Or a field full of Phantoms (?) in Thailand:

15° 1’10.76″N 100°55’4.77″E

Can you put a screen shot of that up?
Paul

I remember one incident from Vietnam War: A VC sniper shoots the pilot of a Huey while it’s on hover and inserting South Korean (or Australian) commando’s, the helo gets out of control because the dead body of the pilot falls onto the cyclic and the chopper crashes on to the just landed commandos.

Anybody who can give details? I maybe wrong at some details, I don’t know.

I am not sure if this is the incident you are thinking about but on 12th March 1971 RAAF Huey A2-767 was shot down while hovering and winching a South Vietnamese mine victim who had lost both legs. The helicopter crashed onto and killed the mine victim and an American adviser, an Australian adviser was killed by a rotor hit to the head and a medic on board was also killed.

Paul

It is my understanding that the Jaguar simulator has been dismantled and sold. Wouldn’t this be essential to train / retrain pilots if they ever wanted to bring them back into service?
Paul

I have already put this link in another thread but thought someone here might be interested. Jaguar canopys for disposal at this site;

http://cgi.liquibiz.com/auction/view?id=1813130&convertTo=GBP

Cheers Paul

OK I know that I will be shot down in flames but this is my take on the whole situation, I have never been to a dig and am not likely to either but have visited one or two crash sites.

If a crash is known to contain remains of its crew and the site is accessible then I believe the government/air force of the aircraft in question MUST act to recover those remains and rebury them appropriately. I know the US and Aust governments spend a lot of money scouring the Pacific for lost aircrew. Private individuals should not be digging anywhere near sites containing human remains.

If a crash does not contain remains and the appropriate permits have been obtained then why shouldn’t someone be able to recover any part of an aircraft to do whatever they like with it, this could be anything from a single rivet to a complete B-17 sitting in a swamp to a smashed up Meteor. By saying that you shouldn’t profit from a ‘dig’ many people are forgetting the large number of airworthy aircraft that have been rebuilt from crashed examples – I do not believe the owners of these would give them away for free.

For the people who wish crashes to remain as archaelogical sites, who are you to say what other people that have gone through the correct legal procedures can and cannot do. If there is a good case to let a particular crash remain untouched then it is up to you either individually or as a group to lobby the local authorities to have it protected. And if you feel that strongly about it you could probably expend the same amount of money a digger would to recover an aircraft to get it preserved in situ.

Running to the bunker now….
Regards Paul

PS In the case of Merkles Meteor, it is not a rare aircraft, there are no human remains, there is no untold story, no-one except for him is ever likely to dig it up so really who gives a rats what happens to it – it can either slowly corrode and disappear underground or he can dig it up polish up a few bits and sell the rest for scrap if he wants to as far as I am concerned. Obviously no one else has cared two hoots about it in the last 50 years!