“Can anyone please give me a detailed history of a) how the Wellignton ended up in Loch ness, and b) what the circumstances were that allowed it to be pulled out? How did the recovery all come together? Who did it? What was involved, etc?”

Dave,

I have a copy of “One of Our Aircraft: The Story of the Loch Ness Wellington” by Robin Holmes at home which charts the entire story from discovery to recovery, along with the aircraft’s operational history.
I am away from home at the moment and won’t be back until the beginning of next week, but will happily forward the info to you then if nothing else comes up in the meantime.

In that case, I guess that Aim, Fire,….. DUCK, was the order of the day !!!

Does anybody know if airworthy Historic aircraft at any of the ” At risk,” locations were flown out to other bases before the series of hurricanes hit – as per the evacuation of the the majority of the local populace.
Apologies if this has been covered already.

Not A specific type, but “Bomber” by everyone’s favorite easy listening band – Motorhead ! Love Missile F- 111 by Sigue Sigue Sputnik ( their one and only hit I think).Also, Arlo Guthrie mentioned ” A Big Airliner ” in Coming into Los Angeles, but, if you know the song, one can only assume that old Arlo was probably too stoned to appreciate a specfic aircraft type…..Man!!!

Eddywinch 82,
Having seen the Blackpool Vulcan at the weekend, would say that I don’t think that there will be much left to preserve shortly…..in a shocking state.