I understand that when an aircraft is restored at places like Duxford, any original item not used in the restoration process is boxed up. Where are these items usually stored? It’s just that I’m trying to find a new use for the former Stores at Driffield (East Yorkshire) and deep storage is one option being considered.
By: ZRX61 - 12th August 2006 at 02:21
I traded parts of various aircraft (loan only) to a local bar/roadhouse/aircarft museum for vast quantities of beer. Then it changed hands & the new owner ebay’d a bunch of stuff that belongs to me… & some that theoretically still belongs to the USAF….
One day he’l bump into me around town & have NO idea who I am….
By: HP57 - 10th August 2006 at 19:13
Oh thats just mean
Cees it is true I have a skin panel from her here….
Peter,
Yeah I know. She doesn’t need it anymore. 😀
Cees
By: Peter - 10th August 2006 at 14:20
Oooooooh, isn`t she bloomin` gorgeous?!
Oh thats just mean
Cees it is true I have a skin panel from her here….
By: HP57 - 10th August 2006 at 10:45
In Holland we do that only to pedestrians 😀 😀
I asked the team at Trenton what they were doing with the leftovers from the rebuild of Halifax NA337. According to Deryck they were binned or given to interested visitors.
😮
Cheers
Cees
By: Mark12 - 10th August 2006 at 10:20
Re-cycling
Very good Stuart. I liked that. 🙂
Mark
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 10th August 2006 at 10:13
😀 😀 😀 😀
TT
By: stuart gowans - 10th August 2006 at 10:02
We recycle them, that is to say we take the panels outside and cycle over them ,and then re cycle back over them the other way.
By: QldSpitty - 10th August 2006 at 09:45
Why don,t the unairworthy ,unused spit parts be sent down to Australia where a nice bunch of blokes can use them for patterns for the one they are building. :p .I can vouch they are really nice bloke..(please they are making me say this and have a gun to my head!!!!)
By: HP57 - 10th August 2006 at 09:03
Guys guys,
You should be ashamed for teasing me like that 😀
But in Holland we always say: whoever laughs last laughs best!! 😉
I am known for not giving up easily so watch this space!!!!!!
Cees
By: MerlinPete - 9th August 2006 at 23:01
You are such a tease ……………….
Of course!
In fact we seriously considered making a replica of this for running the Halifax Merlin when it is finished, but two levers are quite enough for Robin to cope with. 😀
By: GASML - 9th August 2006 at 22:54
In answer to the original question….ebay!
Except for HP57 Throttle Boxes which are all carefully boxed up and put in a large Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse so Cees can’t get them :p
🙂
tt
I thought we gave (sorry donated) all our rubbish to TT! 😀
By: FiltonFlyer - 9th August 2006 at 22:49
I understand that when an aircraft is restored at places like Duxford, any original item not used in the restoration process is boxed up. Where are these items usually stored? It’s just that I’m trying to find a new use for the former Stores at Driffield (East Yorkshire) and deep storage is one option being considered.
I have heard that some restorers don’t want to see items from their aircraft being exchanged on ebay for ever increasing amounts, so the odd panel or former ends up on the skip, even its from a WW2 veteran. Seems criminal to me.
Andy
By: moocher - 9th August 2006 at 22:33
Oooooooh, isn`t she bloomin` gorgeous?! :diablo:
You are such a tease ……………….
By: MerlinPete - 9th August 2006 at 22:28
In answer to the original question….ebay!
Except for HP57 Throttle Boxes which are all carefully boxed up and put in a large Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse so Cees can’t get them :p
🙂
tt
Oooooooh, isn`t she bloomin` gorgeous?! :diablo:
By: wessex boy - 9th August 2006 at 22:27
In answer to the original question….ebay!
Except for HP57 Throttle Boxes which are all carefully boxed up and put in a large Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse so Cees can’t get them :p
🙂
tt
I assume retrieval involves a floppy brown hat and a whip?
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 9th August 2006 at 17:41
In answer to the original question….ebay!
Except for HP57 Throttle Boxes which are all carefully boxed up and put in a large Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse so Cees can’t get them :p
🙂
tt
By: Robert Whitton - 9th August 2006 at 17:32
Self Storeage facilities seems to be a growing profitable business. Not aircraft specific.
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