Just came upon this on http://www.b3ta.com (click on ‘question of the week’)
”Six fighter aircraft
Back in 1997, a friend and myself went to stay on his parent’s land to help them put in the foundations for a house they were (and still are) building. This land was near RAF Shawbury in Shropshire.
As thanks for digging about two tonnes of earth during the day, my mate and I were given some beers. Once these beers were dispatched, our drunken logic told us it would be a good idea to check out an abandoned aircraft hanger in a field next to the air base. I seem to remember ‘the ultimate party venue’ came into our minds.
After ‘accidently’ breaking a padlock with a handy iron bar to effect entry, we realised the hanger was not so abandoned. There were half a dozen fighter planes stood inside, with UN markings on them. I can only assumed they were some mothballed reserve wing.
Realising that this would be laughed at by our mates without proof, we vigorously debated lifting an ejection seat which was lying next to one of the planes. Figuring it to be too big to hide, we settled for a nice piece of piping, which looked like it was made of titanium. My mate’s dad saw it the next day and said ‘is that off an aircraft? It looks avionic to me?’. Luckily we got away with it, but his perception was uncanny.
I was right about an aircraft hanger being a good place for a party, as it’s amazing how cavernous they are inside, especially in the dead of night when you’ve had a few.”
Anyone got any comments on this? Could just be a false story made up, but hey ya never know
By: GASML - 4th July 2005 at 10:40
Missing a vital point
Hey guys, aren’t we missing an important point here.
Those aeroplanes belong to someone and the people in question broke into a barn or hangar and stole something, possibly vandalising an aeroplane in the process, as I can’t imagine that they were in a logical state after those beers.
As someone who has kept an old aeroplane in a barn next to a farmers field, these p*ss artists would be my worst nightmare!
By: italian harvard - 4th July 2005 at 09:47
it would be true if u could find ANY military installment with serviceable vehicles and no guard garrisons.. I believe they even lied on the beers: it was more than one per head…
Alex
As Aj March pointed: UN markings on a fighter plane? uhm………….
By: Moggy C - 4th July 2005 at 08:12
And really, how hard would this one be to check out. :confused:
I susbcribe to a spotters list just to keep an eye on the comings and goings at my local military bases.
Trust me, those guys regularly crawl over every inch of Shawbury looking for Apaches so that they can underline the number in their little Ian Allan books.
If there really was a hangar ‘outside’ the airfield they’d be in there with endoscopes.
Pure fiction.
Moggy
By: hairy - 4th July 2005 at 05:03
An aquaintence of mine once told me “always follow up rumours as far practical.” and he did that, he chased a rumour of an a/c in a barn on a remote farm.
Guess what, he now has an Oxford in his shed/hanger. (ask Dave Homewood if you don’t believe me.)
And really, how hard would this one be to check out. :confused:
By: crazymainer - 4th July 2005 at 02:28
Yawn…ranks right up there along with the “3 airfields full of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft in Libya”…
ZRX61 I hate to differe with you on this subject but there are more then three German Airfields that still hjave alot of aircraft still on them. remember that only areas near the major citys where clean up by the scrappers.
RER
By: ZRX61 - 4th July 2005 at 02:11
Yawn…ranks right up there along with the “3 airfields full of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft in Libya”…
By: Moggy C - 3rd July 2005 at 23:33
Could just be a false story made up, but hey ya never know
I think we know :rolleyes:
Moggy
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July 3, 2005 at 10:39 pm