelecollection/
He has a lot of nice warbirds, but most of them don’t fly (or rarely).

That’s a real shame 🙁

That’s what I was told. BW Roger

At all? Ever? 🙁

Thought the work on it is (almost) over now. I also understod that there are no plans to fly it however. BW Roger