"Lady Be Good" in new Libya

I would imagine that tourism would be a big concern for the new government once other things are sorted out, lots of revenue potential there that Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt have done pretty well out of. Getting a museum together with this plane could certainly attract a few crowds.

I’m for – ‘put on display in a post Gaddafi Libya’

The former RAF El Adem is pretty much to the far eastern region of Libya, Tobruk, and the LBG it is unlikely to have been ‘taken out’ by NATO.

Mark

I agree – El Adem and the surrounding areas have a huge amount of history, so that particular aircraft should be embraced in such a exhibit.
Those old pictures of her laying in the middle of the sand remind me of the Kee Bird!

To hell with the B24.. lets get in there & start digging up the Typhoons 🙂

that’s the spirit! 😀

Not quite sure on this thread ! -is it lets hope its preserved and put on display in a post Gaddafi Libya -or is it lets grab it as johnny foreigner doesn’t deserve to have it thread?

I’m for – ‘put on display in a post Gaddafi Libya’

The former RAF El Adem is pretty much to the far eastern region of Libya, Tobruk, and the LBG it is unlikely to have been ‘taken out’ by NATO.

Mark

Not quite sure on this thread ! -is it lets hope its preserved and put on display in a post Gaddafi Libya -or is it lets grab it as johnny foreigner doesnt deserve to have it thread?

meanwhile, back in Libya…

BTW…didn’t the RAF bomb Glenn Miller?

er..yes, Hoagy Carmichael slipped us a few bob for that one……well you know how cut-throat the music industry is

OK, it was Sid Lawrence…..;-)

They are not so good at the ID of friendlies either.

I’m sure the vaunted RAF ever made and “Own goals”.:rolleyes:
It’s easy not to make combat miskates when you stay out of combat.:D

BTW…didn’t the RAF bomb Glenn Miller?

USAF goofs

They are not so good at the ID of friendlies either. How about the F-15’s shooting down the US Blackhawks (all dead!)in Irak in the nofly zone!

What!! while enforcing the no fly zone in Libya! They are miles off target:diablo:

The US military, miles off target? That’d be a first…:rolleyes:

Well the US did bomb the Iraqi Air Force Museum…..

What!! while enforcing the no fly zone in Libya! They are miles off target:diablo:

As NATO forces have no doubt subjected the major Libyan air force facilities, such as Gamal Abdul El Nasser Air Base, to attack in recent months, let’s hope that the B-24 has survived unscathed.

Well the US did bomb the Iraqi Air Force Museum…..

I would imagine that this project will sadly now be the least of their worries over the next ten years and beyond, as the civil war rages on and on and on and on…… 🙁

Utter utter ill conceived folly once more.

Clearly it has moved from the police compound to the much more secure and nearby El Adem airbase.

As NATO forces have no doubt subjected the major Libyan air force facilities, such as Gamal Abdul El Nasser Air Base, to attack in recent months, let’s hope that the B-24 has survived unscathed.

Is the nose section away being treated?
Some good photos of her here… http://www.rommelinlibya.com/ladybegood/lbgphotos.html

Clearly it has moved from the police compound to the much more secure and nearby El Adem airbase.

This bodes well as plans were announced a year or so back about a major museum being created, anticipating opening up Libya more to tourism.

Mark

New regime, new name?

“Lybia”?

😉

Sounds the same, right?
Only not backwards anymore!

😛 😉

To hell with the B24.. lets get in there & start digging up the Typhoons 🙂

Is the nose section away being treated?
Some good photos of her here… http://www.rommelinlibya.com/ladybegood/lbgphotos.html

This website suggests that she is back in a compound in Tobruk …

http://www.ladybegood.net/

Libya. Well it was last time I looked in March 2007.

Mark

New regime, new name?

“Lybia”?

😉