Vulcanite, I would have thought it too brittle to stay put on something that would be handled every day and would afford very little grip…

Also there is a patterned texture to the all the ones I’ve seen and look a very even coating, according to WIKI it is or was used for battery cases, electric plugs and pipe mouth pieces…

I dont think ME -109E was telling the complete truth about his visit to the whirlwind site,i wouldnt hold your breath on that one.
It was probably said to scare people away from looking for the site.

What would be the point though of telling us about his visit and about the scan and debris, it certainly doesn’t scare me away, we have to follow every lead up, doing so eventually turned up the westland wind tunnel model…

We sometimes get misinformation about drawings, photo’s, parts and crash sites.

Now, whether it’s just because the information that is passed over to us is incorrect from the start or it’s made to be deliberately misleading, we have to follow it up. Why some are telling porky’s I can’t for the life of me fathom out, it’s as if they just delight in being irksome & annoying…

All this takes time to sieve through and to deliberately put a falsehood in the mix is just counter productive in getting the project finished, I can’t get behind the mind set to want do this.
For bloody years people have bleated about getting a Whirlwind made and now it’s happening we find people that know where a certain part, crash site or drawing is are just refusing to pass it on to us – Wasting our time that could be better used elsewhere…

It’s not as if we’re going to take it from them and never give it back, to keep it locked away only to take it out and gloat over from time to time. It’s beyond my comprehension to hoard knowledge, to not pass it on to those who can put it’s use for the benefit of all…

Rant over…

I started the same thread on another site, interesting the way the two have differed…

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/517337-fox-tor-mires-future-salvage-dig.html

He’s the man you need to find Mr BlueSky

I found a site ( http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/groups.php ) that lists all the Archaeological Aviation group’s but the DARRT listing is of course blank.

Still I can now contact the British Aviation Archaeological Council and ask if they can put me in touch with Mr Hood, I hope that is his surname, whats his christian name?

There have been some in the former Soviet Union including one discussed on this forum that yielded a very well preserved pilot.

Ah yes I remember that one, it was in a lake though if I remember…

Nope it’s this one…

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/armour-weapons-and-aircraft-recovery/hurricane-wreck-with-pilot-recovery-northern-russia-514/

Thank you Paul, looking forward to what you find…

‘Bump’