Heinkel 115 recover WOW this looks in good condition

BRILLIANT!

Heard about the possibility in 2007, glad to see it happened!

Interesting, but shows very well how much damage is done to parts immersed in salt water.

It would be difficult indeed to restore to ‘pristine’ condition.

Bruce

So what exactly are they going to do with the aircraft now? Keep it as it is or restore it to pristine condition.

Some interesting relics being treated and conserved…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYVEfhlRSE&feature=channel&list=UL

….needs to undergo electrolytic treatment in a citric sulfate bath.

Any idea what effect this will have on the paint?

I don’t think there’s any suggestion of making it airworthy, the article talks about it being in such a good condition that it could almost fly, which is a bit of an exaggeration!

Such a risk making this airworthy. 🙁

It should be fine as long as they put modern turboprops on it so it’s safer to fly.

:dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2::dev2:

This is so original and the only airframe i am not sure i would want it rebuilt to fly.

At least keeping the airframe wet/submerged is probably the best thing they can do.

I’ve received an answer from the museum to my suggestion that they contact the Texas A&M people for advice, which they said they definitely were going to do, so perhaps more than keeping the airframe wet is in the cards.

DM Article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170817/German-seaplane-recovered-depths-fjord-70-years-sank-raising-hopes-fly-again.html

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Stepwilk,

At least keeping the airframe wet/submerged is probably the best thing they can do.

The other advantage is that they can then begin to remove sections at a time to restore instead of worrying about the state of the whole airframe.

what level of restoration they are planning, I do not know but they seem to be doing everything correctly in my book.

How it works in the long term – well it would be interesting to see.

Hats off for the remarkable recovery.

Mark

I’m told by people very experienced in aviation and maritime conservation that the freshwater bath won’t do nearly as much good as the Norwegian museum people seem to think. the salt simply won’t all leach out from lap joints and under fittings. The Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC) at Texas A&M University has done a lot of research into this, and they feel that an aircraft that has undergone serious submersion in salt water needs to undergo electrolytic treatment in a citric sulfate bath. There is a lot of good science available on this, and I’ve let the museum people in Sola know but have yet to hear back from them. Obviously, they may well simply ignore me.

Thanks for that Roger, found another video too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PqucJPclIfI#

hopefully it will not be ‘fully restored’ as the video suggests.

Edit
I’m still amazed just to see people getting on with something and doing it correctly, I didn’t think that happened anymore!

HE 115 salvage – How it was done

Hello,

I thought this might be of interest for you.
I got this link from a colleague who got it from a friend that was filming the lift and the dismantling of the aeroplane. The video is 18:53 mins long and will probably answer a lot of questions. I thought the wings where cut off, not so 🙂

https://vimeo.com/43561085

Regards
Roger Rasmussen

No exactly a ball of scrap.

Which was the one off Dunkirk?? Are you thinking Hurricane?

No Sorry I was getting the wrong spitfire mixed up,I was thinking of P9374.

Is that a different one from P7540……? :):diablo:

Some pics of the recovery are here:

http://www.dumfries-divers.com/spitfire/spit1.htm

Good point, well made. Serial amended.

Was that the one off Dunkirk? that was just a ball of scrap wasn’t it?

Which was the one off Dunkirk?? Are you thinking Hurricane?

‘cough’ Spitfire P7450 ‘cough’

Recovered too soon maybe

Is that a different one from P7540……? :):diablo:

Some pics of the recovery are here:

http://www.dumfries-divers.com/spitfire/spit1.htm